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A farewell-sermon preached at the first precinct in Northampton, after the people's public rejection…A farewel-sermon preached at the first precinct in Northampton, after the people's publick rejection…
A farewell-sermon preached at the first precinct in Northampton, after the people's public rejection of their minister, and renouncing their relation to him as pastor of the church there, on June 22, 1750. : Occasioned by difference of sentiments, concerning the requisite qualifications of members of the church, in complete standing. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. ; [Twelve lines of Scripture texts]A farewel-sermon preached at the first precinct in Northampton, after the people's publick rejection of their minister, and renouncing their relation to him as pastor of the church there, on June 22, 1750. : Occasion'd by difference of sentiments, concerning the requisite qualifications of members of the church, in compleat standing. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. ; [Twelve lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland over agianst the prison, 1751
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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.
3. Ministers and the People that have been under their Care, must meet together at that Time, to receive an eternal Sentence & Retribution from the Judge, in the Presence of each other, according to their Behaviour in ⟨p. 14⟩the Relation they stood in one to another in the present State.
The Judge will not only declare Justice, but he will do Justice between Ministers and their People. He will declare what is right between them, approving him that has been just and faithful, and condemning the unjust; and perfect Truth and Equity shall take Place in the Sentence which He passes, in the Rewards He bestows, and the Punishments which He inflicts. There shall be a glorious Reward to faithful Ministers. To those who have been successful. Dan. xii.3. And they that be wise shall shine as the Brightness of the Firmament, and they that turn many to Righteousness, as the Stars for ever and ever: And also to those who have been faithful, and yet not successful; Isai. xlix. 4. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my Strength for Nought; yet surely my Judgment is with the Lord, and my Reward with my God. And those who have well received and entertained them shall be gloriously rewarded; Matth. x.40, 41. He that receiveth you, receiveth me, and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a Prophet, in the Name of a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet's Reward; and he that receiveth a righteous Man, in the Name of a righteous Man, shall receive a righteous Man's Reward. Such People and their faithful Ministers shall be each other's Crown of Rejoicing: 1 Thess. ii.19, 20. For what is our Hope, or Joy, or Crown of Rejoicing? Are not even ye, in the Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For ye are our Glory and Joy. And in the Text, We are your Rejoicing, as ye also are ours, in the Day of the Lord Jesus. But they that evil entreat Christ's faithful Ministers, especially in that wherein they are faithful, shall be severely punished;