The Works of President Edwards in Four Volumes: A Reprint of the Worcester Edition with Valuable Additions and a Copious General Index, to Which, for the First Time, Has Been Added, at Great Expense, a Complete Index of Scripture Texts, Volume 4Leavitt & Allen, 1856 - Congregational churches |
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... wise the speech is as much lost as if there had been no man there , and he that spoke , had spoken only into the air ; as it follows in the passage just quoted , verses 6-10 . He that doth not understand , can IMPORTANCE OF THE.
... wise the speech is as much lost as if there had been no man there , and he that spoke , had spoken only into the air ; as it follows in the passage just quoted , verses 6-10 . He that doth not understand , can IMPORTANCE OF THE.
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... follows then , that we should make it our chief business to improve this faculty , and should by no means prosecute ... follow , that it should be a main part of his business to improve his under- standing in acquiring divine knowledge ...
... follows then , that we should make it our chief business to improve this faculty , and should by no means prosecute ... follow , that it should be a main part of his business to improve his under- standing in acquiring divine knowledge ...
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... Not the knowledge of philosophy , or of human laws , or of mechanical arts , but of divinity . If God hath made it the business of some to be teachers , it will follow , that he hath made it the business of others to be 10 IMPORTANCE OF ...
... Not the knowledge of philosophy , or of human laws , or of mechanical arts , but of divinity . If God hath made it the business of some to be teachers , it will follow , that he hath made it the business of others to be 10 IMPORTANCE OF ...
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... follows , that they would kill him , and cause that there should be none , if they could . His heart " The fool hath said in his heart , there is no God , " Psal . xiv . 1. This saying in his heart , there is no God , implies in it ...
... follows , that they would kill him , and cause that there should be none , if they could . His heart " The fool hath said in his heart , there is no God , " Psal . xiv . 1. This saying in his heart , there is no God , implies in it ...
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... follows . A That which a man chooses for his god he sets his heart mainly upon . And nothing will so soon excite enmity as opposition in that which is dearest . man will be the greatest enemy to him who opposes him in what he chooses ...
... follows . A That which a man chooses for his god he sets his heart mainly upon . And nothing will so soon excite enmity as opposition in that which is dearest . man will be the greatest enemy to him who opposes him in what he chooses ...
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Page 428 - Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the Hope set before us...
Page 338 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 416 - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Page 414 - But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you, cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Page 196 - At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Page 272 - Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour ? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction ; and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory...
Page 128 - For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Page 283 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 235 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?