The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ..., Volume 8G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 - Congregational churches |
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... eternal things . And God gave him understanding for this end , that he might know him , and know heavenly things , and made him as capable to know these things as any others . But man has de- based himself , and has lost his glory in ...
... eternal things . And God gave him understanding for this end , that he might know him , and know heavenly things , and made him as capable to know these things as any others . But man has de- based himself , and has lost his glory in ...
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... eternal state . Prosperity or ad- versity in the present state alters them but very little , because this state is of so short continuance . 1. Those , who are in a natural condition , have no title to any inheritance in another world ...
... eternal state . Prosperity or ad- versity in the present state alters them but very little , because this state is of so short continuance . 1. Those , who are in a natural condition , have no title to any inheritance in another world ...
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... eternal death , of which temporal death , with all its awful circumstances , is but a faint shadow . The struggles , and groans , and gasps of the body when dying , its pale awful visage when dead , its state in the dark grave when it ...
... eternal death , of which temporal death , with all its awful circumstances , is but a faint shadow . The struggles , and groans , and gasps of the body when dying , its pale awful visage when dead , its state in the dark grave when it ...
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... eternal death and damnation , how many deaths and damnations will they have accumulated upon them at once ! Such an aggravated , multiplied death must they die every moment , and always continue dying such a death , and yet never be ...
... eternal death and damnation , how many deaths and damnations will they have accumulated upon them at once ! Such an aggravated , multiplied death must they die every moment , and always continue dying such a death , and yet never be ...
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... eternal misery of which we have heard . The honour of God's justice requires it , and God will not dispa- rage his own justice . He will not deny his own honour and glory , but will glorify himself on the wicked , as well as the godly ...
... eternal misery of which we have heard . The honour of God's justice requires it , and God will not dispa- rage his own justice . He will not deny his own honour and glory , but will glorify himself on the wicked , as well as the godly ...
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Page 398 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
Page 241 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Page 318 - For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, which shall prepare Thy way before Thee. Terily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Page 185 - And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying; Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David ! my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Page 512 - Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.
Page 22 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds; to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life ; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 54 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 454 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Page 445 - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 406 - For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.