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Page 9
I have , however , taken the liberty to reduce it from the form of sermons , which it
originally bore , to that of a continued treatise ; and I have so altered and
diversified the marks of the several divisions and subdivisions , that each class of
heads ...
I have , however , taken the liberty to reduce it from the form of sermons , which it
originally bore , to that of a continued treatise ; and I have so altered and
diversified the marks of the several divisions and subdivisions , that each class of
heads ...
Page 18
The promise was given , that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's
head . It was a part of God's original design in this work , to destroy the works of
the devil , and confound him in all his purposes : 1 John iii . 8 . For this purpose ...
The promise was given , that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's
head . It was a part of God's original design in this work , to destroy the works of
the devil , and confound him in all his purposes : 1 John iii . 8 . For this purpose ...
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... i . e . all elect creatures ; to bring all elect creatures , in heaven and in earth , to
an union one to another in one body , under one head , and to unite all together
in one body to God the Father . This was begun soon after the fall , and is carried
...
... i . e . all elect creatures ; to bring all elect creatures , in heaven and in earth , to
an union one to another in one body , under one head , and to unite all together
in one body to God the Father . This was begun soon after the fall , and is carried
...
Page 20
Thus he designed to glorify the whole church of elect men in soul and body , and
with them to bring the glory of the elect angels to its highest elevation under one
head . V. In all this God designed to accomplish the glory of the blessed Trinity in
...
Thus he designed to glorify the whole church of elect men in soul and body , and
with them to bring the glory of the elect angels to its highest elevation under one
head . V. In all this God designed to accomplish the glory of the blessed Trinity in
...
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And I will put enmity " between thee and the woman , and between thy seed and
her seed : it shall bruise thy head , and thou shalt bruise his heel . We must
suppose , that God's intention of redeeming fallen man was first signified in
heaven ...
And I will put enmity " between thee and the woman , and between thy seed and
her seed : it shall bruise thy head , and thou shalt bruise his heel . We must
suppose , that God's intention of redeeming fallen man was first signified in
heaven ...
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Page 13 - 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 247 - 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 406 - God : and the twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
Page 405 - As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 87 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign ; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 400 - But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 217 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee ; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee : for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Page 376 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 532 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 530 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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| Title | The Works of President Edwards, Volume 5 The Works of President Edwards, Jonathan Edwards |
| Author | Jonathan Edwards |
| Publisher | James Black & Son, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
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