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They argue , that whoever loves God , and so desires his glory or the enjoyment
of him , he desires these things as his own ... But then they ought to consider a
little further , and inquire how the man came to place his happiness in God's
being ...
They argue , that whoever loves God , and so desires his glory or the enjoyment
of him , he desires these things as his own ... But then they ought to consider a
little further , and inquire how the man came to place his happiness in God's
being ...
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Self - love is not excluded from a gracious gratitude ; the saints love God for his
kindness to them : Psal . cxvi . ... In a gracious gratitude men are affected with the
attribute of God's goodness and free grace , not only as they are concerned in it ...
Self - love is not excluded from a gracious gratitude ; the saints love God for his
kindness to them : Psal . cxvi . ... In a gracious gratitude men are affected with the
attribute of God's goodness and free grace , not only as they are concerned in it ...
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to gain the will , but that will remain inflexible ; whereas the first g.impse of the
moral and spiritual glory of God shining into ... A sense of God's greatness had
this effect upon Nebuchadnezzar , under the receipt of that extraordinary favor of
his ...
to gain the will , but that will remain inflexible ; whereas the first g.impse of the
moral and spiritual glory of God shining into ... A sense of God's greatness had
this effect upon Nebuchadnezzar , under the receipt of that extraordinary favor of
his ...
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