The Works of President Edwards ...G. & C. & H. Carvell, 1830 |
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... object against it as arising from an uncharitable , narrow , contracted spirit ; which , they say , commonly inclines persons to confine all that is good to them- selves and their own party , and to make a wide distinction between ...
... object against it as arising from an uncharitable , narrow , contracted spirit ; which , they say , commonly inclines persons to confine all that is good to them- selves and their own party , and to make a wide distinction between ...
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... object of the Will , with respect to a man's walking , or any other external action ; which is not being removed from one place to another ; on the earth , or through the air ; these are remoter objects of preference ; but such or such ...
... object of the Will , with respect to a man's walking , or any other external action ; which is not being removed from one place to another ; on the earth , or through the air ; these are remoter objects of preference ; but such or such ...
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... objects of the several acts of the Will , it will not appear by this , and such like in- stances , that there is any difference between volition and pre- ference ; or that a man's choosing , liking best , or being best pleased with a ...
... objects of the several acts of the Will , it will not appear by this , and such like in- stances , that there is any difference between volition and pre- ference ; or that a man's choosing , liking best , or being best pleased with a ...
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... object of Will or desire : but here the objects are two ; and in each , taken by themselves , the Will and Desire agree . And it is no wonder that they should not agree in different things , though but little distin- guished in their ...
... object of Will or desire : but here the objects are two ; and in each , taken by themselves , the Will and Desire agree . And it is no wonder that they should not agree in different things , though but little distin- guished in their ...
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... object of its own influence and action . With respect to that grand enquiry , " What determines the Will ? " it would be very tedious and unnecessary , at pre- sent , to examine all the various opinions , which have been advanced ...
... object of its own influence and action . With respect to that grand enquiry , " What determines the Will ? " it would be very tedious and unnecessary , at pre- sent , to examine all the various opinions , which have been advanced ...
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Page 456 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 436 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 462 - We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 149 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, And he shall divide the spoil with the strong; Because he hath poured out his soul unto death: And he was numbered with the transgressors ; And he bare the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 436 - I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 457 - As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Page 108 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 139 - A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 114 - But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Page 439 - What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints ; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy Is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?