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In 1739 Jonathan Edwards preached a series of thirty sermons in his church at Northampton, Massachusetts—sermons based on one scriptural passage: Isaiah 51:8. Apparently Edwards later intended to develop this discourse into a major treatise construing God’s redemption of the world as the most basic doctrine of theology. Unfortunately, he died before he could undertake this project. The sermon...

Then it was that Christ first took on him the work and office of a mediator. He had undertaken it before the world was made;5 he stood engaged with the Father to appear as man’s mediator and to take on him that office when there should be occasion from all eternity. But now the time was come when man fell. Then the occasion came, and then Christ immediately without further delay entered on his work and took on him that office that he had stood engaged to take on him from eternity. As soon as man
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