Theology: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons, Volume 1T. Dwight & son, 1839 - 916 pages |
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... evident tendency was to soften the heart , to subdue the will , to loosen the attachment to ter- restrial good , to enliven the conscience , and to assist the soul in its assumption of the heavenly character . This was peculiarly obser ...
... evident tendency was to soften the heart , to subdue the will , to loosen the attachment to ter- restrial good , to enliven the conscience , and to assist the soul in its assumption of the heavenly character . This was peculiarly obser ...
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... evident , if we remember , that the word religion always de- notes either a system of truths , of which GOD is the great subject ; or a system of affections and conduct , of which He is the supreme object . If we can prove to ourselves ...
... evident , if we remember , that the word religion always de- notes either a system of truths , of which GOD is the great subject ; or a system of affections and conduct , of which He is the supreme object . If we can prove to ourselves ...
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... evident concerning this subject , in their actions . No man ever acted , without regard- ing himself as a cause ; and without expecting to produce some change in himself , or in the objects around him , by his efficiency ; nor made use ...
... evident concerning this subject , in their actions . No man ever acted , without regard- ing himself as a cause ; and without expecting to produce some change in himself , or in the objects around him , by his efficiency ; nor made use ...
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... evident , and admitted as such . An absolute want of cause involves an absolute sameness of an opposite kind ; and must , with nearly the same evidence , continue for ever . The necessity of causes to all the changes of being is , so ...
... evident , and admitted as such . An absolute want of cause involves an absolute sameness of an opposite kind ; and must , with nearly the same evidence , continue for ever . The necessity of causes to all the changes of being is , so ...
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... evident , that there is , ever has been , and ever will be , a Being , from whom all things derived their existence ; on whom all depend for their continuance : and by whom all are conducted in the order and harmony , visible in the ...
... evident , that there is , ever has been , and ever will be , a Being , from whom all things derived their existence ; on whom all depend for their continuance : and by whom all are conducted in the order and harmony , visible in the ...
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Page 264 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 245 - ... he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 471 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 331 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 141 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 511 - 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 536 - But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
Page 543 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 406 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 553 - A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another.