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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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Her great Terror she said was, that she had sinned against God: Her Distress grew more and more for three Days, until (as she said) she saw […].[…] but Blackness of Darkness before her, and, her very Flesh troubled for fear of God's w•ath; she wondered and was astonished at herself, that she had been so concerned for […] Body, and had applied so often to Physicians to heal that, and had neglected her Soul. Her Sinfulness appeared with a very awful Aspect to her, especially in three things (viz.) her Original Sin, and her Sin in murmuring at God's Providence, in the Weakness and Afflictions she had been under, and in want of Duty to Parents, tho' others had looked upon her to excel in Dutifulness. On Saturday, she was so earnestly engaged in reading the Bible and other Book•, that she con•••ed in it, searching for something […] her, till her Eyes were so dim, that […] know the Letters. Whilst she […] ⟨p. 58⟩thus engaged in Reading, Prayer, and other religious Exercises, she thought of those Words of Christ, wherein he warns us not to be as the Heathen, that think they shall be heard for their much speaking; which, she said, led her to see that she had trusted to her own Prayers and religious Performances, and now she was put to a nonplus, and knew not which way to turn herself, or where to seek Relief.
Her great Terror she said was, that she had sin'd against God: Her Distress grew more and more for three Days, until (as she said) she saw 〈…〉.〈…〉 but Blackness of Darkness before her, and, her very Flesh troubled for fear of God's w•ath; she wondred and was aston•shed at herself, that she had been so concerned for 〈…〉 Body, and had applied so often to Physicians to heal that, and had neglected her Soul. Her Sinfulness appeared with a very awful Aspect to her, especially in three things (viz.) her Original Sin, and her Sin in murmuring at God's Providence, in the Weakness and Afflictions she had been under, and in want of Duty to Parents, tho' others had look'd upon her to exc•l in Daufulness. On Saturday, she was so earnestly engaged in reading the Bible and other Book, that she coned in it, searching for something her, till her Eyes were so dim, that know the Letters. Whilst she