The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 8S. Converse, 1830 - Congregational churches |
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Page 8
... never any good exercises of heart , never one good thought , or motion of heart in them . Particularly , there is no love to God in them . They never had the least degree of love to the infinitely glorious Being . They never had the ...
... never any good exercises of heart , never one good thought , or motion of heart in them . Particularly , there is no love to God in them . They never had the least degree of love to the infinitely glorious Being . They never had the ...
Page 9
... never gave him the honour of his holiness and mercy by loving him . They never gave him the ho- nour of his sufficiency and faithfulness by trusting in him ; but have looked upon God as one not fit to be believed or trusted , and have ...
... never gave him the honour of his holiness and mercy by loving him . They never gave him the ho- nour of his sufficiency and faithfulness by trusting in him ; but have looked upon God as one not fit to be believed or trusted , and have ...
Page 14
... never intends to give them any reward for their pains , but their pains are to work out their own everlasting destruction . It is to gather fuel and kindle the fire for themselves to be tormented in to all eternity . 3. The soul of a ...
... never intends to give them any reward for their pains , but their pains are to work out their own everlasting destruction . It is to gather fuel and kindle the fire for themselves to be tormented in to all eternity . 3. The soul of a ...
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... never more manifest his mercy by the exercise of patience and long suf- fering , by waiting to be gracious ; no more use any forbearance with them for their good ; no more exercise his mercy by striv- ings of his spirit , by sending ...
... never more manifest his mercy by the exercise of patience and long suf- fering , by waiting to be gracious ; no more use any forbearance with them for their good ; no more exercise his mercy by striv- ings of his spirit , by sending ...
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... never be dead . Such misery as this may well be called the blackness of darkness . Hell may well be called the bottomless pit , if the misery is so unfa- thomably great . Men sometimes have suffered extreme torment in this world ...
... never be dead . Such misery as this may well be called the blackness of darkness . Hell may well be called the bottomless pit , if the misery is so unfa- thomably great . Men sometimes have suffered extreme torment in this world ...
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Page 13 - Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Page 241 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Page 364 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 185 - And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying; Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David ! my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Page 514 - Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.
Page 22 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds; to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life ; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 376 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Page 332 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 459 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church...
Page 202 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried : And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.