The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 7S. Converse, 1829 |
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... misery in hell is infinitely to be dreaded ? And yet how few appear to be thoroughly convinced of this ! How plain is it , that life is uncertain ? and yet how much otherwise do most men think ! How plain is it , that it is the highest ...
... misery in hell is infinitely to be dreaded ? And yet how few appear to be thoroughly convinced of this ! How plain is it , that life is uncertain ? and yet how much otherwise do most men think ! How plain is it , that it is the highest ...
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... misery . How much it is worth while to take pains for heavenly glory ; and how vain their own righteousness is : but yet to what little purpose ? And they have not only great means of instruction in God's word , but also in providence ...
... misery . How much it is worth while to take pains for heavenly glory ; and how vain their own righteousness is : but yet to what little purpose ? And they have not only great means of instruction in God's word , but also in providence ...
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... misery than a blessing to him ; and rendering him much more mischievous than useful ? Therefore , if the scripture had not told us so , yet we might safely conclude , that mankind are not now , as they were made at first ; but that they ...
... misery than a blessing to him ; and rendering him much more mischievous than useful ? Therefore , if the scripture had not told us so , yet we might safely conclude , that mankind are not now , as they were made at first ; but that they ...
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... said , Let there be light , and there was light . * Isai . lx . 2 , 3. + Isai . xxv . 7 . VOL . VIII . Isai . xi . 9. Gen. i . 2 , 3 . 4 V. Hence we may learn the misery of all such MAN'S NATURAL BLINDNESS IN RELIGION . 25.
... said , Let there be light , and there was light . * Isai . lx . 2 , 3. + Isai . xxv . 7 . VOL . VIII . Isai . xi . 9. Gen. i . 2 , 3 . 4 V. Hence we may learn the misery of all such MAN'S NATURAL BLINDNESS IN RELIGION . 25.
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... misery of all such persons , as are under the power of that darkness which naturally possesses their hearts . There are two degrees of this misery . 1. That of which all who are in a natural condition are the sub- jects . The doctrine ...
... misery of all such persons , as are under the power of that darkness which naturally possesses their hearts . There are two degrees of this misery . 1. That of which all who are in a natural condition are the sub- jects . The doctrine ...
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Page 459 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.
Page 321 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 428 - For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Page 498 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 230 - The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 338 - He hath made the earth by his power, He hath established the world by his wisdom, And hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Page 399 - ... the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb : and the smoke of their torment, ascendeth up for ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Page 154 - And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Page 101 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 428 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.