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Two dissertations, I. Concerning the end for which God created the world. II. The…
Two dissertations, I. Concerning the end for which God created the world. II. The nature of true virtue. / by the late Reverend, learned and pious Jonathan Edwards, A.M. president of the College in New-Jersey.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1765
Concerning the END for which GOD created the WORLD. › Chapter 2 › Sect 4
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AND we find that holy persons express their desire of this, and their joy in it, in the same manner as in the glory of God. 2 Sam. 7. 26. "Let thy name be magnified forever." Psal. 76. 1. "In Judah is God known, his name is great in Israel." Psal. 148. 13. "Let them praise the name of the Lord; for his name alone is excellent, his glory is above the earth, and heaven." Psal. 135. 13. "Thy name O Lord, endureth forever, and thy memorial throughout all generations." Isai. 12. 4. "Declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted."
THE judgments God executes on the wicked, are spoken of as being for the sake of his name, in like manner as for his glory. Exod. 9. 16. "And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth". Neh. 9. 10. "And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, & on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: so didst thou get thee a name as at this day".
THE judgments God executes on the wicked, are spoken of as being for the sake of his name, in like manner as for his glory. Exod. 9. 16. "And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth".