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An humble attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible union of God's people in…

Name: An humble attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible union of God's people in…
Author: Jonathan Edwards

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.

Jonathan Edwards 1703–1758printed for D. Henchman, 1748

[10], 188 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) · 58k words · Evans 5938

Title page of the 1747 edition: Internet Archive scan of the Eighteenth Century microfilm (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Part 2: MOTIVES to a Compliance with what is proposed in the Memorial.

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It is represented as a Time of vast Increase of Knowledge and Understanding, especially in divine Things; a Time wherein God would destroy the Face of the Covering cast over all People, and the Veil spread over all Nations, (Isai. xxv.7.) wherein the Light of the Moon shall be as the Light of the Sun, and the Light of the Sun seven fold, (Isai. xxx.26.) And the Eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the Heart of the Rash shall understand Knowledge, (Isai. xxxii.3, 4.) And they shall no more teach every Man his Neighbour, and every Man his Brother, saying, Know the Lord, because they shall all know him from the Least to the Greatest, (Jer. 31.24.)— And a Time of general Holiness, (Isai. lx.30. Thy People shall be all righteous.) And a Time of a great prevailing of eminent Holiness, when little Children should, in spiritual Attainments, be as tho' they were a hundred Years old, (Isai. lxv.20.) And wherein he that is feeble among God's People should be as David, (Zech. xii.8.) —A ⟨p. 41⟩Time wherein Holiness should be as it were inscribed on every Thing, on all Men's common Business and Employments, and the common Utensils of Life, all shall be dedicated to God, and improved to holy Purposes; (Isai. xxiii.18. And her Merchandise and Hire shall be Holiness to the Lord. Zech. xiv.20, 21. In that Day shall there be upon the Bells of the Horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the Pots in the Lord's House shall be like the Bowls before the Altar; Yea, every Pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be Holiness unto the Lord of Hosts.) —A Time wherein Religion and true Christianity shall in every Respect be uppermost in the World; wherein God will cause his Church to arise and shake herself from the Dust, and put on her beautiful Garments, and sit down on a Throne; and the Poor shall be raised from the Dust, and the Beggar from the Dunghill, and shall be set among Princes, and made to inherit the Throne of God's Glory; — A Time wherein vital Piety shall take Possession of Thrones and Palaces, and those that are in most exlted Stations shall be eminent in Holiness. (

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Jonathan Edwards 1703–1758

Bookseller

D. Henchman

Year

1748

Size

[10], 188 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Words

57,569

Catalogue

Evans 5938

Text

Evans-TCP N04757

Passages

273

Sections

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36