The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... knowledge that we can ever obtain , the knowledge of God , and the knowledge of ourselves , are the most important . As relig- ion is the great business , for which we are created , and on which our happiness depends ; and as religion ...
... knowledge that we can ever obtain , the knowledge of God , and the knowledge of ourselves , are the most important . As relig- ion is the great business , for which we are created , and on which our happiness depends ; and as religion ...
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... knowledge , but the certainty that is in things themselves , which is the foundation of the certainty of the knowledge of them ; or that wherein lies the ground of the infallibility of the proposition which affirms them . What is ...
... knowledge , but the certainty that is in things themselves , which is the foundation of the certainty of the knowledge of them ; or that wherein lies the ground of the infallibility of the proposition which affirms them . What is ...
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... knowledge of moral good and evil . And therefore the moral agency of the Supreme Being , who acts only in the capacity of a ruler towards his creatures , and never as a subject , differs in that respect from the moral Agen- cy of ...
... knowledge of moral good and evil . And therefore the moral agency of the Supreme Being , who acts only in the capacity of a ruler towards his creatures , and never as a subject , differs in that respect from the moral Agen- cy of ...
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... knowledge of the Being of God with- out any evidence of it from His works . I do suppose there is a great absurdity in the nature of things simply considered , in supposing that there should be no God , or in denying Be- " ing in ...
... knowledge of the Being of God with- out any evidence of it from His works . I do suppose there is a great absurdity in the nature of things simply considered , in supposing that there should be no God , or in denying Be- " ing in ...
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... knowledge of the Being of God by arguing ; but our evidence would be intui- tive : We should see it , as we see other things that are nec- essary in themselves , the contraries of which are in their own nature absurd and contradictory ...
... knowledge of the Being of God by arguing ; but our evidence would be intui- tive : We should see it , as we see other things that are nec- essary in themselves , the contraries of which are in their own nature absurd and contradictory ...
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Page 398 - Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Page 504 - But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Page 376 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 494 - And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Page 503 - Christ was confirmed in you, so that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ;) who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 352 - Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
Page 456 - And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob : for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes : but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers
Page 334 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 385 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Page 443 - We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not ; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.