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Discourses on various important subjects, nearly concerning the great affair of the soul's eternal…
Discourses on various important subjects, nearly concerning the great affair of the soul's eternal salvation, viz. I. Justification by faith alone. II. Pressing into the Kingdom of God. III. Ruth's resolution. IV. The justice of God in the damnation of sinners. V. The excellency of Jesus Christ. : Delivered at Northampton, chiefly at the time of the late wonderful pouring out of the spirit of God there. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northampton. ; [Three lines from Deuteronomy]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1738
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That Calm of Spirit that some Persons have found after their legal Distresses, continues some time before any special and delightful Manifestation is made to the Soul of the Grace of God, as revealed in the Gospel; ⟨p. 32⟩but very often some comfortable and sweet View of a merciful God, of a sufficient Redeemer, or of some great and joyful things of the Gospel, immediately follows, or in a very little time: And in some, the first Sight of their just Desert of Hell, and God's Sovereignty with respect to their Salvation, and a Discovery of all-sufficient Grace, are so near, that they seem to go as it were together.
That Calm of Spirit that some Persons have found after their legal Distresses, continues some time before any special and delightful Manifestation is made to the Soul of the Grace of God, as revealed in the Gospel; ⟨p. 32⟩but very often some comfortable and sweet View of a merciful God, of a sufficient Redeemer, or of some great and joyful things of the Gospel, immediately follows, or in a very little time: And in some, the first Sight of their just Desert of Hell, and God's Sovereignty with respect to their Salvation, and a Discovery of all-sufficie•t Grace, are so near, that they seem to go as it were together.
These gracious Discoveries that are given, whence the first special Comforts are derived, are in many respects very various; more frequently Christ is distinctly made the Object of the Mind, in his All-sufficiency and Willingness to save Sinners: But some have their Thoughts more especially fixed on God, in some of his sweet and glorious Attributes manifested in the Gospel, and shining forth in the Face of Christ: Some view the All-sufficiency of the Mercy and Grace of God; some chiefly the infinite Power of God, and his Ability to save them, and to do all things for them; and some look most at the Truth and Faithfulness of God: In some, the Truth and Certainty of the Gospel in general is the first joyful Discovery they have; in others, the certain Truth of some particular Promises; in some, the Grace and Sincerity of God in his Invitations, very commonly in some particular Invitation in the Mind, and it now appears real to them that God does indeed invite them. Some are struck with the Glory and Wonderfulness of the dying. Love of Christ; and some with the Sufficiency and Preciousness of his Blood, as offered to make an Atonement for Sin; and others with the Value and Glory of his Obedience and Righteousness. In some the Excellency and Loveliness of Christ, chiefly engages their Thoughts; in some his Divinity, that he is indeed the Son of the living God; and in others, the Excellency of the way of Salvation by Christ, and the Suitableness of it to their Necessies.