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A History Of The Work Of Redemption: Containing The Outlines Of A Body Of Divinity, In A Method Entirely New - Softcover

Jonathan Edwards

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A History Of The Work Of Redemption: Containing The Outlines Of A Body Of Divinity, In A Method Entirely New — Jonathan Edwards — offers a Puritan eschatological and providential account of the gospel’s progress from the Reformation to the end of the world. The work treats persecution, doctrinal opposition, gospel expansion, revivals, and the final judgment as facets of one divine, Christ-centered plan. It emphasizes Satanic opposition to the gospel alongside resilient advance: reform in doctrine and worship in Christian lands, expansion among heathen regions, and renewed piety in certain areas. Scripture’s reliability and divine providence are foregrounded as evidence that the Bible is God’s word, with prophecies about Antichrist, Rome, and other powers read as fulfilled. The text extols the true church’s endurance amid suffering, outlines a three-stage historical framework, and culminates in a millennial sequence, the universal knowledge of God, the resurrection, the final judgment, and the eternal state. Written as a polemical tract for educated lay readers and clergy, it situates early modern Protestant history within a single pattern of divine sovereignty and eschatological expectation.

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