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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 seems to have very much of the Fear of God before her Eyes▪ and as extraordinary Dread of Sin against him; of which her Mother mentioned the following remarkable Instance. Some time in August, the last Year, she went with some bigger Children, to get some Plumbs, in a Neighbour's Lot, knowing nothing of any harm in what she did, but when she brought some of the […] into the House, her Mother mildly reproved her, and told her that she […] Plumbs ⟨p. 70⟩without leave, because it was Sin: God had commanded her not to steal The Child seemed greatly surprised, and burst out in Tears, and cried out, I won't have these Plumbs! and turning to her Sister Eunice, very earnestly said •o her why did you ask me to go to that Plumb. Tree? I should not have gone if you had not asked me. The other Children did not seem to be much affected or concerned; but there was no pacifying Phoebe. Her Mother told her she might go and ask leave, and then it would not be sin for her to eat them; and sent one of the Children to that end; and when she returned, her Mother told her that the Owner had given leave, now she might eat them, and it would not be stealing. This stilled her a little while; but presently she broke out again into an exceeding Fit of Crying: Her Mother asked her what made her cry again? Why she cried now, since they had asked leave? What it was that troubled her now? And asked her several times very earnestly, before she made any Answer; but at last said, it was because BECAUSE IT WAS SIN. She continued a considerable time crying; and said she would not go again if Eunice asked her an hundred Times; and she retained her Aversion to that Fruit for a considerable time, under the remembrance of her former Sin.
She seems to have very much of the Fear of God before her Eyes▪ and as extraordinary Dread of Sin against him; of which her Mother mention'd the following remarkable Instance. Some time in August, the last Year, she went with some bigger Children, to get some Plumbs, in a Neighbour's Lot, knowing nothing of any harm in what she did, but when she brought some of the 〈…〉 into the House, her Mother mildly reproved her, and told her that she 〈…〉 Plumbs ⟨p. 70⟩