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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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TRUE GRACE, Distinguished from the EXPERIENCE OF DEVILS. › IMPROVEMENT.
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Therefore, if Persons have first been awakened, and then afterwards have had Comfort and Joy, 'tis no certain Sign, that their Comforts are of the right Kind, that they were preceded by very great Terrors.
V. It may be further inferred from the Doctrine, that no Work of the Law on Men's Hearts, in Conviction of Guilt, ⟨p. 16⟩and just Desert of Punishment, is a sure Argument, that a Person has been savingly converted.
V. It may be further infer'd from the Doctrine, that no Work of the Law on Men's Hearts, in Conviction of Guilt, ⟨p. 16⟩and just Desert of Punishment, is a sure Argument, that a Person has been savingly converted.
Not only, are no Awakenings and Terrors, any certain Evidence of this, but no mere legal Work whatsoever; tho' carried to the utmost Extent that it can be; Nothing wherein there is no Grace or spiritual Light, but only the mere Conviction of natural Conscience, and those Acts and Operations of the Mind, which are the Result of this; and so are, as it were, merely forced by the clear Light of Conscience, without the Concurrence of the Heart and Inclination with that Light: I say these Things are no certain Sign of the saving Grace of GOD, or that a Person was ever savingly converted.
Not only, are no Awakenings and Terrors, any certain Evidence of this, but no meer legal Work whatsoever; tho' carried to the utmost Extent that it can be; Nothing wherein there is no Grace or spiritual Light, but only the meer Conviction of natural Conscience, and those Acts and Operations of the Mind, which are the Result of this; and so are, as it were, meerly forced by the clear Light of Conscience, without the Concurrence of the Heart and Inclination with that Light: I say these Things are no certain Sign of the saving Grace of GOD, or that a Person was ever savingly converted.