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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.
THIS should be a powerful motive with us to the observation of the sabbath. It should be our study above all things to honour and glorify GOD. It should be the great thing with all that bear the name of christians, to honour their great GOD and king, and I hope is a great thing with many that hear me at this time.—If this be your inquiry, if this be your desire, to honour GOD; by this subject you are directed to one way whereby you may do much in that way, viz. by honouring the sabbath, and by showing a careful and strict observance of it.
THIS should be a powerful motive with us to the observation of the sabbath. It should be our study above all things to honor and glorify GOD. It should be the great thing with all that bear the name of christians, to honor their great GOD and king, and I hope is a great thing with many that hear me at this time.—If this be your inquiry, if this be your desire, to honor GOD; by this subject you are directed to one way whereby you may do much in that way, viz. by honoring the sabbath, and by showing a careful and strict observance of it.
(2.) THAT which is the business of the sabbath is the greatest business of our lives, viz. the business of religion. To serve and worship GOD is that for which we were made, and for which we had our being given us. Other business, which is of a secular nature, and on which we are wont to attend on week days, is but subordinate, and ought to be subservient to the higher purposes and ends of religion. Therefore surely we should not think much of devoting one seventh part of our time, to be wholly spent in this business, and to be set apart to exercise ourselves in the immediate duties of religion.
(2.) THAT which is the business of the sabbath is the greatest business of our lives, viz. the business of religion. To serve and worship GOD is that for which we were made, and for which we had our being given us. Other business, which is of a secular nature, and on which we are wont to attend on week days, is but subordinate, and ought to be subservient to the higher purposes and ends of religion. Therefore surely we should not think much of devoting one seventh part of our time, to be wholely spent in this business, and to be set apart to exercise ourselves in the immediate duties of religion.