This
sermon is a treasure trove for memorable quotes. Here is one that always struck me: it is the
image of the heaviness of sin. According to Edwards, the wrath of God is upon sinners. Edwardss
text come from the Old Testament, Deuteronomy 32:35. Edwards initially speaks of the wrath of
God upon Israel, but he really applies it to all who are non-believers. He breaks the picture of
a benevolent God on account of our sin. Here is what he says about our sins:
Your wickedness makes you, as it were, heavy as lead, and to rend
downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell, and if God should let you go, you would
immediately sink, and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf; and your healthy
constitution, and your own care and prudence, and best contrivance, and all your righteousness,
would have no more influence to uphold you, and keep you out of hell, than a spider's web would
have to stop a falling rock.
What is striking here is
twofold. First, our sin is heavy. It...
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