The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 - Congregational churches |
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... perfect , absolute , and universal deri- vation and dependence . Now , if the creature receives its ALL from God , entirely and perfectly , how is it possible that it should have any thing to add to God , to make him in any re- spect ...
... perfect , absolute , and universal deri- vation and dependence . Now , if the creature receives its ALL from God , entirely and perfectly , how is it possible that it should have any thing to add to God , to make him in any re- spect ...
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... perfect rectitude , whereby he is disposed to do every thing that is fit to be done , to suppose otherwise . At least a great part of the moral rectitude of God whereby he is disposed to every thing that is fit , suitable , and amiable ...
... perfect rectitude , whereby he is disposed to do every thing that is fit to be done , to suppose otherwise . At least a great part of the moral rectitude of God whereby he is disposed to every thing that is fit , suitable , and amiable ...
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... perfect wisdom and rectitude , that should be perfectly indifferent and disinterested . Or if we make the supposition , that infinitely wise justice and rectitude were a distinct disinterested person , whose office it was to determine ...
... perfect wisdom and rectitude , that should be perfectly indifferent and disinterested . Or if we make the supposition , that infinitely wise justice and rectitude were a distinct disinterested person , whose office it was to determine ...
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... perfect rectitude were a dis- tinct person to direct him . God himself is possessed of that perfect discernment and rectitude which have been supposed . It belongs to him as supreme arbiter , and to his infinite wisdom and rectitude ...
... perfect rectitude were a dis- tinct person to direct him . God himself is possessed of that perfect discernment and rectitude which have been supposed . It belongs to him as supreme arbiter , and to his infinite wisdom and rectitude ...
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... perfect , they are not the less fit to order and dispose , be- cause they are in him , who is a being concerned , and not a third person that is disinterested . For being interested , unfits a person to be an arbiter or judge , no ...
... perfect , they are not the less fit to order and dispose , be- cause they are in him , who is a being concerned , and not a third person that is disinterested . For being interested , unfits a person to be an arbiter or judge , no ...
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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.