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Some thoughts concerning the present revival of religion in New-England, and the way in…
Some thoughts concerning the present revival of religion in New-England, and the way in which it ought to be acknowledged and promoted, humbly offered to the public, in a treatise on that subject. : In five parts; Part I. Showing that the work that has of late been going on in this land, is a glorious work of God. Part II. Showing the obligations that all are under, to acknowledge [sic], rejoice in and promote this work, and the great danger of the contrary. Part III. Showing in many instances, wherein the subjects, or zealous promoters, of this work have been injuriously blamed. Part IV. Showing what things are to be corrected or avoided, in promoting this work, or in our behaviour under it. Part V. showing positively what ought to be done to promote this work. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ at Northampton. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]Some thoughts concerning the present revival of religion in New-England, and the way in which it ought to be acknowledged and promoted, humbly offered to the publick, in a treatise on that subject. : In five parts; Part I. Shewing that the work that has of late been going on in this land, is a glorious work of God. Part II. Shewing the obligations that all are under, to acknowlege [sic], rejoice in and promote this work, and the great danger of the contrary. Part III. Shewing in many instances, wherein the subjects, or zealous promoters, of this work have been injuriously blamed. Part IV. Shewing what things are to be corrected or avoided, in promoting this work, or in our behaviour under it. Part V. shewing positively what ought to be done to promote this work. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ at Northampton. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1742
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There was indeed a glorious Season of the Application of Redemption, in the first Ages of the Christian Church, that began at Jerusalem, on the Day of Pentecost; but that was not the proper Time of Ingathering; it was only as it were the Feast of the first Fruits; the Ingathering is at the End of the Year, or in the last Ages of the Christian Church, as is represented, Rev. 14. 14, 15, 16. and will probably as much exceed what was in the first Ages of the Christian Church, ⟨p. 106⟩tho' that filled the Roman Empire, as that exceeded all that had been before, under the old Testament, confined only to the Land of Judea.
There was indeed a glorious Season of the Application of Redemption, in the first Ages of the Christian Church, that began at Jerusalem, on the Day of Pentecost; but that was not the proper Time of Ingathering; it was only as it were the Feast of the first Fruits; the Ingathering is at the End of the Year, or in the last Ages of the Christian Church, as is represented, Rev. 14. 14, 15, 16. and will probably as much exceed what was in the first Ages of the Christian Church, ⟨p. 106⟩tho' that fill'd the Roman Empire, as that exceeded all that had been before, under the old Testament, confined only to the Land of Judea.
The great Danger of not appearing openly to acknowledge, rejoice in, and promote that great Work of GOD, in bringing in that glorious Harvest, is represented in Zech. 14. 16, 17, 18, 19. And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left, of all the Nations, which come against Jerusalem, shall even go up, from Year to Year, to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up, of all the Families of the Earth, unto Jerusalem, to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, even upon them shall be no Rain. And if the Family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no Rain, there shall be the Plague wherewith the Lord will finite the Heathen, that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the Punishment of Egypt, and the Punishment of all Nations that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 'Tis evident by all the Context, that the glorious Day of the Church of God in the latter Ages of the World, is the Time spoken of: The Feast of Tabernacles here seems to signify that glorious spiritual Feast, which GOD shall then make for his Church, the same that is spoken of