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An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications…
An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications requisite to a complete standing and full communion in the visible Christian church. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; With an appendix by Mr. Foxcroft. ; [Ten lines of quotations]An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications requisite to a compleat standing and full communion in the visible Christian church. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; With an appendix by Mr. Foxcroft. ; [Ten lines of quotations]
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His being thus persuaded implies a positive Judgment of Charity.—And the same Apostle in his first Epistle to the CORINTHIANS directs it to the Church at Corinth, that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be Saints, with all that in every Place call on the Name of the Lord Jesus; i. e. to all visible Christians through the World, or all the Members of Christ's visible Church every where: And continuing his Speech of these, Chap. i. 8. He speaks of them as those that God would confirm to the End, that they may be Blameless in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ; Plainly speaking of them all as Persons, in Christian Esteem, savingly Converted. In the next Verse, he speaks of the Faithfulness of God as engaged thus to preserve 'em to Salvation, having called them to the Fellowship of his Son. And in the 30th Verse he speaks of them as having a saving Interest in Christ; Of him are ye in Christ Jesus; who of God is made unto us, Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption. In Chap. iii. 21, 22, 23. he says to the Members of the Church of Corinth, All Things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the World, or Life, or Death, or Things present or Things to come; all are yours, and ye are Christ's. In Chap. iv. 15. He tells 'em, he had begotten 'em through' the Gospel. In Chap. vi. I, 2, 3. He speaks of them as those who shall judge the World, and shall judge Angels. and in ver.II. he says to 'em Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of God. And in Chap. xv. 49. to the End, he speaks of them as having an Interest, with him and other Christians, in the Happiness and Glory of the Resurrection of the Just. And in his second Epistle, Chap. i. 7. He says to 'em Our Hope of you is steadfast; knowing that as you are Partakers of the Sufferings, so shall ye be also of the Consolation. This steadfast Hope implies a positive Judgment. We must here understand the Apostle to speak of such Members of the Church of Corinth, as had not visibly backslidden, as they whom he elsewhere speaks doubtfully of.
His being thus perswaded implies a positive Judgment of Charity.—And the same Apostle in his first Epistle to the CORINTHIANS directs it to the Church at Corinth, that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be Saints, with all that in every Place call on the Name of the Lord Jesus; i. e. to all visible Christians through the World, or all the Members of Christ's visible Church every where: And continuing his Speech of these, Chap. i. 8. He speaks of them as those that God would confirm to the End, that they may be Blameless in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ; Plainly speaking of them all as Persons, in Christian Esteem, savingly Converted. In the next Verse, he speaks of the Faithfulness of God as engaged thus to preserve 'em to Salvation, having called them to the Fellowship of his Son. And in the 30th Verse he speaks of them as having a saving Interest in Christ; Of him are ye in Christ Jesus; who of God is made unto us, Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption. In Chap. iii. 21, 22, 23. he says to the Members of the Church of Corinth, All Things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the World, or Life, or Death, or Things present or Things to come; all are yours, and ye are Christ's. In Chap. iv. 15. He tells 'em, he had begotten 'em thro' the Gospel. In Chap. vi. I, 2, 3. He speaks of them as those who shall judge the World, and shall judge Angels. and in ver.II. he says to 'em Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of God. And in Chap. xv. 49. to the End, he speaks of them as having an Interest, with him and other Christians, in the Happiness and Glory of the Resurrection of the Just. And in his second Epistle, Chap. i. 7. He says to 'em Our Hope of you is stedfast; knowing that as you are Partakers of the Sufferings, so shall ye be also of the Consolation. This stedfast Hope implies a positive Judgment. We must here understand the Apostle to speak of such Members of the Church of Corinth, as had not visibly backslidden, as they whom he elsewhere speaks doubtfully of.