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Page 191
For a person explicitly or professedly to enter into the union or relation of the
covenant of grace with Christ , is the same as professedly to do that which on our
part is the uniting act , and that is the act of faith . To profess the covenant of
grace ...
For a person explicitly or professedly to enter into the union or relation of the
covenant of grace with Christ , is the same as professedly to do that which on our
part is the uniting act , and that is the act of faith . To profess the covenant of
grace ...
Page 217
This is the same in both ; and in both it is a profession of grace , as a lamp ( from
its known end and use ) is a manifestation or shew of oil . Another thing signified
by the blaze of their lamps seems to be the light of hope : Their lamps signify in ...
This is the same in both ; and in both it is a profession of grace , as a lamp ( from
its known end and use ) is a manifestation or shew of oil . Another thing signified
by the blaze of their lamps seems to be the light of hope : Their lamps signify in ...
Page 220
None , I suppose will say , this righteousness that is so pure , is the common
grace of lukewarm professors , and those that go about to serve God and
mammon . The same wedding garment we have account of in Psal . xlv . 13 , 14 .
« The king ...
None , I suppose will say , this righteousness that is so pure , is the common
grace of lukewarm professors , and those that go about to serve God and
mammon . The same wedding garment we have account of in Psal . xlv . 13 , 14 .
« The king ...
Page 294
Not therefore a certainty , but a profession and visibility of these things , must be
the rule of the church ' s proceedings ; and it is as good and as reasonable a rule
of judgment concerning saving grace , as it is concerning any other internal ...
Not therefore a certainty , but a profession and visibility of these things , must be
the rule of the church ' s proceedings ; and it is as good and as reasonable a rule
of judgment concerning saving grace , as it is concerning any other internal ...
Page 374
... the scripture has determined , that there must be an open profession and
declaration of a PERSON ' s believing , or of a personal believing , in Christ (
which is the same thing ) and of an hearty consent to the terms of the covenant of
grace ...
... the scripture has determined , that there must be an open profession and
declaration of a PERSON ' s believing , or of a personal believing , in Christ (
which is the same thing ) and of an hearty consent to the terms of the covenant of
grace ...
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| Title | The Works of President Edwards ... American culture series, Reel 495.6-496.1 Issue 14925 of Early American imprints Volume 1 of The Works of President Edwards, Jonathan Edwards |
| Author | Jonathan Edwards |
| Editor | Samuel Austin |
| Publisher | Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 May 2008 |
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