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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
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We have a remarkable Instance in Mr. Bolton, that noted Minister of the Church of England, who being awakened by the preaching of the famous Mr. Perkins, Minister of CHRIST in the University of Cambridge, was subject to such Terrors as threw him to the Ground, and caused him to roar with Anguish; and the Pangs of the New-Birth in him were such, that he lay pale and without Sense, like one dead; as we have an Account in the Fulfilling of the Scripture, the 5th Edition, p. 103, 104. We have an Account in the same Page of another, whose Comforts under the Sun-shine of GOD's Presence were so great, that he could not forbear crying out in a Transport, and expressing in Exclamations, the great Sense he had of forgiving Mercy and his Assurance of GOD's Love. And we have a remarkable Instance in the Life of Mr. George Trosse, written by himself (who, of a notoriously vicious profligate Liver, became an eminent Saint and Minister of the Gospel,) of Terrors occasioned by Awakenings of Conscience, so overpowering the Body, as to deprive, for some Time, of the Use of Reason.
We have a remarkable Instance in Mr. Bolton, that noted Minister of the Church of England, who being awaken'd by the preaching of the famous Mr. Perkins, Minister of CHRIST in the University of Cambridge, was subject to such Terrors as threw him to the Ground, and caused him to roar with Anguish; and the Pangs of the New-Birth in him were such, that he lay pale and without Sense, like one dead; as we have an Account in the Fulfilling of the Scripture, the 5th Edition, p. 103, 104. We have an Account in the same Page of another, whose Comforts under the Sun-shine of GOD's Presence were so great, that he could not forbear crying out in a Transport, and expressing in Exclamations, the great Sense he had of forgiving Mercy and his Assurance of GOD's Love. And we have a remarkable Instance in the Life of Mr. George Trosse, written by himself (who, of a notoriously vicious profligate Liver, became an eminent Saint and Minister of the Gospel,) of Terrors occasion'd by Awakenings of Conscience, so overpowering the Body, as to deprive, for some Time, of the Use of Reason.
Yea, such extraordinary external Effects of inward Impressions have not only been to be found in here and there a single Person, but there have also before now been Times wherein many have been thus affected, in some particular Parts of