According to Edwards, sinners must obtain grace. The preachers talks of the "covenant of grace," under which many from all around world feast at Christ's table because they have fled to him, repented of their sins, and entered into his fellowship. They are no longer "loathsome insects" being dangled over a fiery pit.
In order to obtain the grace of God, sinners must believe in his power, wrath, and authority, and above all--listen. Edwards explains that
"now you have an extraordinary opportunity, a day wherein Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open, and stands in calling and crying with a loud voice to poor sinners; a day wherein many are flocking to him, and pressing into the kingdom of God."
If "sinners" simply "hearken" or listen to Christ's call, He will remove them from their precarious position.
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