God's Power and Glory in Salvation Must Remain Preeminent.

"If it is indeed true, as Scriptures abundantly teach, that grace in the soul is so the effect of the power of God, that it is with propriety compared to those affects which are the farthest from being owing to any strength in the subject, such as a generation, being begotten or raised from the dead, created, etc. then how shall we account for the circumstance, that the Almighty, in so great a work, should so carefully hide his power that the subjects of it should not be able to discern it? If we may form any conclusion from Scripture, God, in the great works of His power and mercy which he performs for His people, orders things so as to make his power conspicuous, and our dependence on him so evident, that no flesh should glory in his presence, I Cor 1:27-29; that He alone should be exalted, Isa. 2:11-17; that the excellency of the power should be of him, and not of man, 2 Cor. 4:7; that the power of Christ should be manifest in our weakness, 2 cor. 12:9; and that none should say, Mine own hand hath saved me, Judges 7:2." 
Jonathan Edwards, A Treatise on Religious Affections  ; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI. 1992, pgs 66,67.


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