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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.
1. IT is a business of great labour and care. There are many commands to be obeyed, many duties to be done, duties to GOD, duties to our neighbour, and duties to ourselves. There is much opposition in the way of these duties from without. There is a subtle and powerful adversary laying all manner of blocks in the way. There are innumerable temptations of satan to be resisted and repelled. There is great opposition from the world; innumerable […] laid on every side; many rocks and mountains to be passed over, many streams to be passed through, and many flatteries and enticements from a vain world to be resisted. There is great opposition from within; a dull and sluggish heart, which is exceeding averse from that activity in religion, which is necessary; a […] heart, which is averse from religion and spiritual exercises, and continually drawing the contrary way; and a proud and a deceitful heart, in which corruption will be exerting itself in all manner of ways. So that nothing can be done to any effect without a most strict and careful watch, great labour and strife.
1. IT is a business of great labour and care. There are many commands to be obeyed, many duties to be done, duties to GOD, duties to our neighbour, and duties to ourselves. There is much opposition in the way of these duties from without. There is a subtil and powerful adversary laying all manner of blocks in the way. There are innumerable temptations of satan to be resisted and repelled. There is great opposition from the world; innumerable 〈…〉 laid on every side; many rocks and mountains to be passed over, many streams to be passed through, and many flatteries and enticements from a vain world to be resisted. There is great opposition from within; a dull and sluggish heart, which is exceeding averse from that activity in religion, which is necessary; a 〈…〉 heart, which is averse from religion and spiritual exercises, and continually drawing the contrary way; and a proud and a deceitful heart, in which corruption will be exerting itself in all manner of ways. So that nothing can be done to any effect without a most strict and careful watch, great labour and strife.