The Works of President Edwards, Volume 8Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1809 |
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... labor of an earnest seeking of it . If there were a great treas ure of gold and pearls hid in the earth , but should accidentally be found , and should be opened among us with such circum- stances that all might have as much as they ...
... labor of an earnest seeking of it . If there were a great treas ure of gold and pearls hid in the earth , but should accidentally be found , and should be opened among us with such circum- stances that all might have as much as they ...
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... labor to understand as much of what he saith as you can . God hath made you all reasonable creatures ; therefore let not the noble faculty of reason or understanding lie neglected . Content not your- selves with having so much knowledge ...
... labor to understand as much of what he saith as you can . God hath made you all reasonable creatures ; therefore let not the noble faculty of reason or understanding lie neglected . Content not your- selves with having so much knowledge ...
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... labor there is profit ; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury . " Besides , when persons for so much of their time have nothing else to do , but to sit , and talk , and chat in one another's chimney corners , there is great ...
... labor there is profit ; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury . " Besides , when persons for so much of their time have nothing else to do , but to sit , and talk , and chat in one another's chimney corners , there is great ...
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... labor . Their time , as is now often the case , would not lie heavy up- on their hands , as they would , with both profit and pleasure , be engaged in searching the scriptures , and in comparing and meditating upon the various truths ...
... labor . Their time , as is now often the case , would not lie heavy up- on their hands , as they would , with both profit and pleasure , be engaged in searching the scriptures , and in comparing and meditating upon the various truths ...
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... labor necessarily attending this business may be , yet the knowledge once ob- tained will richly requite the pains taken to obtain it . " When wisdom entereth the heart , knowledge is pleasant to the soul , " Prov . ii . 10 . 4. This ...
... labor necessarily attending this business may be , yet the knowledge once ob- tained will richly requite the pains taken to obtain it . " When wisdom entereth the heart , knowledge is pleasant to the soul , " Prov . ii . 10 . 4. This ...
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Page 345 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 399 - 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 135 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 288 - 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 433 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 429 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Page 259 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
Page 217 - And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Page 39 - And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer ; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Page 337 - Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.