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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]
Boston: : Printed & sold by S. Kneeland in Queenstreet, 1749
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An Inquiry into the Qualifications for full Communion in the visibl… › Part 3
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How many Seasons were there, wherein the People in general fell into and lived in Idolatry, that Scandal of Scandals, in the Times of the Judges, and in the Times of the Kings both in Judah and Israel? But still amidst all this Wickedness, they continued to attend the Sacrament of Circumcision: We have every whit as much Evidence of it, as that they attended the Passover without a Profession of Godliness: We have no Account of their ever leaving it off at such Seasons, nor any Hint of it's being renewed (as a Thing which had ceased) when they came to reform. Tho' we have so full an Account of the Particulars of Josiah' Reformation, after that long scandalous Reign of Manasseh, there is no Hint of any reviving of Circumcision, or returning to it after a Cessation. And where have we an Account of the People's being once reproved for attending this holy Sacrament while thus involved in scandalous Sin, in all the Old Testament? And where is this once charged on them as a Sin, any more than in the Case of unconverted Persons attending the Sacrament of the Passover.‡
How many Seasons were there, wherein the People in general fell into and lived in Idolatry, that Scandal of Scandals, in the Times of the Judges, and in the Times of the Kings both in Judah and Israel? But still amidst all this Wickedness, they continued to attend the Sacrament of Circumcision: We have every whit as much Evidence of it, as that they attended the Passover without a Profession of Godliness: We have no Account of their ever leaving it off at such Seasons, nor any Hint of it's being renewed (as a Thing which had ceas'd) when they came to reform. Tho' we have so full an Account of the Particulars of Josiah' Reformation, after that long scandalous Reign of Manosseh, there is no Hint of any reviving of Circumcision, or returning to it after a Cessation. And where have we an Account of the People's being once reproved for attending this holy Sacrament while thus involved in scandalous Sin, in all the Old Testament? And where is this once charged on them as a Sin, any more than in the Case of unconverted Persons attending the Sacrament of the Passover.‡
- ‡Let the Reader here take Notice of what is observed in the Conclusion of my Answer to the Objection from the Instance of Judas.