The Works of President Edwards, Volume 5James Black & Son, 1817 - Congregational churches |
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Page 109
... knowledge they had of the Jewish religion , of their worship of one God , their prophecies , and expectation of a Messiah . This knowledge they derived from the Jews , who had long been their neighbours ; which opened the door for the ...
... knowledge they had of the Jewish religion , of their worship of one God , their prophecies , and expectation of a Messiah . This knowledge they derived from the Jews , who had long been their neighbours ; which opened the door for the ...
Page 131
... knowledge ; and the reason why they are thought to contain so little is , because persons do but superfi- cially read them . The treasures which are hid underneath are not observed . They only look on the top of the ground , and ...
... knowledge ; and the reason why they are thought to contain so little is , because persons do but superfi- cially read them . The treasures which are hid underneath are not observed . They only look on the top of the ground , and ...
Page 145
... knowledge of good and evil ; so the obedience of the second Adam , wherein his righteousness consists , lies mainly in his obe- dience to that special law to which he was subject as me- diator and surety for man . Before I proceed to ...
... knowledge of good and evil ; so the obedience of the second Adam , wherein his righteousness consists , lies mainly in his obe- dience to that special law to which he was subject as me- diator and surety for man . Before I proceed to ...
Page 200
... knowledge of the true God . That those are no Gods whom the Heathen worshipped , and that there is but one only God , is what , now since the gospel has so taught us , we can see to be truth by our own reason . It is plainly agreeable ...
... knowledge of the true God . That those are no Gods whom the Heathen worshipped , and that there is but one only God , is what , now since the gospel has so taught us , we can see to be truth by our own reason . It is plainly agreeable ...
Page 201
... knowledge of the one true God , if the gospel had never come abroad in the world to enlighten their forefathers , would have been as sottish and brutish idolaters as the world in general was before the gospel came abroad . The ...
... knowledge of the one true God , if the gospel had never come abroad in the world to enlighten their forefathers , would have been as sottish and brutish idolaters as the world in general was before the gospel came abroad . The ...
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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.