, 1728–1729 One of Edwards’ more ambitious and complex early homiletical efforts, this discourse is three sermons, each based on a Proposition with its own Application. The final preaching unit even includes two Applications, one on the first head of the Doctrine, and a concluding “Reflection” on the whole discourse. From the description in Isaiah 32:2 of “a man,” whom Edwards takes to be Christ, who is as a “hiding place,” as “rivers