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Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's…
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]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1752
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And tho' he highly blames me for insinuating, as above, that my Opposers require a Pretence of NO MORE than common Grace and moral Sincerity; yet in Opposition to my insisting on a Profession of saving Faith, speaking of the Profession which the Apostles required, he says (P. 58. c.) 'Tis certain, that a Profession in these Words, which was wont to be required, do sometimes import NO MORE than a Conviction of the Understanding on moral Evidence. So he says concerning those whose Admission into the Christian Church we have an Account of in Acts ii. (P. 45. e.) There is not one Word said about ANY OTHER FAITH, but believing that Jesus was the Messiah. And if so, then certainly NO MORE was professed.
And tho' he highly blames me for insinuating, as above, that my Opposers require a Pretence of NO MORE than common Grace and moral Sincerity; yet in Opposition to my insisting on a Profession of saving Faith, speaking of the Profession which the Apostles required, he says (P. 58. c.) 'Tis certain, that a Profession in these Words, which was wont to be required, do sometimes import NO MORE than a Conviction of the Understanding on moral Evidence. So he says concerning those whose Admission into the Christian Church we have an Account of in Acts ii. (P. 45. e.) There is not one Word said about ANY OTHER FAITH, but believing that Jesus was the Messiah. And if so, then certainly NO MORE was profess'd.
In P. 35. e. He allows, that all visible Saints who are not truly pious, are Hypocrites; and yet maintains, that the Profession they make is no more than what they may make and speak HONESTLY & TRULY. P. 105. d. & 47. c. How then are they all Hypocrites, if they are honestly and truly what they profess to be?