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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 1: PART, I. The Text open'd, and an Account given of the Affair proposed in the MEMORIAL f…
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Particularly we may observe,
1. The Duty, with the Attendance on which the glorious Event foretold shall be brought on; viz. The Duty of Prayer.—Prayer, some suppose, is here to be taken synecdochically, for the Whole of the Worship of God; Prayer being a principal Part of the Worship of the Church of God, in the Days of the Gospel, when Sacrifices are abolished: And so, that this is to be understood only as a Prophecy of a great Revival of Religion, and of the true Worship of God among his visible People, the Accession of others to the Church, and turning of Multitudes from Idolatry to the Worship of the true God. But it appears to me reasonable, to suppose, that something more special is intended, with Regard to the Duty of Prayer; considering that Prayer is here expressly and and repeatedly mentioned; and also considering how parallel this Place is with many other Prophecies, that speak of an extraordinary Spirit of Prayer, as preceding and introducing that glorious Day of Revival of Religion, and Advancement of the Church's Peace and Prosperity, so often foretold (which I shall have Occasion to mention hereafter) and particularly the Agreeableness of what is here said, with what is said afterwards by the same Prophet, of the pouring out of a Spirit of Grace and Supplications, as that with which this great Revival of Religion shall begin, Chap. xii.10.
1. The Duty, with the Attendance on which the glorious Event foretold shall be brought on; viz. The Duty of Prayer.—Prayer, some suppose, is here to be taken synechdochically, for the Whole of the Worship of God; Prayer being a principal Part of the Worship of the Church of God, in the Days of the Gospel, when Sacrifices are abolished: And so, that this is to be understood only as a Prophecy of a great Revival of Religion, and of the true Worship of God among his visible People, the Accession of others to the Church, and turning of Multitudes from Idolatry to the Worship of the true God. But it appears to me reasonable, to suppose, that something more special is intended, with Regard to the Duty of Prayer; considering that Prayer is here expresly and and repeatedly mention'd; and also considering how parallel this Place is with many other Prophecies, that speak of an extraordinary Spirit of Prayer, as preceeding and introducing that glorious Day of Revival of Religion, and Advancement of the Church's Peace and Prosperity, so often foretold (which I shall have Occasion to mention hereafter) and particularly the Agreableness of what is here said, with what is said afterwards by the same Prophet, of the pouring out of a Spirit of Grace and Supplications, as that with which this great Revival of Religion shall begin, Chap. xii.10.