The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 196
... saving his money , and avoiding poverty , that terminates and exhausts the whole strength of his desire . The virtue of temperance is regarded only very indirectly and improperly , even as a necessary means of gratifying the vice , of ...
... saving his money , and avoiding poverty , that terminates and exhausts the whole strength of his desire . The virtue of temperance is regarded only very indirectly and improperly , even as a necessary means of gratifying the vice , of ...
Page 202
... saving assistance , or any spiritual benefit whatsoever , to any desires , prayers , endeavors , striving , or obe- dience of those , who hitherto have no true virtue or holiness in their hearts ; though we should suppose all the ...
... saving assistance , or any spiritual benefit whatsoever , to any desires , prayers , endeavors , striving , or obe- dience of those , who hitherto have no true virtue or holiness in their hearts ; though we should suppose all the ...
Page 255
... saving himself from trouble ; he seeks something future , and uses means in order to a future thing , even in his drawing up that conclusion , that he will seek nothing , and use no means in order to any thing in future ; he seeks his ...
... saving himself from trouble ; he seeks something future , and uses means in order to a future thing , even in his drawing up that conclusion , that he will seek nothing , and use no means in order to any thing in future ; he seeks his ...
Page 256
... saving himself the trouble of using means and taking pains . Therefore persons cannot reasonably make this improve- ment of the doctrine of necessity , that they will go into a vol- untary negligence of means for their own happiness ...
... saving himself the trouble of using means and taking pains . Therefore persons cannot reasonably make this improve- ment of the doctrine of necessity , that they will go into a vol- untary negligence of means for their own happiness ...
Page 329
... saved there- by . As appears by what has been now shewn , God has the actual salvation or redemption of a certain number in his proper , absolute design , and of a certain number only ; and therefore such a design only can be prosecuted ...
... saved there- by . As appears by what has been now shewn , God has the actual salvation or redemption of a certain number in his proper , absolute design , and of a certain number only ; and therefore such a design only can be prosecuted ...
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