The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 6S. Converse, 1829 - Congregational churches |
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... obtain heaven of themselves , yet they do not go thither accidentally , or without any intention or endeavours of their own . God , in his word , hath directed men to seek their salvation , as they would hope to obtain it . There is a ...
... obtain heaven of themselves , yet they do not go thither accidentally , or without any intention or endeavours of their own . God , in his word , hath directed men to seek their salvation , as they would hope to obtain it . There is a ...
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... obtain it . In some sense he kept all the commands from his youth up ; but was not cordially devoted to this business . - He had not made a sacrifice to it of all his enjoyments , as appeared when Christ came to try him ; he would not ...
... obtain it . In some sense he kept all the commands from his youth up ; but was not cordially devoted to this business . - He had not made a sacrifice to it of all his enjoyments , as appeared when Christ came to try him ; he would not ...
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... obtained without great labour and diligence . Much human learning and great moral accomplishments are not to be obtained without care and labour . It is wisely so ordered , in order to maintain in man a due sense of the value of those ...
... obtained without great labour and diligence . Much human learning and great moral accomplishments are not to be obtained without care and labour . It is wisely so ordered , in order to maintain in man a due sense of the value of those ...
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... obtained . Sometimes persons in this situation labour long in the dark , and sometimes , as it were , in the very fire ; they having great distress of conscience , great fears , and many per- plexing temptations , before they obtain ...
... obtained . Sometimes persons in this situation labour long in the dark , and sometimes , as it were , in the very fire ; they having great distress of conscience , great fears , and many per- plexing temptations , before they obtain ...
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... obtained some saving comfort , are again involved in darkness and trouble . It is with them as it was with the Christian Hebrews , Heb . x . 32 , " After ye were illuminated , ye endured a great fight of afflictions . " Sume through a ...
... obtained some saving comfort , are again involved in darkness and trouble . It is with them as it was with the Christian Hebrews , Heb . x . 32 , " After ye were illuminated , ye endured a great fight of afflictions . " Sume through a ...
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Page 111 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Page 210 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 462 - 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 478 - 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 207 - Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Page 396 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Page 493 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 465 - There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Page 202 - And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favour with all the people.
Page 306 - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.