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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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That As the Person was travelling alone, with his Thoughts closely fixed on the great and astonishing Things of another World, his Thoughts began to swell higher and higher, like the Water in Ezekiel's Vision, 'till at last they became an overflowing Flood: Such was the Intenseness of his Mind, such the ravishing Tastes of heavenly Joys, and such his full Assurance of his Interest therein, that he utterly lost all Sight & Sense of this World, & the Concernments thereof; and for some Hours, knew not where he was, nor what he was about: But having lost a great Quantity of Blood at the Nose, he found himself so faint, that it brought him a little more to himself. And after he had washed himself at a Spring, and drank of the Water for his Refreshment, he continued to the End of his Journey, which was Thirty Miles; and all this while was scarce sensible: And says he had several Trances of considerable Continuance. The same blessed Frame was preserved all that Night, and in a lower Degree, great Part of the next Day: The Night passed without one Wink of Sleep; and yet he declares he never had a sweeter Night's Rest in all his Life. Still adds the Story, The Joy of the Lord over-flowed him, and he seemed to be an Inhabitant of another World. And he used for many Years after to call that Day one of the Days of Heaven; and professed that he understood ⟨p. 30⟩more of the Life of Heaven by it, than by all the Books he ever read, or Discourses he ever entertained about it.
That As the Person was travelling alone, with his Thoughts closely fixed on the great and astonishing Things of another World, his Thoughts began to swell higher and higher, like the Water in Ezekiel's Vision, 'till at last they became an overflowing Flood: Such was the Intenseness of his Mind, such the ravishing Tastes of heavenly Joys, and such his full Assurance of his Interest therein, that he utterly lost all Sight & Sense of this World, & the Concernments thereof; and for some Hours, knew not where he was, nor what he was about: But having lost a great Quantity of Blood at the Nose, he found himself so faint, that it brought him a little more to himself. And after he had washed himself at a Spring, and drank of the Water for his Refreshment, he continued to the End of his Journey, which was Thirty Miles; and all this while was scarce sensible: And says he had several Trances of considerable Continuance. The same blessed Frame was preserved all that Night, and in a lower Degree, great Part of the next Day: The Night passed without one Wink of Sleep; and yet he declares he never had a sweeter Night's Rest in all his Life. Still adds the Story, The Joy of the Lord over-flowed him, and he seem'd to be an Inhabitant of another World. And he used for many Years after to call that Day one of the Days of Heaven; and profess'd that he understood