The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 8S. Converse, 1830 - Congregational churches |
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... desire it . They never desired to have God and Christ for their portion . They had rather be without them than with them if they could avoid going to hell without them . They never had so much as an honourable thought of God . They ...
... desire it . They never desired to have God and Christ for their portion . They had rather be without them than with them if they could avoid going to hell without them . They never had so much as an honourable thought of God . They ...
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... desire you further to consider , how happy will be your state , should you obtain de- liverance . A converted state is not less happy than a natural condition is miserable and dreadful . You will be brought out of darkness into ...
... desire you further to consider , how happy will be your state , should you obtain de- liverance . A converted state is not less happy than a natural condition is miserable and dreadful . You will be brought out of darkness into ...
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... desire to have you , but Christ will have prayed for you , and that will be your security . You will be safe from death ; that will not be able to hurt you . Natural men are in continual danger from death . They know not when nor how ...
... desire to have you , but Christ will have prayed for you , and that will be your security . You will be safe from death ; that will not be able to hurt you . Natural men are in continual danger from death . They know not when nor how ...
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... desire that he might see God's glory , he indeed proclaimed his mercy : " The Lord , the Lord God , gracious and merciful , long - suffer- ing , and abundant in goodness and truth ; keeping mercy for thousands , forgiving iniquity , and ...
... desire that he might see God's glory , he indeed proclaimed his mercy : " The Lord , the Lord God , gracious and merciful , long - suffer- ing , and abundant in goodness and truth ; keeping mercy for thousands , forgiving iniquity , and ...
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... desires you have had after deliverance , and what- ever earnest prayers you have made , it will all be lost . What you have suffered of fear and concern will turn to no good account ; and what you have done , the pains you have taken ...
... desires you have had after deliverance , and what- ever earnest prayers you have made , it will all be lost . What you have suffered of fear and concern will turn to no good account ; and what you have done , the pains you have taken ...
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Page 373 - But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven (that is, to bring Christ down from above,) or who shall descend into the deep : (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) [But what saith
Page 473 - is Jesus that is spoken of, Isai. Ixiii. 9, "In all their affliction he was afflicted ; and the angel of his presence saved them ; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them ; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old." And when he was upon earth in his
Page 321 - that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. Isai. Ixi.
Page 485 - He that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he that is chief as he that doth serve, for whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at meat ? But I am among you as he that
Page 254 - the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz ; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth ; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls ; every several gate was of one pearl : and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were, transparent glass. And I saw
Page 400 - By him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name." Ps. 1. 13, 14. " Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats ? Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay
Page 248 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 461 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his body's sake, which is the church." 2 Cor. xii. 15. "And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you.
Page 242 - ing, alleluia, salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God : For true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, alleluia. And her smoke
Page 7 - Yet they say, the Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye brutish among the people ; and, ye fools, when will ye be wise ? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? he that formed the eye, shall he not see ?