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A careful and strict enquiry into the modern prevailing notions of that freedom of…
A careful and strict enquiry into the modern prevailing notions of that freedom of will, which is supposed to be essential to moral agency, virtue and vice, reward and punishment, praise and blame. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the church in Stockbridge. ; [One line from Romans]A careful and strict enquiry into the modern prevailing notions of that freedom of will, which is supposed to be essential to moral agency, vertue and vice, reward and punishment, praise and blame. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the church in Stockbridge. ; [One line from Romans]
printed by S. Kneeland, 1754
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
God speaks of Himself as peculiarly well-pleased with the Righteousness of this Servant of his. Isai. xlii.21. The Lord is well pleased for his Righteousness sake. The Sacrifices of old are spoken of as a sweet Savour to God, but the Obedience of Christ as far more acceptable than they. Psal. xl.6, 7. Sacrifice and Offering Thou didst not desire: — Mine Ear hast Thou opened [as thy Servant performing willing Obedience;] Burnt-Offering and Sin-Offering hast thou not required: Then said I, Lo, I come [as a Servant that cheerfully answers the Calls of his Master:] I delight to do thy Will, O my God, and thy Law is within mine Heart. Matth. xvii.5. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased. And Christ tells us expressly, that the Father loves Him for that wonderful Instance of his Obedience, his voluntarily yielding himself to Death, in Compliance with the Father's Command. Joh. x.17, 18. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my Life: — No Man taketh it from me; but I lay it down of my self — This Commandment received I of my Father.
God speaks of Himself as peculiarly well-pleased with the Righteousness of this Servant of his. Isai. xlii.21. The Lord is well pleased for his Righteousness sake. The Sacrifices of old are spoken of as a sweet Savour to God, but the Obedience of Christ as far more acceptable than they. Psal. xl.6, 7. Sacrifice and Offering Thou didst not desire: — Mine Ear hast Thou opened [as thy Servant performing willing Obedience;] Burnt-Offering and Sin-Offering hast thou not required: Then said I, Lo, I come [as a Servant that chearfully answers the Calls of his Master:] I delight to do thy Will, O my God, and thy Law is within mine Heart. Matth. xvii.5. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased. And Christ tells us expresly, that the Father loves Him for that wonderful Instance of his Obedience, his voluntarily yielding himself to Death, in Compliance with the Father's Command.