Excerpt from The Works of President Edwards, Vol. 3 of 4: Containing I. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, II. Narrative of Surprising Conversions, III. Thoughts on the Revival in New England, IV. An Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement in Extraordinary Prayer, V. Concerning the Perseverance of Saints

Not that it is to be supposed that it will always be SO for though there never V in this world, be an entire purity, either in particular saints, in a perfect freedom fr mixtures of corruption or in the church of God, without any mixture of hypocrites v saints, and counterfeit religion, and false appearances of grace with true religion, I real holiness: et it is evident, that there wul come a time of much greater uritj the church of ad, than has been in ages t; it is plain by these texts of iriptl Isa. Hi. I. Ezek. Xliv. 6, 7, Joel iii. 17. Ech. Xiv. 21. Psal. Lxix. 32 35, 36. L xxxv. 8, 10, cha iv. 3, 4. Ezek. Xx. 38. Psal. Xxxvii. 9, 10, 21, 29. And one reason of it will he that at that time God will give much greater light to his pcopfl distinguish between true religion and its counterfeits. Mal. Iii. 3, And he shall as a refiner and (purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and pu them as ld an silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in rightec ness. I ith ver. 18, which is a continuation of the prophecy of the same he; times. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wick between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

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