Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's…

Name: Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's…
Author: Jonathan Edwards

Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's book, entitled, The true state of the question concerning the qualifications necessary to lawful communion in the Christian sacraments. / By Jonathan Edwards, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Stockbridge. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's book, intitled, The true state of the question concerning the qualifications necessary to lawful communion in the Christian sacraments. / By Jonathan Edwards, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Stockbridge. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]

Jonathan Edwards 1703–1758Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1752

[2], iv, 173, [5] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo) · 69k words · Evans 6839

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Misrepresentations corrected, and Truth vindicated. › Part 2 › Section 5: Showing that Mr. Williams, in supposing that unsanctified Men may profess such Things,…Misrepresentations corrected, and Truth vindicated. › Part 2 › Section 5: Shewing that Mr. Williams, in supposing that unsanctified Men may profess such Things,…

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SECTION V. Showing that Mr. Williams, in supposing that unsanctified Men may profess such Things, as he allows must be professed, and yet speak true, is inconsistent with Mr. Stoddard, and with himself.

SECTION V. Shewing that Mr. Williams, in supposing that unsanctified Men may profess such Things, as he allows must be profess'd, and yet speak true, is inconsistent with Mr. Stoddard, and with himself.

:117p. 47–48

MR. W. denies, that in order to Men's being admitted to Sacraments, they need make any peculiar Profession, distinguished from what an unregenerate Man may make (P. 44. c. P. 50. e. 6. c, d, e. 9. c. 10. c, e. 45. e. 46. a, & 53, e.) or that they need to profess any Thing but what an unregenerate Man may say, & speak true. (P. 47. c.) And that they need make no Profession but what is compatible with an unregenerate State, (P. 8. d, e.) And yet the Reader has seen what Things he says all must profess in order to come to Sacraments. One Thing he says they must profess, is a real Conviction of the Heart, of the divine Truth of God's Word; That they do sincerely and with all their Hearts believe the Gospel. And these Things, he says, are agreeable to the Opinion of Mr. Stoddard, and the Doctrine he taught. (P. 32. b, c. & P. 36. a.) Let us compare these Things with the Doctrine Mr. S. taught. Mr. S. taught, that natural Men don't believe the Gospel. (Benef. of the Gosp. P. 89. b) That they don't properly believe the Word of God. (Guide to Christ, P 26. d.) That they don't believe the Testimony of God, don't lay Weight on the Word of God; That they don't believe the Report of the Gospel. (Safety of Ap. Edit. 2. P. 229. c, e.) That they do not receive God's Testimony, nor lay Weight. (ibid. P. 99. That there is no Man, how great soever his Profession, how large soever his Knowledge,

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SECTION V. Showing that Mr. Williams, in supposing that unsanctified Men may profess such Things, as he allows must be professed, and yet speak true, is inconsistent with Mr. Stoddard, and with himself.

SECTION V. Shewing that Mr. Williams, in supposing that unsanctified Men may profess such Things, as he allows must be profess'd, and yet speak true, is inconsistent with Mr. Stoddard, and with himself.

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