The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1809 - Congregational churches |
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... shew how in making this his end , God testifies a supreme respect to him self , and makes himself his end . There are many reasons to think that what God has in view , in an increasing com- munication of himself throughout eternity , is ...
... shew how in making this his end , God testifies a supreme respect to him self , and makes himself his end . There are many reasons to think that what God has in view , in an increasing com- munication of himself throughout eternity , is ...
Page 42
... shews that as all things are from God as their first cause and fountain ; so all things tend to him , and in their progress come nearer and nearer to him through all eter- nity Which argues that he who is their first cause is their last ...
... shews that as all things are from God as their first cause and fountain ; so all things tend to him , and in their progress come nearer and nearer to him through all eter- nity Which argues that he who is their first cause is their last ...
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... shews him to be all in all : He is all to himself . He goes not out of himself in what he sccks ; but his desires and pursuits as they originate from , so they terminate in himself ; and he is dependent on none but himself in the ...
... shews him to be all in all : He is all to himself . He goes not out of himself in what he sccks ; but his desires and pursuits as they originate from , so they terminate in himself ; and he is dependent on none but himself in the ...
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... shew of argument : But it will appear to be nothing but a shew .... if we con- sider , 1. Whether or no it be not worthy of God , to regard and value what is excellent and valuable in itself , and so to take pleasure in its existence ...
... shew of argument : But it will appear to be nothing but a shew .... if we con- sider , 1. Whether or no it be not worthy of God , to regard and value what is excellent and valuable in itself , and so to take pleasure in its existence ...
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... shew an haughty and mean spirit . It is such an es- teem in his creatures only , that God hath any regard to : For it is such an esteem only that is fit and amiable in itself . OBJECTION 4. To suppose that God makes himself his ultimate ...
... shew an haughty and mean spirit . It is such an es- teem in his creatures only , that God hath any regard to : For it is such an esteem only that is fit and amiable in itself . OBJECTION 4. To suppose that God makes himself his ultimate ...
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