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A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…
A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of divinity, in a method entirely new. / By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey[.]
Boston: printed by Draper & Folsom, 1782
A HISTORY Of the WORK of REDEMPTION. › IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHOLE.
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Now we may see the truth of that, Psal. xxxvi.5.6. "Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgements are a great deep." If we consider what has been said, we need not wonder that the Psalmist, in the 13•6• Psalm, so so often repeats this, For his mercy endureth for ever; as if he were in an ecstasy at the consideration of the perpetuity of God's mercy to his church, and delighted to think of it, and knew not how but continually to express it. Let us with like pleasure and joy celebrate the everlasting duration of Gods mercy and faithfulness to his church and people, and let us be comforted by it under the present dark circumstances of the church of God, and all the uproar and con•usions that are in the world; and all the threatenings of the church's enemies. Let us take encouragement earnestly to pray for those glorious things which God has promised to accomplish for his church.
Now we may see the truth of that, Psal. xxxvi.5.6. "Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgements are a great deep." If we consider what has been said, we need not wonder that the Psalmist, in the 13•6• Psalm, so so often repeats this, For his mercy endureth for ever; as if he were in an ecstasy at the consideration of the perpetuity of God's mercy to his church, and delighted to think of it, and knew not how but continually to express it. Let us with like pleasure and joy celebrate the everlasting duration of Gods mercy and faithfulness to his church and people, and let us be comforted by it under the present dark circumstances of the church of God, and all the uproar and con•usions that are in the world; and all the threatinings of the church's enemies. Let us take encouragement earnestly to pray for those glorious things which God has promised to accomplish for his church.