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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.
So the city Jerusalem was a city that was called by GOD'S name; Jer. xxv. 29.—Upon the city which is called by my name. Dan. ix. 18, 19. And the city which is called by thy name, &c. This denoted that that was an holy city, a city chosen of GOD above all other cities for holy uses, as it is often called the holy city, as in Nehem. xi. 1. To dwell in Jerusalem the holy city; and in many other places.
So the temple is said to be an house called by GOD'S name; I Kings viii. 43. This house that is called by my name. And often else where. That is, ⟨p. 266⟩it was called GOD'S house, or the LORD'S house. This denoted that it was called an holy place, an house devoted to holy uses above all others.
So also we find that the first day of the week is called by GOD'S name, being called in scripture GOD'S day, or the Lord's day, which denotes that it is an holy day, a day appropriated to holy uses, above all others in the week.