The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 - Congregational churches |
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... considered CHAP . II . What may be learned from the Holy Scriptures . SECT . 1. Scripture makes God his last end II . Concerning a just method of Arguing III . Particular Texts of Scripture IV . God created the World for his name , & c ...
... considered CHAP . II . What may be learned from the Holy Scriptures . SECT . 1. Scripture makes God his last end II . Concerning a just method of Arguing III . Particular Texts of Scripture IV . God created the World for his name , & c ...
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... considered as a means . Thus when a man goes a journey to obtain a medicine to restore his health , the obtaining of that medicine is his subordinate end ; because it is not an end that he values at all upon its own account ; but wholly ...
... considered as a means . Thus when a man goes a journey to obtain a medicine to restore his health , the obtaining of that medicine is his subordinate end ; because it is not an end that he values at all upon its own account ; but wholly ...
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... considered . 1. That two different ends may be both ultimate , and yet not be chief ends . They may be both valued for their own sake , and both sought in the same work or acts ; and yet one valued more highly , and sought more than ...
... considered . 1. That two different ends may be both ultimate , and yet not be chief ends . They may be both valued for their own sake , and both sought in the same work or acts ; and yet one valued more highly , and sought more than ...
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... considered : ( 1. ) What is in itself grateful to an agent , and valued on its own account , simply and absolutely considered ; antecedent to , and independent of all conditions , or any sup- position of particular cases and ...
... considered : ( 1. ) What is in itself grateful to an agent , and valued on its own account , simply and absolutely considered ; antecedent to , and independent of all conditions , or any sup- position of particular cases and ...
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... considered , that inclined him to bring the universe into exist- ence in such a manner as he created it . But after the world was created , and such and such intelligent creatures actually had existence , in such and such circumstances ...
... considered , that inclined him to bring the universe into exist- ence in such a manner as he created it . But after the world was created , and such and such intelligent creatures actually had existence , in such and such circumstances ...
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Page 161 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Page 395 - Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Page 277 - 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 440 - ARISE, shine ; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people : but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee ; and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Page 44 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.
Page 464 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 559 - When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
Page 475 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 43 - He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God ; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Page 589 - So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.