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Sermons, on the following subjects
Sermons, on the following subjects; The manner in which salvation is to be sought. The unreasonableness of indetermination in religion. Unbelievers contemn the glory of Christ. The folly of looking back in fleeing out of Sodom. The warnings of Scripture in the best manner adapted to the awakening and conversion of sinners. Hypocrites deficient in the duty of prayer. The future punishment of the wicked unavoidable and intolerable. The eternity of hell-torments. The peace which Christ gives his true followers. The perpetuity & change of the Sabbath. / By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New-Jersey.
Hartford: printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1780
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.
I. THERE is a work or business, which must be undertaken and accomplished by men, if they would be saved. II. THIS business is a great undertaking. III. MEN should be willing to enter upon and go through this undertaking; though it be great, seeing it is for their own salvation.
I. PROP. There is a work or business, which men must enter upon and accomplish, in order to their salvation.—Men have no reason to expect to be saved in idleness, or to go to heaven in a way of doing nothing. No; in order to it, there is a great work, which must not only be begun, but must be finished.
I SHALL speak upon this proposition, in answer to two enquiries.
ENQ. I. What is this work o• business, which must be undertaken and accomplished in order to the salvation of men?
ANS. It is the work of seeking salvation in a way of a thorough and constant observance of all the duty, to which GOD directs us in his word. If we would be saved, we must seek salvation. For although men do not obtain heaven of themselves, yet they do not go thither accidentally, […] without any intention