The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 6S. Converse, 1829 - Congregational churches |
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... nature , nor beyond the oppor- tunities which God giveth us . If men will but take warning and hearken to counsel , if they will but be sincere and in good earnest , be seasonable in their work , take their opportunities , use their ...
... nature , nor beyond the oppor- tunities which God giveth us . If men will but take warning and hearken to counsel , if they will but be sincere and in good earnest , be seasonable in their work , take their opportunities , use their ...
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... nature , he is infinitely exalted above all created beings . But he is not at all exalted by it in their esteem . They set nothing by his infinite majesty : his glorious brightness and greatness excite not any true respect or reverence ...
... nature , he is infinitely exalted above all created beings . But he is not at all exalted by it in their esteem . They set nothing by his infinite majesty : his glorious brightness and greatness excite not any true respect or reverence ...
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... natural man may seek to be holy , but it is not for holiness ' sake , it is only that he may escape wrath . He has no desires after holiness , nor is it indeed holiness that he seeks , because he is all the while an enemy to holiness ...
... natural man may seek to be holy , but it is not for holiness ' sake , it is only that he may escape wrath . He has no desires after holiness , nor is it indeed holiness that he seeks , because he is all the while an enemy to holiness ...
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... natural condition , that no re- spect to any worldly enjoyment should prevent us one moment , and that we should flee to ... nature , that greatly debase it , that are exceedingly hateful to God , and that dreadfully incense his anger ...
... natural condition , that no re- spect to any worldly enjoyment should prevent us one moment , and that we should flee to ... nature , that greatly debase it , that are exceedingly hateful to God , and that dreadfully incense his anger ...
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... nature and state , and knows how to adapt his instructions and warnings to our frame and circumstances in the world ; and without doubt that method which God hath chosen , is agreeable to his infinite wisdom , and most adapted to our nature ...
... nature and state , and knows how to adapt his instructions and warnings to our frame and circumstances in the world ; and without doubt that method which God hath chosen , is agreeable to his infinite wisdom , and most adapted to our nature ...
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Page 111 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Page 210 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 462 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 478 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 207 - Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Page 396 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Page 493 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 465 - There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Page 202 - And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favour with all the people.
Page 306 - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.