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Christ the great example of Gospel ministers. A sermon preached at Portsmouth, at the…Christ the great example of Gospel ministers. A sermon preach'd at Portsmouth, at the…
Christ the great example of Gospel ministers. A sermon preached at Portsmouth, at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Job Strong, to the pastoral office over the South Church in that place, June 28. 1749, / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton.Christ the great example of Gospel ministers. A sermon preach'd at Portsmouth, at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Job Strong, to the pastoral office over the South Church in that place, June 28. 1749, / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton.
Boston: printed by T. Fleet, 1750
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.
And this Example was set us in our own Nature, and so is especially fitted for our Imitation. There was in the Man Christ Jesus, who was one of us, and dwelt among us, such Exercises of Virtue as became our State and Circumstances in the World, as those who dwell in frail Flesh and Blood, and as Members of humane Society, and dwellers ⟨p. 19⟩in such a World of Sorrow and Death.
And then these amiable Exercises of Virtue in Christ, were exhibited chiefly in the Things which he did in that Work wherein Ministers are called to act as Co-workers with him. The bright and glorious Example of Christ that is set before us, is chiefly in what he did during the three Years and half of his public Ministry; and in the Devotion, Heavenly-mindedness, Humility, Patience, Meekness, Forgiveness, Self-denial and Charity, which he exercised in the Labours and Sufferings he went through for the good of the Souls of Men: And therefore is especially set for the Imitation of those who are set apart that they may make it the whole Business of their Lives to seek the same good of Souls.
And then these amiable Exercises of Virtue in Christ, were exhibited chiefly in the Things which he did in that Work wherein Ministers are called to act as Co-workers with him. The bright and glorious Example of Christ that is set before us, is chiefly in what he did during the three Years and half of his publick Ministry; and in the Devotion, Heavenly-mindedness, Humility, Patience, Meekness, Forgiveness, Self-denial and Charity, which he exercised in the Labours and Sufferings he went through for the good of the Souls of Men: And therefore is especially set for the Imitation of those who are set apart that they may make it the whole Business of their Lives to seek the same good of Souls.