The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... decree of damnation . The view of the sinfulness of the reprobate must be in some res- pect prior in the decree , to God's decree to glorify his jus- -tice in punishing their sinfulness . Because sinfulness is neces sarily supposed as ...
... decree of damnation . The view of the sinfulness of the reprobate must be in some res- pect prior in the decree , to God's decree to glorify his jus- -tice in punishing their sinfulness . Because sinfulness is neces sarily supposed as ...
Page 405
... decree of election , as it im- plies a decree of glorifying God's mercy and grace , considers men as being cursed and fallen ; because the very notion of such a decree supposes sin and misery . Hence we may learn , how much in the ...
... decree of election , as it im- plies a decree of glorifying God's mercy and grace , considers men as being cursed and fallen ; because the very notion of such a decree supposes sin and misery . Hence we may learn , how much in the ...
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... decree of giving faith , but in no wise as the decree or act of eternal punishing is grounded on sin , because punish- ment necessarily presupposes sin , so that it could not be without it . But the decreeing and giving the happiness of ...
... decree of giving faith , but in no wise as the decree or act of eternal punishing is grounded on sin , because punish- ment necessarily presupposes sin , so that it could not be without it . But the decreeing and giving the happiness of ...
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