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... keep them constantly em- ployed even for one half of that time . Noah must have had a great and constant care upon his mind for these one hundred and twenty years , in superintending this work , and in seeing that all was done exactly ...
... keep them constantly em- ployed even for one half of that time . Noah must have had a great and constant care upon his mind for these one hundred and twenty years , in superintending this work , and in seeing that all was done exactly ...
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... keep what he had , it would be of no service to him . Herein he has set us an example , showing us how we ought to sell all for our salvation . Noah's undertaking was of great difficulty , as it exposed him to the continual reproaches ...
... keep what he had , it would be of no service to him . Herein he has set us an example , showing us how we ought to sell all for our salvation . Noah's undertaking was of great difficulty , as it exposed him to the continual reproaches ...
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... keep it at as great a distance as they can . They cannot bear to think of entering immediately on such a hard service , and rather than do it , they will run the risk of eternal damna- tion , by putting it off to an uncertain future ...
... keep it at as great a distance as they can . They cannot bear to think of entering immediately on such a hard service , and rather than do it , they will run the risk of eternal damna- tion , by putting it off to an uncertain future ...
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... keep it at a distance ; they put it off from time to time , and never come to any conclusion which determines them in their present practice . And some never so much as fix upon any time . They design to be religious some time before ...
... keep it at a distance ; they put it off from time to time , and never come to any conclusion which determines them in their present practice . And some never so much as fix upon any time . They design to be religious some time before ...
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... keep their duty at a distance , engage not in it for the present , but think of engaging when they shall be under better conve- niences for it ; -when they are very good intenders concerning what they will do to - morrow , but very poor ...
... keep their duty at a distance , engage not in it for the present , but think of engaging when they shall be under better conve- niences for it ; -when they are very good intenders concerning what they will do to - morrow , but very poor ...
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The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 4 Jonathan Edwards No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 156 - That thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm ; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day.
Page 287 - the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?" Psalm Ixiii. 1, 2. " O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : my soul
Page 213 - Thy teachers shall not be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers ; and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, " This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand,
Page 204 - To her was granted, that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white ; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb.
Page 83 - back unto perdition ; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul." Rom. xi. 22. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God : on them which fell, severity ; but towards thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness ; otherwise thou also shalt be cut
Page 574 - learn the same vices which they tolerate in others; for " a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." Hence that earnest caution of the apostle, Heb. xii. 15. " Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up, trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.
Page 464 - is fallen, and become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird ; that her sins had reached unto heaven, and that God had remembered her iniquity ; that God gave commandment to reward her, as
Page 493 - stood upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven and the things that therein are, and the earth and the things that therein are, and the sea and the things which are therein, That there should be lime no longer.''
Page 544 - lose his reward." Giving to our needy brethren, is in scripture called laying up treasure in heaven, in bags that wax not old; Luke xii. 33. "Sell what ye have and give alms, provide for yourselves bags that wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.
Page 540 - o minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." A steward has no business with his master's goods, to use them any otherwise than for the benefit of his master and his family, or according to his