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The Works of Jonathan Edwards; with a Memoir of His Life and Character Volume 2

The Works of Jonathan Edwards; with a Memoir of His Life and Character Volume 2 PDF Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230214542
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Languages : en
Pages : 220

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ... SERMON XXI. THE PARTING COMMENDATION* Acts 20: 32.--And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. In this chapter is an account of part of Paul's journey from Philippi to Jerusalem. Ephesus was in proconsular Asia. It was a place where the apostle had labored much, and where at one time he had spent two years, (ch. 19: 8--11.) He was the founder of the church there; the spiritual father of its members. He had built them up and made them what they were. And now as he is going to Jerusalem, not knowing what was to befal him there; as he could not visit Ephesus, he sends from Miletus, a sea-port near, for the elders of the Ephesian church to come and meet him. On their arrival he addresses them in a very affectionate and solemn manner in the farewell discourse of which our text is a part. He tells them in much tenderness that they shall see his face no more; and then after advice on various points he leaves them with God in the language of our text. " And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." In dwelling on these words, I would show 1. What it is to commend to God, and to the word of his grace; 2. What is presupposed in this; 3. In what sense his word is able to build us up, and to give us an inheritance among them that are sanctified. I. What is it to commend to God, and to the word of his grace 1 1. What is it to commend to God 1 It is, * A farewell discourse to the church and society in New Haven, May 24, 1795. The body of this sermon, as far as the "Improvement," was left by the author...