I'm going down swinging

I have been working through an essay authored by Jonathan Edwards. I read some of it last night before I went to sleep and one section literally made me gasp. I released the pages from my hands, shook my head in disbelief and asked out loud “Edwards, what are you asking me to believe?” I was in shock for about five minutes before I resigned my troubled countenance and finished the section. I am still shaking my head…