The Works of President Edwards, Volume 3James Black & Son, 1817 - Congregational churches |
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Page 79
... diary , out of which the following account of his life is chiefly taken , was written only for his own private use , and not to get honour and applause in the world , nor with any design that the world should ever see it , either while ...
... diary , out of which the following account of his life is chiefly taken , was written only for his own private use , and not to get honour and applause in the world , nor with any design that the world should ever see it , either while ...
Page 80
... diary to be destroyed , which renders the account of his life the less complete . And there are some parts of his diary here left out for brevity's sake , that would , I am sensible , have been a great advantage to the history , if they ...
... diary to be destroyed , which renders the account of his life the less complete . And there are some parts of his diary here left out for brevity's sake , that would , I am sensible , have been a great advantage to the history , if they ...
Page 82
... Diary , the reader will find a growing interest and pleasure as he proceeds ; in which is beautifully exemplified what the inspired penman declares , " The path of the just is as the morning light , that shineth more and more unto the ...
... Diary , the reader will find a growing interest and pleasure as he proceeds ; in which is beautifully exemplified what the inspired penman declares , " The path of the just is as the morning light , that shineth more and more unto the ...
Page 84
... to enter , yet , at other times , I flattered myself that it was not so very difficult , and hoped I should by diligence and watchfulness soon gain the point . Sometimes after enlargement in duty 84 BRAINERD'S LIFE AND DIARY .
... to enter , yet , at other times , I flattered myself that it was not so very difficult , and hoped I should by diligence and watchfulness soon gain the point . Sometimes after enlargement in duty 84 BRAINERD'S LIFE AND DIARY .
Page 88
... I was all over defiled like a devil , and the principle corrupt from whence they flowed , so that I could not possibly do any thing that was good . And Θ therefore I called what I did , by the name 83 BRAINERD'S LIFE AND DIARY .
... I was all over defiled like a devil , and the principle corrupt from whence they flowed , so that I could not possibly do any thing that was good . And Θ therefore I called what I did , by the name 83 BRAINERD'S LIFE AND DIARY .
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Page 173 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 526 - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Page 528 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 257 - I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Page 249 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering, 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Page 526 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 201 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 282 - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
Page 148 - Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 367 - And how evident did it now appear that they received and felt them, " not as the word of man, but as the word of God...