The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ..., Volume 8G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 |
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... things which are common occasions of persons losing their convictions . I shall therefore briefly mention some of ... things crowd in , and take possession of their minds . Or worldly cares are in- creased upon them , and they have so ...
... things which are common occasions of persons losing their convictions . I shall therefore briefly mention some of ... things crowd in , and take possession of their minds . Or worldly cares are in- creased upon them , and they have so ...
Page 76
... things of which they are afraid . When a man is terribly afraid of things with which he is surrounded , this engages his eyes to behold ; he looks intensely on them , and sees more and more how frightful and terrible they are . When ...
... things of which they are afraid . When a man is terribly afraid of things with which he is surrounded , this engages his eyes to behold ; he looks intensely on them , and sees more and more how frightful and terrible they are . When ...
Page 94
... things concerning them ; and there is a marvellous wisdom observable in his manner of dealing with them in such cases . We may well admire how wisely God orders things in what has been said , for his own glory , to secure the glory due ...
... things concerning them ; and there is a marvellous wisdom observable in his manner of dealing with them in such cases . We may well admire how wisely God orders things in what has been said , for his own glory , to secure the glory due ...
Page 95
... things , which they think at the time to be signs of God's hatred . And how wisely God orders things for preventing men's abusing a sense of their own safety , to giving the reins to their lusts . It is ordered so , that at those times ...
... things , which they think at the time to be signs of God's hatred . And how wisely God orders things for preventing men's abusing a sense of their own safety , to giving the reins to their lusts . It is ordered so , that at those times ...
Page 103
... things as malice , a proud behaviour , and many other things which might be mentioned , are disagreeable . They are not willing to see such things in themselves . They therefore call them by good names , and put good constructions on ...
... things as malice , a proud behaviour , and many other things which might be mentioned , are disagreeable . They are not willing to see such things in themselves . They therefore call them by good names , and put good constructions on ...
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Page 398 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
Page 241 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Page 318 - For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, which shall prepare Thy way before Thee. Terily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Page 185 - And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying; Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David ! my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Page 512 - Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.
Page 22 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds; to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life ; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 54 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 454 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Page 445 - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 406 - For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.