Edwards on Revivals: Containing A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northhampton, Massachusetts, A.D. 1735 : Also Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England, 1742, and the Way in which it Ought to be Acknowledged and Promoted |
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... devil has a special advantage , 324 Sect . 4. Some particular errors that have arisen from these causes , Sect . 5. Of errors connected with lay exhorting , 343 354 Sect . 6. Of errors connected with singing praises to God , 361 PART V ...
... devil has a special advantage , 324 Sect . 4. Some particular errors that have arisen from these causes , Sect . 5. Of errors connected with lay exhorting , 343 354 Sect . 6. Of errors connected with singing praises to God , 361 PART V ...
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... devil to overthrow . a revival of religion , is to corrupt it , or carry it to cextremes ; and that the errors of its friends and promoters furnish him with his greatest advantage . It is a great mistake for Christians to think , that ...
... devil to overthrow . a revival of religion , is to corrupt it , or carry it to cextremes ; and that the errors of its friends and promoters furnish him with his greatest advantage . It is a great mistake for Christians to think , that ...
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... devil seems to make so great a handle of , as a melancholy humor , unless it be the real corruption of the heart . But it has been very remarkable that there has been far less of this mixture in this time of extraordinary blessing than ...
... devil seems to make so great a handle of , as a melancholy humor , unless it be the real corruption of the heart . But it has been very remarkable that there has been far less of this mixture in this time of extraordinary blessing than ...
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... advice , or being reasoned with to any purpose the devil took the advantage , and drove him into despairing thoughts . He was kept awake nights , medi- tating terror ; so that he had scarce any sleep 14 DEFECTS AND DECLINE OF THE WORK .
... advice , or being reasoned with to any purpose the devil took the advantage , and drove him into despairing thoughts . He was kept awake nights , medi- tating terror ; so that he had scarce any sleep 14 DEFECTS AND DECLINE OF THE WORK .
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... devil is like to get any notable advantage against us , if we do but thoroughly do our duty with respect to those two things , viz . the state of person's minds , and their moral conduct , seeing to it that they may be maintained in an ...
... devil is like to get any notable advantage against us , if we do but thoroughly do our duty with respect to those two things , viz . the state of person's minds , and their moral conduct , seeing to it that they may be maintained in an ...
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Page 364 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 392 - His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
Page 271 - Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page xiii - For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Page 198 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 173 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 392 - My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Page 392 - And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day : And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 276 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 360 - Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.