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Page xii
... circumstances , the people looked on their minister as something of a spiritual dictator , exercising a kind of spiritual tyranny . Still , this feeling , so far as it then existed , was not likely to have led to an open rupture , had ...
... circumstances , the people looked on their minister as something of a spiritual dictator , exercising a kind of spiritual tyranny . Still , this feeling , so far as it then existed , was not likely to have led to an open rupture , had ...
Page xiv
... circumstances attending the dismissal had had a depressing effect on his spirits , and the outlook seemed to him gloomy in the extreme . But his trust was in God , and friends did not fail . From Scotland came the offer of assistance in ...
... circumstances attending the dismissal had had a depressing effect on his spirits , and the outlook seemed to him gloomy in the extreme . But his trust was in God , and friends did not fail . From Scotland came the offer of assistance in ...
Page xxvi
... independently of the fact that they are among the ten published by their author ; but this circumstance confirms the choice and , moreover , serves to authenticate the text . Edwards has suffered not a xxvi INTRODUCTION.
... independently of the fact that they are among the ten published by their author ; but this circumstance confirms the choice and , moreover , serves to authenticate the text . Edwards has suffered not a xxvi INTRODUCTION.
Page xxix
... circumstance should not be overlooked in judging of sermons printed directly from the manuscripts . In the Yale collection , there are sermons which were written out pretty fully ; others are only fairly fully written out in parts ...
... circumstance should not be overlooked in judging of sermons printed directly from the manuscripts . In the Yale collection , there are sermons which were written out pretty fully ; others are only fairly fully written out in parts ...
Page xxix
... circumstance should not be overlooked in judging of sermons printed directly from the manuscripts . In the Yale collection , there are sermons which were written out pretty fully ; others are only fairly fully written out in parts ...
... circumstance should not be overlooked in judging of sermons printed directly from the manuscripts . In the Yale collection , there are sermons which were written out pretty fully ; others are only fairly fully written out in parts ...
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Page 8 - And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Page 8 - Him : the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power...
Page 92 - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction; and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory...
Page 118 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 131 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 14 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Page 34 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 34 - At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Page 93 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Page 42 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...