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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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She was very weak a considerable time before she died, having pined away with Famine and Thirst, so that her Flesh seemed to be dried upon her Bones; and therefore could say but little, and manifested her Mind very much by Signs. She said she had Matter enough to fill up all her Time with Talk, if she had but Strength A few Days before her Death, some asked her, whether she h•ld her Integrity still? Whether she was not afraid of Death? She answered to this purpose, that she had not the least Degree of fear of Death. They asked her why she would be so confident? She answered, If I should say otherwise, I should speak contrary to what I know: there is, says she,indeed, a dark Entry that looks something dark, but on the other Side there appears such a bright shining light, that I cannot be afraid! She said no• long before she died, that she used to be afraid how she should grapple with Death; but, says she, God has showed me that he can make it easy in great Pai• ▪ Several Days before she died, she could scarcely say any thing but just yes, and no, to Questions that were asked her, for she seemed to be dying for three Days together▪ ⟨p. 65⟩but seemed to continue in an admirable sweet Composure of Soul, without any Interruption, to the last, and died as a Person that went to sleep, without any struggling, about Noon, on Friday, June 27. 1735.
She was very weak a considerable time before she died, having pined away with Famine and Thirst, so that her Flesh seem'd to be dried upon her Bones; and therefore could say but little, and manifested her Mind very much by Signs. She said she had Matter enough to fill up all her Time with Talk, if she had but Strength A few Days before her Death, some asked her, whether she h•ld her Integrity still? Whether she was not afraid of Death? She answered to this purpose, that she had not the least Degree of fear of Death. They asked her why she would be so confident? She answered, If I should say otherwise, I should speak contrary to what I know: there is, says she,indeed, a dark Entry that looks something dark, but on the other Side there appears such a bright shining light, that I cannot be afraid! She said no long before she died, that she used to be afraid how she should grapple with Death; but, says she, God has shwed me that he can make it easy in great Pai Several Days before she died, she could scarcely say any thing but just yes, and no, to Questions that were asked her, for she seem'd to be dying for three Days together