The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... providence ? I answer , the works of providence ; be- cause God's works of providence are the end of his works of creation , as the building an house , or the forming an engine or machine , is for its use . But God's main work of ...
... providence ? I answer , the works of providence ; be- cause God's works of providence are the end of his works of creation , as the building an house , or the forming an engine or machine , is for its use . But God's main work of ...
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... providence in order to this , to make way for the coming of Christ , and what he was to do in the world . They all pointed hither , and all issued here . Hither tended especially all God's great works towards his church . The church was ...
... providence in order to this , to make way for the coming of Christ , and what he was to do in the world . They all pointed hither , and all issued here . Hither tended especially all God's great works towards his church . The church was ...
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... providence might be up- held ; and that so Christ might be born of this nation ; and that from hence the light of the gospel might shine forth to the rest of the world . These ends could not be well obtained , if God's people through ...
... providence might be up- held ; and that so Christ might be born of this nation ; and that from hence the light of the gospel might shine forth to the rest of the world . These ends could not be well obtained , if God's people through ...
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... Providence . For the inhabitants of the land were at that day exceedingly wicked , though they grew more wicked af- terwards . This appears by Gen. xv . 16. " In the fourth generation they shall come hither again ; for the iniquity of ...
... Providence . For the inhabitants of the land were at that day exceedingly wicked , though they grew more wicked af- terwards . This appears by Gen. xv . 16. " In the fourth generation they shall come hither again ; for the iniquity of ...
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... providence , to send Joseph into Egypt , there to provide for , and feed Jacob and his family , and to keep the holy seed alive , which otherwise would have perish- ed . Joseph was sent into Egypt for that end , as he observes , Gen. 1 ...
... providence , to send Joseph into Egypt , there to provide for , and feed Jacob and his family , and to keep the holy seed alive , which otherwise would have perish- ed . Joseph was sent into Egypt for that end , as he observes , Gen. 1 ...
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Page 116 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 324 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work ; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way ; and then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page 344 - And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent : and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail ; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Page 47 - For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Page 354 - I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the ^bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. " And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; &nd.
Page 48 - The like figure whereunto even Baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ...
Page 350 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth : he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Page 175 - 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 323 - But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 270 - Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law ; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool : but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.