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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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nor had I Respect to any such Thing▪ But I knew it was the Manner in many Places for those who hoped they were godly Persons, to converse with their Neighbours, and especially with their Minister, about their Experiences; whether it was required of them in Order to their coming into the Church, or no; and particularly, I was sensible, that this was the Manner at Northampton, for whose Sake especially I wrote; and I supposed it the Way of many Ministers, and People, to judge of others State, openly and publicly, by the Order and Method of their Experiences, or the Manner of their relating them. But this I ⟨p. 17⟩condemn in the very Passage that Mr. W. quotes; and very much condemn, in other Writings of mine which have been published; and have ever loudly condemned, and born my Testimony against.
nor had I Respect to any such Thing▪ But I knew it was the Manner in many Places for those who hoped they were godly Persons, to converse with their Neighbours, and especially with their Minister, about their Experiences; whether it was required of them in Order to their coming into the Church, or no; and particularly, I was sensible, that this was the Manner at Northampton, for whose Sake especially I wrote; and I supposed it the Way of many Ministers, and People, to judge of others State, openly and publickly, by the Order and Method of their Experiences, or the Manner of their relating them. But this I ⟨p. 17⟩condemn in the very Passage that Mr. W. quotes; and very much condemn, in other Writings of mine which have been publish'd; and have ever loudly condemned, and born my Testimony against.
There is one Passage more, which Mr. W. adds to the preceding, and fathers on me, to prove that I require an Account of Experiences in order to Admission; pretending to rehearse my Words, with Marks of Quotation, saying as follows, (P. 6. a.) And as he further explains himself elsewhere; The proper Visibility which the Public is to have of a Man's being a Saint, must be on some Account of his Experience of those Doctrines which teach the Nature of true saving Religion. I have made long and diligent Search for such a Passage in my Writings, but cannot find it. Mr. W. says, I thus explain my self elsewhere: But I wish he had mentioned in what Place.