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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 CORINTHIANS, xvi. 1, 2. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that th••• be no gatherings when I come.
DOCTRINE. It is the mind and will of GOD, that the first day of the week should be especially set apart among christians, for religious exercises and duties.
I PROPOSED to discourse upon this doctrine under two propositions: and having already, under the first, endeavoured to prove, that one day of the week is, throughout all ages, to be devoted to religious exercises; I proceed now to the
II. PROP. That it is the will of GOD, that under the gospel dispensation, or in the christian church, this day should be the first day of the week.