The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1809 - Congregational churches |
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Page 28
... worthy to be valued and loved . But if God values a thing simply , and absolutely , for itself , and on its own ac- count , then it is the ultimate object of his value ; he does not value it merely for the sake of a further end to be ...
... worthy to be valued and loved . But if God values a thing simply , and absolutely , for itself , and on its own ac- count , then it is the ultimate object of his value ; he does not value it merely for the sake of a further end to be ...
Page 31
... worthy to be , and worthy to be valued and regarded by him , to whom it belongs to order that to be , which , of all things possible , is fittest and best . If existence is more worthy than defect and nonentity , and if any created ...
... worthy to be , and worthy to be valued and regarded by him , to whom it belongs to order that to be , which , of all things possible , is fittest and best . If existence is more worthy than defect and nonentity , and if any created ...
Page 32
... so far it may be looked on as an increase of good . And if the fulness of good that is in the fountain , is in itself excellent and worthy to exist , then the emanation , ar that which is as it were an increase , 32 END IN CREATION .
... so far it may be looked on as an increase of good . And if the fulness of good that is in the fountain , is in itself excellent and worthy to exist , then the emanation , ar that which is as it were an increase , 32 END IN CREATION .
Page 33
... worthy to exist . Thus it is fit , since there is an infinite fountain of light and knowledge , that this light should shine forth in beams of communicated knowledge and understanding : And as there is an infinite fountain of holiness ...
... worthy to exist . Thus it is fit , since there is an infinite fountain of light and knowledge , that this light should shine forth in beams of communicated knowledge and understanding : And as there is an infinite fountain of holiness ...
Page 34
... worthy to be made God's last end in this work . I now proceed to inquire , how God's making such things as these his last end is consist- ent with his making himself his last end , or his manifesting an ultimate respect to himself in ...
... worthy to be made God's last end in this work . I now proceed to inquire , how God's making such things as these his last end is consist- ent with his making himself his last end , or his manifesting an ultimate respect to himself in ...
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