Background
He was born at East Haddam, Connecticut, on the 20th of April.
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Sermons on Various Subjects of Christian Doctrine and Duty - Vol. V
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Sermons on Various Subjects of Christian Doctrine and Duty - Vol. V by Nathanael Emmons. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1825 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
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The Massachusetts Missionary Magazine, for the Year 1805, Vol. 3: Containing Religious and Interesting Communications, Calculated to Edify Christians, ... the Rising Generation (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Massachusetts Missionary Magazine, for the Year 1805, Vol. 3: Containing Religious and Interesting Communications, Calculated to Edify Christians, and Inform the Rising Generation Ou the whole, if we are negligent and inattentive, the Mag. Azine mot defpair and die but if we faithfully exert onr abil. fifiyk will yet hope and live, and realize ample fuccefs by ex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Selfishness: The Essence of Moral Depravity
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A collection of twenty sermons by Nathanael Emmons on the vital issues of sin, human depravity, and the judgment of God. In these sermons Emmons explains the sinful human condition in a way which sheds clear light on the heart of the sinner, so that even the most hardened sinner can understand his corruption. Emmons wrote: "All sin is of the same nature, and essentially consists in selfishness. Sin is a transgression of the law of love; and nothing but selfishness is a transgression of that law. God commands all men to love him supremely, and one another as themselves. When any man loves himself more than God, and his own good more than the good of any of his fellow-creatures, he is totally selfish; and his selfishness is a transgression of the divine law. All sinfulness may be traced to selfishness as its source. Men never act from any worse than selfish motives." The message of this book is vital to true Christianity.
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The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D, Vol. 4: Pastor of the Church in Franklin, Mass, With a Memoir of His Life (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D, Vol. 4: Pastor of the Church in Franklin, Mass, With a Memoir of His Life And herein Do I exercise myself, To have always A conscience void OF offence toward god and toward men.-acts, XXIV. 16. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Nathanael Emmons
Edit ProfileEducation
Nathanael Emmons graduated at Yale in 1767, studied theology under the Rev. John Smalley (1734 - 1820) at Berlin, Connecticut, and was licensed to preach in 1769.
Career
After preaching four years in New York and New Hampshire, he became, in April 1773, pastor of the Second church at Franklin (until 1778 a part of Wrentham, Massachusetts), of which he remained in charge until May 1827, when failing health compelled his relinquishment of active ministerial cares.
He lived, however, for many years thereafter, dying of old age at Franklin on the 23rd of September 1840.
It was as a theologian that Dr Emmons was best known, and for half a century probably no clergyman in New England exerted so wide an influence. He developed an original system of divinity, somewhat on the structural plan of that of Samuel Hopkins, and, in Emmons's own belief, contained in and evolved from Hopkinsianism. While by no means abandoning the tenets of the old Calvinistic faith, he came to be looked upon as the chief representative of what was then known as the "new school" of theologians. Emmonsism was spread and perpetuated by more than a hundred clergymen, whom he personally trained.
He was a founder and the first president of the Massachusetts Missionary Society, and was influential in the establishment of Andover Theological Seminary.
More than two hundred of his sermons and addresses were published during his lifetime.
His works were published in 6 vols. (Boston, 1842; new edition, 1861).
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Works
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Selfishness: The Essence of Moral Depravity
(A collection of twenty sermons by Nathanael Emmons on the...)
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The Massachusetts Missionary Magazine, for the Year 1805, Vol. 3: Containing Religious and Interesting Communications, Calculated to Edify Christians, ... the Rising Generation (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from The Massachusetts Missionary Magazine, for t...)
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Sermons on Various Subjects of Christian Doctrine and Duty - Vol. V
(Sermons on Various Subjects of Christian Doctrine and Dut...)
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The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D, Vol. 4: Pastor of the Church in Franklin, Mass, With a Memoir of His Life (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D, Vol. 4: ...)
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Selfishness: The Essence of Moral Depravity
Religion
His system declared that holiness and sin are free voluntary exercises; that men act freely under the divine agency; that the slightest transgression deserves eternal punishment; that it is through God's mere grace that the penitent believer is pardoned and justified; that, in spite of total depravity, sinners ought to repent; and that regeneration is active, not passive, with the believer.
Politics
Politically, he was an ardent patriot during the War of Independence, and a strong Federalist afterwards, several of his political discourses attracting wide attention.
Membership
He was a member of the the Massachusetts Missionary Society.
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Religion
Congregational Church