An Abridgment of a treatise by Jonathan Edwards first published in 1746.
Whom having not seen ye love; in whom though now ye see him not yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Peter 1.8.
Issue: Issue 4
We must understand that faith does not justify and save us by itself.. .but as an instrument, whereby we lay hold of and apply to ourselves Christ with His righteousness and merits, by which only we appear just before God. A small and weak hand, if it be able to reach up the meat to …
As the act of healing through the eyes of the Israelites and the brazen serpent went together, so, in the act of justifying, these two, faith and Christ, have a mutual relation, and must always concur—faith as the action which apprehendeth, Christ as the object which is apprehended; so that neither the passion of Christ …
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts blessed is the man that tmsteth in thee. Psalm 84.1112.
Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.—Matt. 7.78.
Evaluating our faith: How shall I depend on Him for raising my body from the dust; and saving my soul at last; if I distrust Him for a crust of bread, towards my preservation. Joseph Hall
The soul is the life of the body. Faith is the life of the soul. Christ is the life of faith. John Flavel