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An humble attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible union of God's people in…
An humble attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible union of God's people in extraordinary prayer for the revival of religion and the advancement of Christ's Kingdom on earth, pursuant to Scripture-promises and prophecies concerning the last time. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Minister of the Gospel at Northampton. ; With a preface by several ministers.
printed for D. Henchman, 1748
Part 2: MOTIVES to a Compliance with what is proposed in the Memorial.
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.
Thus, although' it be a Day of great Apostasy and Provocation, yet it is apparently a Day of the wonderful Works of God; Wonders of Power and Mercy; which may well lead us to think on those two Places of Scripture, Psal. cxix.126. It is Time for thee, Lord, to work, for they have made void thy Law. And Psal. lxxv.1. That thy Name is near, thy wondrous Works declare.— God appears as it were loth to destroy us, or deal with us according to our Iniquities, as great and aggravated as they are; and shows that Mercy pleases him. As corrupt a Time as it is, it is plain by Experience, that it is a Time wherein God may be found, and stands ⟨p. 77⟩ready to show Mercy in answer to Prayer. He that has done such great Things, and has so wonderfully and speedily answered Prayer for temporal Mercies, will much more give the Holy Spirit if we ask him. He marvellously preserves us, and waits to be gracious to us, as tho' he chose to make us Mo••ments of his Grace, and not his Vengeance, and waits only to have us open our Mouths wide, that he may fill them.
Thus, altho' it be a Day of great Apostacy and Provocation, yet it is apparently a Day of the wonderful Works of God; Wonders of Power and Mercy; which may well lead us to think on those two Places of Scripture, Psal. cxix.126. It is Time for thee, Lord, to work, for they have made void thy Law. And Psal. lxxv.1. That thy Name is near, thy wondrous Works declare.— God appears as it were loth to destroy us, or deal with us according to our Iniquities, as great and aggravated as they are; and shews that Mercy pleases him. As corrupt a Time as it is, it is plain by Experience, that it is a Time wherein God may be found, and stands ⟨p. 77⟩ready to shew Mercy in answer to Prayer. He that has done such great Things, and has so wonderfully and speedily answered Prayer for temporal Mercies, will much more give the Holy Spirit if we ask him. He marvellously preserves us, and waits to be gracious to us, as tho' he chose to make us Mo••ments of his Grace, and not his Vengeance, and waits only to have us open our Mouths wide, that he may fill them.