Edwards on Revivals: Containing A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northhampton, Massachusetts, A.D. 1735 : Also Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England, 1742, and the Way in which it Ought to be Acknowledged and Promoted |
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Page xxi
... ready to sink and perish under the painful sense of their own guilt and danger . Sal- vation shall spread through all the tribes and ranks of mankind , as the lightning from heaven in a few moments would communicate a living flame ...
... ready to sink and perish under the painful sense of their own guilt and danger . Sal- vation shall spread through all the tribes and ranks of mankind , as the lightning from heaven in a few moments would communicate a living flame ...
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... ready to conclude ( though too rashly ) that some would be hardened by it in carelessness and looseness of life ; and would take occasion from it to open their mouths in reproaches of reli- gion . But the event was the reverse to a ...
... ready to conclude ( though too rashly ) that some would be hardened by it in carelessness and looseness of life ; and would take occasion from it to open their mouths in reproaches of reli- gion . But the event was the reverse to a ...
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... ready to be discourged by it , and oftentimes never think themselves so far off from good , as when they are nearest . Under the sense which the Spirit of God gives them of their sinfulness , they often think that they differ from all ...
... ready to be discourged by it , and oftentimes never think themselves so far off from good , as when they are nearest . Under the sense which the Spirit of God gives them of their sinfulness , they often think that they differ from all ...
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... ready to make very much of , as though they were some atonement , and had power to move correspondent affections in God too and hence they are for a while big with expec- tation of what God will do for them ; and conceive that they grow ...
... ready to make very much of , as though they were some atonement , and had power to move correspondent affections in God too and hence they are for a while big with expec- tation of what God will do for them ; and conceive that they grow ...
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... ready to think that if they are damned , they could take part with God against themselves , and would glorify his justice therein . And when it is thus , they commonly have some evident sense of free and all - sufficient grace , though ...
... ready to think that if they are damned , they could take part with God against themselves , and would glorify his justice therein . And when it is thus , they commonly have some evident sense of free and all - sufficient grace , though ...
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Page 364 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 392 - His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
Page 271 - Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page xiii - For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Page 198 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 173 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 392 - My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Page 392 - And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day : And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 276 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 360 - Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.