The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 127
... Scripture in general are without foreknowledge . For scrip- ture prophecies , almost all of them , if not universally without any exception , are either predictions of the actings and be- havior of moral agents , or of events depending ...
... Scripture in general are without foreknowledge . For scrip- ture prophecies , almost all of them , if not universally without any exception , are either predictions of the actings and be- havior of moral agents , or of events depending ...
Page 131
... scripture have no better foundation than mere conjecture ; and that , in most instances , a conjecture which must have the utmost uncertainty ; depending on an innu- merable , and , as it were , infinite multitude of volitions , which ...
... scripture have no better foundation than mere conjecture ; and that , in most instances , a conjecture which must have the utmost uncertainty ; depending on an innu- merable , and , as it were , infinite multitude of volitions , which ...
Page 132
... scriptures , and others like them , must be without any meaning , or contrary to truth . Eph . i . 4. “ Ac- cording as he hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world . " 1 Pet . i . 20. " Who verily was foreordained be ...
... scriptures , and others like them , must be without any meaning , or contrary to truth . Eph . i . 4. “ Ac- cording as he hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world . " 1 Pet . i . 20. " Who verily was foreordained be ...
Page 134
... ; saying , My counsel shall stand , and I will do all my pleasure . " .... And how are these things consistent with what the Scripture says of God's in mutability , which represents Him as " without variableness , 134 FREEDOM OF THE WILL .
... ; saying , My counsel shall stand , and I will do all my pleasure . " .... And how are these things consistent with what the Scripture says of God's in mutability , which represents Him as " without variableness , 134 FREEDOM OF THE WILL .
Page 136
... Scripture , that God , who made the world for Himself , and created it for his pleasure , would infalli . bly obtain his end in the creation , and in all his works ; that as all things are of Him , so would all be to Him ; and that in ...
... Scripture , that God , who made the world for Himself , and created it for his pleasure , would infalli . bly obtain his end in the creation , and in all his works ; that as all things are of Him , so would all be to Him ; and that in ...
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