The Works of President Edwards, Volume 8Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1809 - Congregational churches |
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... live under the preaching of the gospel , this will make us to differ from them , only by conveying to us more knowledge of the things of divinity . 3. If man have no knowledge of these things , the faculty of reason in him will be ...
... live under the preaching of the gospel , this will make us to differ from them , only by conveying to us more knowledge of the things of divinity . 3. If man have no knowledge of these things , the faculty of reason in him will be ...
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... live , and move , and have our being ; " who is the Lord of all ; the Being to whom we are all accountable ; is the last end of our being , and the only fountain of our hap- piness . The doctrines also which relate to Jesus Christ and ...
... live , and move , and have our being ; " who is the Lord of all ; the Being to whom we are all accountable ; is the last end of our being , and the only fountain of our hap- piness . The doctrines also which relate to Jesus Christ and ...
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... live much more to the honor of God and religion . Many who mean well , and are full of a good spirit , yet for want of prudence , conduct them- selves so as to wound religion . Many have a zeal of God , which doth more hurt than good ...
... live much more to the honor of God and religion . Many who mean well , and are full of a good spirit , yet for want of prudence , conduct them- selves so as to wound religion . Many have a zeal of God , which doth more hurt than good ...
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... live , may be afflicted , yet they come to an happy end at last , ver . 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 . 3. The consideration , that the godly have a much better portion than the wicked , even though they have no other por tion but God ; as in the ...
... live , may be afflicted , yet they come to an happy end at last , ver . 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 . 3. The consideration , that the godly have a much better portion than the wicked , even though they have no other por tion but God ; as in the ...
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... live upon vain hopes of happiness in earthly things , an happiness which they imag- ine is to be obtained by and by . But a godly man prefers God to any thing which he has in prospect , or is seeking in the world . He may , indeed ...
... live upon vain hopes of happiness in earthly things , an happiness which they imag- ine is to be obtained by and by . But a godly man prefers God to any thing which he has in prospect , or is seeking in the world . He may , indeed ...
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Page 345 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 399 - Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.
Page 135 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 288 - For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me: and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Page 433 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 429 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Page 259 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
Page 217 - And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Page 39 - And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer ; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Page 337 - Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.