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Page 349
What is that evidence , which by divine appointment the church is to have , of the
saintship of those who are admitted ... Mr . Edwards seems to suppose , this must
be the highest evidence a man can give of sincerity , and I apprehend it to be ...
What is that evidence , which by divine appointment the church is to have , of the
saintship of those who are admitted ... Mr . Edwards seems to suppose , this must
be the highest evidence a man can give of sincerity , and I apprehend it to be ...
Page 350
shews that all I insisted on , was only , that the evidence should amount to
probability . And if the nature of the case will ad - - mit of some lower kind of
evidence than this , or if there be any such thing as a sort of evidence that does
not so much ...
shews that all I insisted on , was only , that the evidence should amount to
probability . And if the nature of the case will ad - - mit of some lower kind of
evidence than this , or if there be any such thing as a sort of evidence that does
not so much ...
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You seem to have a great prejudice at what you call positive evidences , and
judging upon them in the admission of ... great evil for a man to require such
evidence to found his judgment of charity , concerning another man ' s faith and
holiness ...
You seem to have a great prejudice at what you call positive evidences , and
judging upon them in the admission of ... great evil for a man to require such
evidence to found his judgment of charity , concerning another man ' s faith and
holiness ...
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That we should be obliged to require a credible pretence and evidence of the
being of a thing , in order to a certain purpose , the being of which is not requisite
to that purpose ; or that some evidence of a thing should be necessary , and yet ...
That we should be obliged to require a credible pretence and evidence of the
being of a thing , in order to a certain purpose , the being of which is not requisite
to that purpose ; or that some evidence of a thing should be necessary , and yet ...
Page 502
But this is not the thing in question : The point is , whether a man may not have a
lawful right , or may not lawfully come , and yet not know his right , with such a
knowledge and evidence as is beyond probability ? This is the thing asserted ,
and ...
But this is not the thing in question : The point is , whether a man may not have a
lawful right , or may not lawfully come , and yet not know his right , with such a
knowledge and evidence as is beyond probability ? This is the thing asserted ,
and ...
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| Title | The Works of President Edwards ... American culture series, Reel 495.6-496.1 Issue 14925 of Early American imprints Volume 1 of The Works of President Edwards, Jonathan Edwards |
| Author | Jonathan Edwards |
| Editor | Samuel Austin |
| Publisher | Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 May 2008 |
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