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The true excellency of a minister of the Gospel. A sermon preached at Pelham,…The true excellency of a minister of the Gospel. A sermon preach'd at Pelham,…
The true excellency of a minister of the Gospel. A sermon preached at Pelham, Aug. 30. 1744. Being the day of the ordination of the Revd Mr. Robert Abercrombie to the work of the Gospel ministry in that place. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Two lines from Deuteronomy]The true excellency of a minister of the Gospel. A sermon preach'd at Pelham, Aug. 30. 1744. Being the day of the ordination of the Revd Mr. Robert Abercrombie to the work of the Gospel ministry in that place. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Two lines from Deuteronomy]
Boston: printed by Rogers and Fowle for W. McAlpine, 1744
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Another Use of Light is to refresh and delight the Beholders. Darkness is dismal: the Light is sweet, and a pleasant Thing it is to behold the Sun. Light is refreshing to those who have long sat in Darkness: They therefore that watch and keep awake through a dark Night, long and wait for the Light of the Morning; and the wise Man observes, Prov. 15.30. That the Light of the Eyes rejoiceth the Heart. Spiritual Light is especially refreshing and joyful. Ps. 97.11. Light is sown for the Righteous, and Gladness for the Upright in Heart. They that see the Light of Christ, the Star that ⟨p. 10⟩hath arisen out of Jacob, are refreshed, and do rejoice, as the wise Men that saw the Star that showed them where Christ was, Matth. 2.10. And when they saw the Star, they rejoiced with exceeding great Joy.
Another Use of Light is to refresh and delight the Beholders. Darkness is dismal: the Light is sweet, and a pleasant Thing it is to behold the Sun. Light is refreshing to those who have long sat in Darkness: They therefore that watch and keep awake through a dark Night, long and wait for the Light of the Morning; and the wise Man observes, Prov. 15.30. That the Light of the Eyes rejoiceth the Heart. Spiritual Light is especially refreshing and joyful. Ps. 97.11. Light is sown for the Righteous, and Gladness for the Upright in Heart. They that see the Light of Christ, the Star that ⟨p. 10⟩hath arisen out of Jacob, are refreshed, and do rejoice, as the wise Men that saw the Star that shewed them where Christ was, Matth. 2.10. And when they saw the Star, they rejoiced with exceeding great Joy.