Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
1. Of the _grace_ of God. It was of mere grace that God gave us his only begotten Son. The grace is great in proportion to the dignity and excellency of what is given: the gift was infinitely precious, because it was a person infinitely worthy, a person of infinite glory; and...
2 COR. i. 14.--As also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2. vi. 40: "And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one whichseeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life;" where it is plain that a true faith is what arises from a spiritual sight of Christ. And John xvii. 6, 7, 8: "I...
1. iv. 7, "We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of1. Of the _grace_ of God. It was of mere grace that God gave us his only begotten Son. The grace is great in proportion to the dignity and excellency of what is given: the gift...
4. viii. 23, "Ye are from beneath:" and thither he is bound; 'tis the placeThey are now the objects of that very _same_ anger and wrath of God, that is expressed in the torments of hell: and the reason why they don't go down to hell at each moment is n...
3. cxxiii. 1, "Unto thee I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in theheavens." Heaven is God's palace. 'Tis the house of the great King of the universe; there he has his throne, which is therefore represented as his house or temple; Ps. xi. 4, "T...
7. iv. 29, "The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was takenin their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen." In this respect also such strong rods are sons of the Most High and images or resemblances of...
5. chapter xvii. 6.2. What is meant by _her strong rods_, viz., her wise, able, and well qualified magistrates or rulers. That the rulers or magistrates are intended is manifest by verse 11: "And...
9. iv. 6 marked as preached in Northampton, May 1755, and in a book of plans145. =By which I became so obnoxious.= The excitement of the Great Awakening was followed by a period of laxity. In 1744 Edwards was informed that a number of the young people o...
6. x. 8, 9, says she, "Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants whichstand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the Lord thy God which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loved Israel...