The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 5S. Converse, 1829 |
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... knowledge and speculation only , without affection , never is en- gaged in the business of religion . 3. Nothing is more manifest in fact , than that the things of religion take hold of men's souls no further than they affect them ...
... knowledge and speculation only , without affection , never is en- gaged in the business of religion . 3. Nothing is more manifest in fact , than that the things of religion take hold of men's souls no further than they affect them ...
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... knowledge and gifts , the most glaring profession , and every thing else which appertains to religion , are vain and worthless . He also represents it as the fountain from whence proceeds all that is good , in 1 Cor . xiii . throughout ...
... knowledge and gifts , the most glaring profession , and every thing else which appertains to religion , are vain and worthless . He also represents it as the fountain from whence proceeds all that is good , in 1 Cor . xiii . throughout ...
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... knowledge of him , and esteeming them but dung that he might win him . He represents himself as overpowered by this holy af- fection , and as it were compelled by it to go forward in his service , through all difficulties and sufferings ...
... knowledge of him , and esteeming them but dung that he might win him . He represents himself as overpowered by this holy af- fection , and as it were compelled by it to go forward in his service , through all difficulties and sufferings ...
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... knowledge is no true spiritual knowledge of divine things . If the great things of religion are rightly understood , they will affect the heart . The reason why men are not affected by such infinitely great , impor- tant , glorious ...
... knowledge is no true spiritual knowledge of divine things . If the great things of religion are rightly understood , they will affect the heart . The reason why men are not affected by such infinitely great , impor- tant , glorious ...
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... under it , and that no man can , in that manner , see God and live . Eph . iii . 7. 20 . || Eph . i . 19 . * Eph . ii . 7. + 2 Tim . i . 7 . The knowledge which the saints have of God's beauty and 40 PART II . ON RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS . III.
... under it , and that no man can , in that manner , see God and live . Eph . iii . 7. 20 . || Eph . i . 19 . * Eph . ii . 7. + 2 Tim . i . 7 . The knowledge which the saints have of God's beauty and 40 PART II . ON RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS . III.
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Page 291 - In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Page 405 - Now the just shall live by faith : but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition ; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Page 521 - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 535 - And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
Page 121 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry; Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
Page 289 - My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Page 553 - At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Page 463 - AND after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Page 487 - Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 522 - And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.