The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 - Congregational churches |
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... kind should be attempted . As these Dissertations were more especially designed for the learned and inquisitive , it is expected that the judicious and candid will not be disposed to object , that the manner in which these subjects are ...
... kind should be attempted . As these Dissertations were more especially designed for the learned and inquisitive , it is expected that the judicious and candid will not be disposed to object , that the manner in which these subjects are ...
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... kind of action or operation , the excellency of such a sufficiency must consist in its relation to this kind of opera- tion or effect ; but that could not be , unless the operation itself were excellent . A sufficiency for any work is ...
... kind of action or operation , the excellency of such a sufficiency must consist in its relation to this kind of opera- tion or effect ; but that could not be , unless the operation itself were excellent . A sufficiency for any work is ...
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... kind of regard to himself that inclines him to seek the good of his creature . It is a regard to himself that disposes him to diffuse and communicate himself . It is such a delight in his own in- ternal fulness and glory , that disposes ...
... kind of regard to himself that inclines him to seek the good of his creature . It is a regard to himself that disposes him to diffuse and communicate himself . It is such a delight in his own in- ternal fulness and glory , that disposes ...
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... kind of created existence . And if they be valuable , it must be in their exercise . But the highest and most excellent kind of their exercise , is in some actual know- ledge and exercise of will . And certainly , the most excellent ...
... kind of created existence . And if they be valuable , it must be in their exercise . But the highest and most excellent kind of their exercise , is in some actual know- ledge and exercise of will . And certainly , the most excellent ...
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... kind of self - love is properly called selfishness . In some sense , the most benevolent , generous person in the world , seeks his own happiness in doing good to others ; because he places his happiness in their good . His mind is so ...
... kind of self - love is properly called selfishness . In some sense , the most benevolent , generous person in the world , seeks his own happiness in doing good to others ; because he places his happiness in their good . His mind is so ...
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Page 483 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Page 443 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 470 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 323 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Page 50 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.
Page 547 - And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; We have waited for him, and he will save us: This is the Lord ; we have waited for him , We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Page 398 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 578 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God : and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God...
Page 283 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 185 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.