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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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2. Devils and damned Men, have a strong and most affecting Sense of the awful Greatness and Majesty of GOD. The awful Majesty of GOD, are greatly made manifest in the Executions of divine Wrath, which they are the Subjects of. The making this known, is one Thing GOD has in Design, in his Vengeance on his Enemies. Rom. ix. 22. What, if GOD willing to show his Wrath, and to make his Power known, endured with much long suffering the Vessels of Wrath, fitted to Destruction? The Devils tremble before this great and terrible GOD, and under a strong Sense of his awful Majesty. 'Tis greatly manifested to them, and damned Souls now; but shall be manifested in a further Degree, in that Day, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven, in flaming Fire, to take Vengeance upon them; and when they shall earnestly desire to fly, and be hid from the Face of Him that sits on the Throne, (which shall be, because of the Glory of His Majesty. Isai. ii. 10.) and when they shall be punished with everlasting Destruction, from the Presence of the Lord, and from the Glory of his Power. When CHRIST comes, at the last Day, in the Glory of his Father, every Eye shall see him in that Glory, (in this Respect, that they shall see his terrible Majesty) and they also that pierced Him: Rev. i. 7. Both those Devils, and wicked Men, which tormented and insulted Him, when he appeared in Meanness and Ignominy, shall then see him in the Glory of his Father.
2. Devils and damned Men, have a strong and most affecting Sense of the awful Greatness and Majesty of GOD. The awful Majesty of GOD, are greatly made manifest in the Executions of divine Wrath, which they are the Subjects of. The making this known, is one Thing GOD has in Design, in his Vengeance on his Enemies. Rom. ix. 22. What, if GOD willing to shew his Wrath, and to make his Power known, endured with much long suffering the Vessels of Wrath, fitted to Destruction? The Devils tremble before this great and terrible GOD, and under a strong Sense of his awful Majesty. 'Tis greatly manifested to them, and damned Souls now; but shall be manifested in a further Degree, in that Day, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven, in flaming Fire, to take Vengeance upon them; and when they shall earnestly desire to fly, and be hid from the Face of Him that sits on the Throne, (which shall be, because of the Glory of His Majesty.