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Page 61
IT is manifest, that the scriptures speak, on all occasions, as though God made
himself his end in all his works; and as though the same being, who is the first
cause of all things, were the supreme and last end of all things. Thus in Isa. xliv. 6
.
IT is manifest, that the scriptures speak, on all occasions, as though God made
himself his end in all his works; and as though the same being, who is the first
cause of all things, were the supreme and last end of all things. Thus in Isa. xliv. 6
.
Page 87
HERE I shall first take notice of some passages of scripture, that speak of God's
name as being made God's end, or the object of his regard, and the regard of his
virtuous and holy, intelligent creatures, much in the same manner as has been ...
HERE I shall first take notice of some passages of scripture, that speak of God's
name as being made God's end, or the object of his regard, and the regard of his
virtuous and holy, intelligent creatures, much in the same manner as has been ...
Page 134
He often speaks of death and afflic. tion as coming on Adam's posterity in
consequence of his sin; and in pages 20, 21, and many other places, he
supposes that these things come in consequence of his sin, not as a punishment
or a calamity, ...
He often speaks of death and afflic. tion as coming on Adam's posterity in
consequence of his sin; and in pages 20, 21, and many other places, he
supposes that these things come in consequence of his sin, not as a punishment
or a calamity, ...
Page 249
32, speaks of God's chastening his people by mortal sickness, for their good, that
they might not be condemned with the world, and yet signifies that it was , for their
sin ; for this cause many are weak and sickly among wou, and many sleef.
32, speaks of God's chastening his people by mortal sickness, for their good, that
they might not be condemned with the world, and yet signifies that it was , for their
sin ; for this cause many are weak and sickly among wou, and many sleef.
Page 276
yet we must not understand it to mean the same thing, but something infinitely
diverse, and infinitely more inconsiderable. But now let us consider what that
death is, which the scripture ever speaks of as the proper wages of the sin of
mankind, ...
yet we must not understand it to mean the same thing, but something infinitely
diverse, and infinitely more inconsiderable. But now let us consider what that
death is, which the scripture ever speaks of as the proper wages of the sin of
mankind, ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Works of President Edwards ... American culture series, Reel 495.6-496.1 Issue 14925 of Early American imprints Volume 6 of The Works of President Edwards, Jonathan Edwards |
| Author | Jonathan Edwards |
| Editor | Samuel Austin |
| Publisher | Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 May 2008 |
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