N05520:161
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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How awful are those Words, Isai, lxiii. 3. which are the Words of the great GOD, I will tread them in mine Anger, and will trample them in my Fury, and their Blood shall be sprinkled upon my Garments, and I will stain all my Raiment. 'Tis perhaps impossible, to conceive of Words that carry in them greater Manifestations of these three Things▪ viz. Contempt, and Hatred, and Fierceness of Indignation. ⟨p. 58⟩If you cry to GOD to pity you, he will be so far from pitying you in your doleful Case, or showing you the least Regard or Favour, that instead of that, he'll only tread you under Foot: And tho' he will know, that you can't bear the Weight of Omnipotence treading upon you, yet he won't Regard that, but he will crush you under his Feet without Mercy; He'll crush out your Blood, and make it fly, and it shall be sprinkled on his Garments, so as to stain all his Raiment. He will not only hate you, but he will have you in the utmost Contempt; no Place shall be thought fit for you, but under his Feet, to be trodden down as the Mire of the Streets.
How awful are those Words, Isai, lxiii. 3. which are the Words of the great GOD, I will tread them in mine Anger, and will trample them in my Fury, and their Blood shall be sprinkled upon my Garments, and I will stain all my Raiment. 'Tis perhaps impossible, to conceive of Words that carry in them greater Manifestations of these three Things▪ viz. Contempt, and Hatred, and Fierceness of Indignation. ⟨p. 58⟩If you cry to GOD to pity you, he will be so far from pitying you in your doleful Case, or shewing you the least Regard or Favour, that instead of that, he'll only tread you under Foot: And tho' he will know, that you can't bear the Weight of Omnipotence treading upon you, yet he won't Regard that, but he will crush you under his Feet without Mercy; He'll crush out your Blood, and make it fly, and it shall be sprinkled on his Garments, so as to stain all his Raiment. He will not only hate you, but he will have you in the utmost Contempt; no Place shall be thought fit for you, but under his Feet, to be trodden down as the Mire of the Streets.