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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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THIS is spoken of from time to time, as a great end of the miracles which God wrought. See Exod. 7. 17. and 8. 10. and. 10. 2. Deut. 29. 5, 6. Ezek. 24. 27.
THIS is spoken of as a great end of ordinances. Exod. 29. 44, 45, 46. "And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation; I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priests office. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, &c." Chap. 31. 13. "Verily my sabbaths shall ye keep; for it is a sign between me and you, throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you". We have again almost the same words, Ezek. 20. 12, and ver. 20.
THIS is spoken of as a great end of the redemption out of Egypt. Psal. 106. 8. "Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake that he might make his mighty power to be known." See also Exod. 7. 5 and Deut. 4. 34, 35. And also of the redemption from the Babylonish captivity. Ezek 20. 34,—38. "And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries whither ye are scattered.—And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people; and there I will plead with you, as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt.—And I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. And I will purge out the rebels.—And ye shall know that I am the Lord." Ver. 42. "And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel."—Ver. 44. "And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake." See also, chap. 28. 25, 26. and 36. 11. and 37. 6, 13.