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November 7, 2012
Their foot shall slide in due time- Deut. 32:35
but who, notwithstanding all God's wonderful works towards them, remained (as ver. 28.) void of counsel, having no understanding in them. Under all the cultivations of heaven, they brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit; as in the two verses next preceding the text. The expression I have chosen for my text, Their foot shall slide in due time, seems to imply the following doings, relating to the punishment and destruction to which these wicked Israelites were exposed.
1. That they were always exposed to destruction; as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall. This is implied in the manner of their destruction coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm 73:18. "Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them down into destruction." -- Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 7, 2012 5:32 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
Posted by: Fat Man at November 7, 2012 6:45 PM
I hear the words of the rasta man say
Babylon your throne gone down, gone down
Babylon your throne gone down
Said, I hear the words of the higher man say
Babylon your throne gone down, gone down
Babylon your throne gone down
And I hear the angel with the seven seals
Babylon your throne's gone down, gone down
Babylon your throne gone down
Posted by: Fat Man at November 7, 2012 6:59 PM
I had the privilege of seeing and holding Edwards' handwritten manuscript of that sermon when I was working as a transcriber for a publication project of Edwards' previously unpublished sermons. In a way, it made the words more powerful than the printed versions. Edwards wrote his sermons in a very small, almost monastic hand with homemade ink on sheets of rag paper that he cut, folded, and sewed into little booklets small enough to hold in his hand while preaching. The original thread that he used was still holding the pages of The "Enfield Sermon" together when I saw it. Quite an "awakening" experience, in his sense of the word.
Posted by: PA Cat at November 8, 2012 12:53 AM