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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.
And thus it is meet, that the last Kingdom which shall take Place on Earth, should be the Kingdom of God's own Son and Heir, whose Right it is to rule and reign; and that whatever Revolutions and Confusions there may be in the World, for a long Time, the Cause of Truth, the righteous Cause, should finally prevail, and God's holy People should at last inherit the Earth, and reign on Earth; and that the World should continue ⟨p. 39⟩in Tumults and great Revolutions, following one another, from Age to Age, the World being as it were in Travail, 'till Truth and Holiness are brought forth▪ that all Things should be shaken, 'till that comes which is true and right, and agreeable to the Mind of God, which cannot be shaken; and that the Wisdom of the Ruler of the World should be manifested in the bringing all Things ultimately to so good an Issue. The World is made for the Son of God; His Kingdom is the End of all Changes, that come to pass in the State of the World of Mankind; all are only to prepare the Way for this; 'tis fit therefore that the last Kingdom on Earth should be his. 'Tis wisely and mercifully ordered of God that it should be so, on this Account, as well as many others, viz. That the Church of God, under all preceding Changes, should have this Consideration to encourage her, and maintain her Hope, and animate her Faith and Prayers, from Generation to Generation, that God has promised, her Cause should finally be maintained and prevail in this World.
And thus it is meet, that the last Kingdom which shall take Place on Earth, should be the Kingdom of God's own Son and Heir, whose Right it is to rule and reign; and that whatever Revolutions and Confusions there may be in the World, for a long Time, the Cause of Truth, the righteous Cause, should finally prevail, and God's holy People should at last inherit the Earth, and reign on Earth; and that the World should continue ⟨p. 39⟩in Tumults and great Revolutions, following one another, from Age to Age, the World being as it were in Travail, 'till Truth and Holiness are brought forth▪ that all Things should be shaken, 'till that comes which is true and right, and agreable to the Mind of God, which cannot be shaken; and that the Wisdom of the Ruler of the World should be manifested in the bringing all Things ultimately to so good an Issue. The World is made for the Son of God; His Kingdom is the End of all Changes, that come to pass in the State of the World of Mankind; all are only to prepare the Way for this; 'tis fit therefore that the last Kingdom on Earth should be his. 'Tis wisely and mercifully ordered of God that it should be so, on this Account, as well as many others, viz. That the Church of God, under all preceeding Changes, should have this Consideration to encourage her, and maintain her Hope, and animate her Faith and Prayers, from Generation to Generation, that God has promised, her Cause should finally be maintained and prevail in this World.