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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.
2. THAT he ancient church was commanded to keep a seventh day in commemoration of the work of creation, is an argument for the keeping of a weekly sabbath in commemoration of the work of redemption, and not any reason against it.
2. THAT he antient church was commanded to keep a seventh day in commemoration of the work of creation, is an argument for the keeping of a weekly sabbath in commemoration of the work of redemption, and not any reason against it.
WE •ad in scripture of two creations, the old and the new: and these words of the fourth command, are to be taken as of the same force to those who belong to the new creation, with respect to the new creation, as they were […] those who belonged to the old creation, with respect to the old creation. We read ⟨p. 243⟩that in the beginning GOD created the heaven, and the earth, and the church of old were to commemorate that work. But when GOD creates a new heaven and a new earth, those that belong to this new heaven and new earth, by a like reason, are to commemorate the creation of their heaven and earth.
WE •ad in scripture of two creations, the old and the new: and these words of the fourth command, are to be taken as of the same force to those who belong to the new creation, with respect to the new creation, as they were 〈…〉 those who belonged to the old creation, with respect to the old creation. We read ⟨p. 243⟩that in the beginning GOD created the heaven, and the earth, and the church of old were to commemorate that work. But when GOD creates a new heaven and a new earth, those that belong to this new heaven and new earth, by a like reason, are to commemorate the creation of their heaven and earth.