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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. › Period 1 › Part 4: From Moses to David.
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 […] wa• he that redeemed the church out of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh; as Christ, by his death and suffering•, ••deemed his people from Satan, the spiritual Pharaoh. He redeemed them from […] service and cruel drudgery; a• Christ redeem▪ his […] f••m the cruel slavery of sin and Satan. He redeemed them, as it is said, from the iron furnace• ; as Christ redeems his church from a furnace of fire and everlasting burnings. He redeemed them with a strong hand and out stretched arm, and great and terrible judgements on their enemies; as Christ with mighty power triumphs over principalities and powers, and executes terrible judgements on his church's enemies, bruising the serpent's head. He saved them, when others were destroyed, by the sprinkling ⟨p. 54⟩of the blood of the paschal lamb; as God's church is saved from death by the sprinkling of the blood of Christ, when the rest of the world is destroyed. God brought forth the people sorely against the will of the Egyptians, when they could not bear to let them go; so Christ rescues his people out of the hands of the devil, sorely against his will, when his proud heart cannot bear to be overcome.
This 〈…〉 wa• he that redeemed the church out of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharoah; as Christ, by his death and suffering•, ••deemed his people from Satan, the spiritual Pharaoh. He redeemed them from 〈…〉 service and cruel drudgery; a• Christ redeem▪ his 〈…〉 f••m the cruel slavery of sin and Satan. He redeemed them, as it is said, from the iron furnace• ; as Christ redeems his church from a furnace of fire and everlasting burnings. He redeemed them with a strong hand and out stretched arm, and great and terrible judgements on their enemies; as Christ with mighty power triumphs over principalities and powers, and executes terrible judgements on his church's enemies, bruising the serpent's head. He saved them, when others were deroyed, by the sprinkling