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Page 21
... beauty and amiableness remarkably to appear . True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed ; and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such ad- vantage as when under the greatest trials ...
... beauty and amiableness remarkably to appear . True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed ; and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such ad- vantage as when under the greatest trials ...
Page 22
... beauty by establishing and confirming it , and mak- ing it more lively and vigorous , and purifying it from those things that obscured its lustre and glory . As gold that is tried in the fire is purged from its alloy and all remainders ...
... beauty by establishing and confirming it , and mak- ing it more lively and vigorous , and purifying it from those things that obscured its lustre and glory . As gold that is tried in the fire is purged from its alloy and all remainders ...
Page 24
... beauty , and was found to praise , and honour , and glory ; the apostle , I say , singles out the religious affections of love and joy that were then in exercise in them : these are the exercises of re- ligion he takes notice of ...
... beauty , and was found to praise , and honour , and glory ; the apostle , I say , singles out the religious affections of love and joy that were then in exercise in them : these are the exercises of re- ligion he takes notice of ...
Page 32
... of the Lord , that will I seek after , that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the Lord , and to inquire in his temple . " Psal . xlii , 1 , 2 32 SELECT WORKS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS.
... of the Lord , that will I seek after , that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the Lord , and to inquire in his temple . " Psal . xlii , 1 , 2 32 SELECT WORKS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS.
Page 52
... beauty of the blessed Jehovah , which is most worthy in itself to be the object of our admiration and love , is there exhibited in the most affect- ing manner that can be conceived of , as it appears shining in all its lustre in the ...
... beauty of the blessed Jehovah , which is most worthy in itself to be the object of our admiration and love , is there exhibited in the most affect- ing manner that can be conceived of , as it appears shining in all its lustre in the ...
Contents
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Moving Testimonies are no Sign | 95 |
Gracious Affections are from Divine | 124 |
They are founded on the moral Excel | 179 |
They arise from Divine Illumination | 192 |
They are attended with a Change | 266 |
They beget and promote the Temper | 272 |
Proportion | 292 |
False Affections rest satisfied in Themselves | 303 |
1 Christian Practice is the chief Sign | 327 |
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Page 188 - Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 42 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 92 - PRAISE ye the LORD: For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Page 69 - Him : the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 274 - But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Page 127 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Page 34 - O God, Thou art my' God; early will I seek Thee: My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; To see Thy power and Thy glory, So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
Page 286 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...