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... they may afford entertainment and improvement to the ingenious , the
inquisitive , and the pious reader ; may confirm their faith in God's government of
the world , in our holy Christian religion in general , and in many of its peculiar
doctrines ...
... they may afford entertainment and improvement to the ingenious , the
inquisitive , and the pious reader ; may confirm their faith in God's government of
the world , in our holy Christian religion in general , and in many of its peculiar
doctrines ...
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He intended to bring them to perfect excellency and beauty in his holy image ,
which is the proper beauty of spiritual beings ; and to advance them to a glorious
degree of honour , and raise them to an ineffable height of pleasure and joy .
He intended to bring them to perfect excellency and beauty in his holy image ,
which is the proper beauty of spiritual beings ; and to advance them to a glorious
degree of honour , and raise them to an ineffable height of pleasure and joy .
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... of natural religion , and a duty to wbich a spirit of piety docs most naturally lead
men . Prayer is the very breath of a spirit of piety ; we cannot suppose , therefore ,
that holy men before , for above two hundred years , had lived without prayer .
... of natural religion , and a duty to wbich a spirit of piety docs most naturally lead
men . Prayer is the very breath of a spirit of piety ; we cannot suppose , therefore ,
that holy men before , for above two hundred years , had lived without prayer .
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As it was with Paul after the Spirit of God had arrested him ; Behold , he prayeth !
so it has been in all remarkable effusions of the Spirit of God recorded in scripture
; and so it is foretold it will be in the latter days . It is foretold , that the holy Spirit ...
As it was with Paul after the Spirit of God had arrested him ; Behold , he prayeth !
so it has been in all remarkable effusions of the Spirit of God recorded in scripture
; and so it is foretold it will be in the latter days . It is foretold , that the holy Spirit ...
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Their holy lives were a continual condemnation of their wickedness . Besides , it
could not be otherwise , but that they must be much in reproving their wickedness
, as we find Lot was in Sodom ; who , We are told , vexed his righteous soul with ...
Their holy lives were a continual condemnation of their wickedness . Besides , it
could not be otherwise , but that they must be much in reproving their wickedness
, as we find Lot was in Sodom ; who , We are told , vexed his righteous soul with ...
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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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