The Works of President Edwards, Volume 5James Black & Son, 1817 - Congregational churches |
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... hundred of them , and hid them by fifty in a cave , 1 Kings xviii . 4 . These schools of the prophets being set up by Samuel , and afterwards kept up by such as Elijah and Elisha , must be of divine appointinent ; and accordingly we ...
... hundred of them , and hid them by fifty in a cave , 1 Kings xviii . 4 . These schools of the prophets being set up by Samuel , and afterwards kept up by such as Elijah and Elisha , must be of divine appointinent ; and accordingly we ...
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... a snare to him , that the hand of the Philistines might be upon him , requiring of him a hundred foreskins of the Philistines , that so his life might be exposed to them . The same 74 PERIOD I , HISTORY OF REDEMPTION .
... a snare to him , that the hand of the Philistines might be upon him , requiring of him a hundred foreskins of the Philistines , that so his life might be exposed to them . The same 74 PERIOD I , HISTORY OF REDEMPTION .
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... hundred thousand chosen men ; which loss the kingdom of Israel probably never in any measure recovered . The ten tribes finally apostatized from the true God under Jeroboam . The kingdom of Judah was greatly corrupted , ' and from that ...
... hundred thousand chosen men ; which loss the kingdom of Israel probably never in any measure recovered . The ten tribes finally apostatized from the true God under Jeroboam . The kingdom of Judah was greatly corrupted , ' and from that ...
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... hundred men . So the people in Solomon's time were too many , and mighty , and glorious for Christ ; therefore he diminished them ; first , by sending off the ten tribes ; then he diminished them by the captivity into Babylon ; and then ...
... hundred men . So the people in Solomon's time were too many , and mighty , and glorious for Christ ; therefore he diminished them ; first , by sending off the ten tribes ; then he diminished them by the captivity into Babylon ; and then ...
Page 93
... hundred thousand chosen men ; a mighty army ! 2 Chron . xiii . 3. Then God wrought deliverance to Judah , out of regard to the covenant of grace established with David , as is evident by verse 4 and 5 ; and the victory they obtained was ...
... hundred thousand chosen men ; a mighty army ! 2 Chron . xiii . 3. Then God wrought deliverance to Judah , out of regard to the covenant of grace established with David , as is evident by verse 4 and 5 ; and the victory they obtained was ...
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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.