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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 Bow of GOD's Wrath is bent, and the Arrow made ready on the String, and Justice bends the Arrow at your Heart, and strains the Bow, and it is Nothing but the mere Pleasure of GOD, and that of an angry GOD, without any Promise or Obligation at all, that keeps the Arrow one Moment from being made drunk with your Blood.
The Bow of GOD's Wrath is bent, and the Arrow made ready on the String, and Justice bends the Arrow at your Heart, and strains the Bow, and it is Nothing but the meer Pleasure of GOD, and that of an angry GOD, without any Promise or Obligation at all, that keeps the Arrow one Moment from being made drunk with your Blood.
Thus are all you that never passed under a great Change of Heart, by the mighty Power of the SPIRIT of GOD upon your Souls; all that were never born again, and made new Creatures, and raised from being dead in Sin, to a State of new, and before altogether unexperienced Light and Life, (however you may have reformed your Life in many Things, and may have had religious Affections, and may keep up a Form of Religion in your Families and Closets, and in the Houses of GOD, and may be strict in it,) you are thus in the Hands of an angry GOD; 'tis Nothing but his mere Pleasure, that keeps you from being this Moment swallowed up in everlasting Destruction.
Thus are all you that never passed under a great Change of Heart, by the mighty Power of the SPIRIT of GOD upon your Souls; all that were never born again, and made new Creatures, and raised from being dead in Sin, to a State of new, and before altogether unexperienced Light and Life, (however you may have reformed your Life in many Things, and may have had religious Affections, and may keep up a Form of Religion in your Families and Closets, and in the Houses of GOD, and may be strict in it,) you are thus in the Hands of an angry GOD; 'tis Nothing but his meer Pleasure, that keeps you from being this Moment swallowed up in everlasting Destruction.