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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 2
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3. The same Thing is evident by 1 Joh.ii.19. They went out from us, because they were not of use: If they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. The Words naturally suggest & imply, that those professing Christians, who at […] proved false, did, before they went out, seem to belong to the Society of the true Saints, or those endowed with persevering Grace and Holiness; They seemed to be of their Number, i.e. They were so in Pretence & Visibility, and so were accepted in the Judgment of Charity.
3. The same Thing is evident by 1 Joh.ii.19. They went out from us, because they were not of use: If they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. The Words naturally suggest & imply, that those professing Christians, who at 〈…〉 proved false, did, before they went out, seem to belong to the Society of the true Saints, or those endowed with persevering Grace and Holiness; They seem'd to be of their Number, i.e. They were so in Pretence & Visibility, and so were accepted in the Judgment of Charity.
4. The Name and Visibility, that nominal or visible Christians had in the Days of the New-Testament, was of saving Christianity, and not of moral Sincerity; for they had a Name to live, tho' many of them were […] Rev.iii. 1. Now it is very plain what that is in Religion which is called by the Name of Life, all over the New-Testament, viz. saving Grace; and I don't know that any Thing else, of a religious Nature, is ever so called.
4. The Name and Visibility, that nominal or visible Christians had in the Days of the New-Testament, was of saving Christianity, and not of moral Sincerity; for they had a Name to live, tho' many of them were 〈…〉