N05520:129
True grace, distinguished from the experience of devils; in a sermon, preached before the…
True grace, distinguished from the experience of devils; in a sermon, preached before the Synod of New-York, convened at New-Ark, in New-Jersey, on September 28. N.S. 1752. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Stockbridge in New-England. ; (Printed by the desire of the synod.) : [Four lines from II. Corinthians]
New-York: printed by James Parker, 1753
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The Observation from the Words that I would now insist upon, is this, There is Nothing that keeps wicked Men, at any one Moment, out of Hell, but the mere Pleasure of GOD.
The Observation from the Words that I would now insist upon, is this, There is Nothing that keeps wicked Men, at any one Moment, out of Hell, but the meer Pleasure of GOD.
By the mere Pleasure of GOD, I mean his sovereign Pleasure, his arbitrary Will, restrained by no Obligation, hindered by no Manner of Difficulty, any more than if nothing else but GOD's mere Will had in the least Degree, or in any Respect whatsoever, any Hand in the Preservation of wicked Men one Moment.
By the meer Pleasure of GOD, I mean his sovereign Pleasure, his arbitrary Will, restrained by no Obligation, hinder'd by no Manner of Difficulty, any more than if nothing else but GOD's meer Will had in the least Degree, or in any Respect whatsoever, any Hand in the Preservation of wicked Men one Moment.
The Truth of this Observation may appear by the following Considerations.