Was Jonathan Edwards Promoting an Emergent Culture?

Though there may be some ends of particular works of providence that were not the last end of the creation, which are in themselves grateful (read, pleasing) to God in such particular emergent circumstances, and so are last ends in an inferior sense; yet this is only in certain cases or particular occasions.

This is an excerpt from Jonathan Edwards's Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World, Introduction, eighth general position.

In the eighth position Edwards is arguing that the "ultimate end...of [God's] works of providence must be the ultimate end of...creation." Edwards' definition of providence is God's putting His creation, especially the "moral world" (read, humans) to use toward His highest end in the world, that end being the "emanation and remanation" or, knowing and delighting (not two things) God and expressing it back to God praise.

"The end of God's main works of Providence towards moral beings, or the main use to which he puts them, shews the main end for which he has made the whole world" (Section II, Chapter II, Position 6).

Edwards's metanarrative for the End for Which God Created the World is,

God's respect to the creature's good, and his respect to himself, is not a divided respect; but both are united in one, as the happiness of the creature aimed at is happiness in union with himself. The creature is no further happy with this happiness which God makes his ultimate end, that he becomes one with God. The more happiness the greater union: when happiness is perfect, the union is perfect (Section 7).

Or, in an abbreviated form, GOD aims that His children glorify Him by delighting in Him as He delights in Himself. "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him" (John Piper).

?Where does the Emergent Church come into this? (Note: I am not addressing the Emerging Church or Missional movement in this post. There are differences in the three, especially Missional from the other two.)

The postmodern* mindset, to which the Emergent Church movement tailor their propositionless "conversation", is incredulous to metanarrative (i.e. an overarching story to explain all knowledge and experience). Postmoderns* along with the Emergent Church deconstruct propositions, beliefs, overarching stories, etc. into more palpable minor narratives that aren't so "restrictive and suppressive".

Clearly, incredulity to metanarrative is incredulous to Jonathan Edwards. The story of God's glory is the bettametanarrative (read, better - should be "best" but it wasn't as phonetically pleasing) by which all other minanarratives (minor) should be understood and held in place.

Edwards, Emergent? No!

*if there is such a thing as "postmodern". See here and here.