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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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So that here, if it be true, that some unconverted Men have a divine Warrant to come to the Lord's Supper; and if the Thing which is the Foundation of this Argument, be also true, viz. That in Order to Men's warrantably coming to the Lord's Supper, they must not only think, but know they have a Right; then it must be true likewise, that they not only think, but know, that the Scripture, wherein this ⟨p. 157⟩Warrant is supposed to be delivered, is the Word of GOD. And then we have the following Propositions to make hang together: That unconverted Men are ignorant of the Scripture's being the Word of God, are uncertain of it, have no Assurance of it, are not convinced of it, don't properly believe it, are at a Loss whether it be the Word of God, or not; and yet they not only think, but know, that the Scriptures are the Word of God, and that the Gospel, which is the Charter of all Christian Privileges, is Divine; they have a Knowledge of it, which is above all probable Hope or Thought, and attended with Evidence above a Thousand Probabilities.
So that here, if it be true, that some unconverted Men have a divine Warrant to come to the Lord's Supper; and if the Thing which is the Foundation of this Argument, be also true, viz. That in Order to Men's warrantably coming to the Lord's Supper, they must not only think, but know they have a Right; then it must be true likewise, that they not only think, but know, that the Scripture, wherein this ⟨p. 157⟩Warrant is suppos'd to be delivered, is the Word of GOD. And then we have the following Propositions to make hang together: That unconverted Men are ignorant of the Scripture's being the Word of God, are uncertain of it, have no Assurance of it, are not convinced of it, don't properly believe it, are at a Loss whether it be the Word of God, or not; and yet they not only think, but know, that the Scriptures are the Word of God, and that the Gospel, which is the Charter of all Christian Privileges, is Divine; they have a Knowlege of it, which is above all probable Hope or Thought, and attended with Evidence above a Thousand Probabilities.