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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 3: PERIOD III.
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.
PROPOSITION, That the space of time from the end of Christ's humiliation to the end of the world is all taken up bringing about the great effect o• success of Christ's purchase.
Not but that there were great effects and glorious success […] Christ's purchase of redemption before, even from the beginning of the generations of men. But all that success of Christ's redemption which was before, was only preparatory, and was by way of anticipation, as some few fruits are gathered before the harvest. […] was no more success before Christ came than God four needful […] the way for his coming. The proper time of the successor effe•• of Christ's purchase of redemption is after the purchase has been made, as the proper time for the world to enjoy the light of the sun is daytime, after the sun is risen, tho' we may have some small ••tter of […] reflected from the moon & planets before. Even the success of Christ's redemption while he himself was on earth, was very small in comparison of what it was after the conclusion of his humiliation.
Not but that there were great effects and glorious success 〈…〉 Christ's purchase of redemption before, even from the beginning of the generations of men. But all that success of Christ's redemption which was before, was only preparatory, and was by way of anticipation, as some few fruits are gathered before the harvest. 〈…〉 was no more success before Christ came than God four needful 〈…〉 the way for his coming. The proper time of the successor effe•• of Christ's purchase of redemption is after the purchase has been made, as the proper time for the world to enjoy the light of the sun is daytime, after the sun is risen, tho' we may have some small ••tter of 〈…〉 reflected from the moon & planets before. Even the success of Christ's redemption while he himself was on earth, was very small in comparison of what it was after the conclusion of his humiliation.