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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.
The Sum of the Blessings Christ sought, by what he did and suffered in the Work of Redemption, was the Holy Spirit. So is the Affair of our Redemption constituted; the Father provides and gives the Redeemer, and the Price of Redemption is offered to him, and and he grants the Benefit purchased; the Son is the Redeemer that gives the Price, and also is the Price offered; and the Holy Spirit is the grand Blessing, obtained by the Price offered, and bestowed on the Redeemed. ⟨p. 45⟩The Holy Spirit, in his Indwelling, his Influences and Fruits, is the Sum of all Grace, Holiness, Comfort and Joy, or in one Word, of all the spiritual Good Christ purchased for Men in this World: And is also the Sum of all Perfection, Glory and eternal Joy, that he purchased for them in another World. The Holy Spirit is that great Benefit, that is the Subject-Matter of the Promises, both of the eternal Covenant of Redemption, and also of the Covenant of Grace; the grand Subject of the Promises of the old Testament, in the Prophecies of the Blessings of the Messiah's Kingdom; and the chief Subject of the Promises of the new Testament; and particularly of the Covenant of Grace delivered by Jesus Christ to his Disciples, as his […] and Testament, in the xiv, xv and xvi Chapters of John; the grand Legacy, that he bequeathed to them in that his last and dying Discourse with them. Therefore the Holy Spirit is so often called the Spirit of Promise, and emphatically the Promise, the Promise of the Father, &c. (Luke xxiv.49. Acts i.4. and ii.33, 39. Gal. iii.14. Eph. i.13. and iii.6.) This being the great Blessing Christ purchased by his Labours and Sufferings on Earth, it was the Blessing he received of the Father, when he ascended into Heaven, and entered into the Holy of Holies with his own Blood, to communicate to those that he had redeemed. John xvi.7. It is expedient for you, that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. Acts ii.33