The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 |
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... true saints . It was so in that great re- formation , and revival of religion , in Josiah's time , as appears by Jer . iii . 10 , and iv . 3 , 4 ; and also by the great apostacy there was in the land so soon after his reign . So it was ...
... true saints . It was so in that great re- formation , and revival of religion , in Josiah's time , as appears by Jer . iii . 10 , and iv . 3 , 4 ; and also by the great apostacy there was in the land so soon after his reign . So it was ...
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... saints in scripture , is , fearers of God , or they that fear the Lord . And because this is a great part of true godliness , hence true godliness in general is very commonly called the fear of God . So hope in God , and in the promises ...
... saints in scripture , is , fearers of God , or they that fear the Lord . And because this is a great part of true godliness , hence true godliness in general is very commonly called the fear of God . So hope in God , and in the promises ...
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... true saints ; Psal . xxxiii . 18. Behold , the eye of the Lord is upon them that FEAR him , upon them that HOPE in his mercy . Psal . cxlvii . 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that FEAR him , in those that HOPE in his mercy . Hope ...
... true saints ; Psal . xxxiii . 18. Behold , the eye of the Lord is upon them that FEAR him , upon them that HOPE in his mercy . Psal . cxlvii . 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that FEAR him , in those that HOPE in his mercy . Hope ...
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... true religion . These things are often mentioned as distinguishing qualities of the true saints , and a great part of their character ; Matth . v . 4. Bless- ed are they that MOURN : for they shall be comforted . Psal . xxxiv . 18. The ...
... true religion . These things are often mentioned as distinguishing qualities of the true saints , and a great part of their character ; Matth . v . 4. Bless- ed are they that MOURN : for they shall be comforted . Psal . xxxiv . 18. The ...
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... saints , but as that in them , which is peculiarly acceptable and pleasing ... true religion appears , is gratitude ; especially as exercised in ... true religion ; inso- much that a merciful man , and a good man , are equivalent terms in ...
... saints , but as that in them , which is peculiarly acceptable and pleasing ... true religion appears , is gratitude ; especially as exercised in ... true religion ; inso- much that a merciful man , and a good man , are equivalent terms in ...
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Page 563 - 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 175 - For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me: and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Page 429 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Page 531 - 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 283 - 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 413 - 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 37 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 430 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 494 - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Page 473 - 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.