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The great concern of a watchman for souls, appearing in the duty he has…
The great concern of a watchman for souls, appearing in the duty he has to do, and the account he has to give, represented & improved, in a sermon preached at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Jonathan Judd, to the pastoral office over the Church of Christ, in the new precinct at Northampton, June 8. 1743. / By Jonathan Edwards, M.A. Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Northampton. ; [Four lines from Ezra]The great concern of a watchman for souls, appearing in the duty he has to do, and the account he has to give, represented & improved, in a sermon preach'd at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Jonathan Judd, to the pastoral office over the Church of Christ, in the new precinct at Northampton, June 8. 1743. / By Jonathan Edwards, M.A. Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Northampton. ; [Four lines from Ezra]
Boston: printed by Green for N. Procter, 1743
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Close Application to Study will be needful in the Course of your Ministry, to furnish you with those Degrees of Knowledge, that may render you an able Minister of the New Testament. Give your self therefore to Reading, to Meditation, that your profiting may appear unto all. dAnd tho' other Studies may be useful to you, and employ Part of your Time, yet Divinity is to be the principal Subject of your Meditations. Study the holy Scriptures which are profitable for Doctrine, for Reproof, for Correction, for Instruction in Righteousness; that the Man of God (the Minister of Christ) may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good Works.e
Close Application to Study will be needful in the Course of your Ministry, to furnish you with those Degrees of Knowledge, that may render you an able Minister of the New Testament. Give your self therefore to Reading, to Meditation, that your profiting may appear unto all. dAnd tho' other Studies may be useful to you, and imploy Part of your Time, yet Divinity is to be the principal Subject of your Meditations. Study the holy Scriptures which are profitable for Doctrine, for Reproof, for Correction, for Instruction in Righteousness; that the Man of God (the Minister of Christ) may be perfect, thro'ly furnished unto all good Works.e
Labour to gain such an Acquaintance with the Scriptures, that you may be able to explain them: To apply