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Page 164
... church , but visible and professing saints or Christians ; if these words are used
in any propriety of speech , or in any agreement with Scripture representations ,
the whole of that which I have laid down is either implied or will certainly follow .
... church , but visible and professing saints or Christians ; if these words are used
in any propriety of speech , or in any agreement with Scripture representations ,
the whole of that which I have laid down is either implied or will certainly follow .
Page 173
They plead , although it be true , that the scripture represents the members of the
visible church of Christ as professors of godliness ; and they are abundantly
called by the name of saints in scripture , undoubtedly because they were saints
by ...
They plead , although it be true , that the scripture represents the members of the
visible church of Christ as professors of godliness ; and they are abundantly
called by the name of saints in scripture , undoubtedly because they were saints
by ...
Page 203
This term , the wicked , in the more general use of it in scripture , is applied in that
extent as to include all ungodly or graceless persons , all that are under the
reigning power of sin , and are the objects of God ' s anger , or exposed to his ...
This term , the wicked , in the more general use of it in scripture , is applied in that
extent as to include all ungodly or graceless persons , all that are under the
reigning power of sin , and are the objects of God ' s anger , or exposed to his ...
Page 246
In this matter that I have insisted on , I think the Scripture is abundantly more full
than in those other things . IX . Another evidence , that such as are taken into the
church , ought to be in the eye of a Christian judgment truly gracious or pious ...
In this matter that I have insisted on , I think the Scripture is abundantly more full
than in those other things . IX . Another evidence , that such as are taken into the
church , ought to be in the eye of a Christian judgment truly gracious or pious ...
Page 259
OBJECTION I . THE scripture calls the members of the visible church by the name
of disciples , scholars , or learners ; and that sug . gests to us this notion of the
visible church , that it is the school of Christ , into which persons are admitted in ...
OBJECTION I . THE scripture calls the members of the visible church by the name
of disciples , scholars , or learners ; and that sug . gests to us this notion of the
visible church , that it is the school of Christ , into which persons are admitted in ...
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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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