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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 has manifested great Love to her Minister: Particularly when I returned from my long Journey for my Health, the last Fall, when she heard of i•, she appeared very joyful at the News, and told the Children of it, with an elevated Voice, as the most joyful Tidings, repeating it over and over, Mr. Edwards is come home! Mr. Edwards is come home! She still continues very constant in secret Prayer, so far as can be observed, (for she seems to have no Desire that others should observe her when she retires, but seems to be a Child of a reserved Temper) and every Night, before she goes to Bed, will say her Catechism, and will by no means miss of i•: she never forgot it but once, and then after she was a bed, thought of it, and cried out in Tears, I han't said my Catechism! and would not be quieted till her Mother asked her the Catechism as she lay in Bed. She sometimes appears to be in doubt about the Condition of her Soul, and when asked whether she thinks that she is prepared for Death, speaks something doubtfully about it: At other times seems to have no doubt, but when asked replies yes without hesitation.
She has manifested great Love to her Minister: Particularly when I return'd from my long Journey for my Health, the last Fall, when she heard of i•, she appear'd very joyful at the News, and told the Children of it, with an elevated Voice, as the most joyful Tidings, repeating it over and over, Mr. Edwards is come home! Mr. Edwards is come home! She still continues very constant in secret Prayer, so far as can be observed, (for she seems to have no Desire that others should observe her when she retires, but seems to be a Child of a reserved Temper) and every Night, before she goes to Bed, will say her Catechism, and will by no means miss of i•: she never forgot it but once, and then after she was a bed, thought of it, and cryed out in Tears, I han't said my Catechism! and would not be quieted till her Mother asked her the Catechism as she lay in Bed. She sometimes appears to be in doubt about the Condition of her Soul, and when asked whether she thinks that she is prepared for Death, speaks something doubtfully about it: At other times seems to have no doubt, but when asked replies yes without hesitation.