The works of president Edwards [ed. by E. Williams and E. Parsons].Books on Demand, 1807 - 502 pages |
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... leaving it with God to take care of the credit of his own work , and running the venture of any censorious thoughts , which might be entertained of me to my disadvantage . That distant persons may be under as great advantage as may be ...
... leaving it with God to take care of the credit of his own work , and running the venture of any censorious thoughts , which might be entertained of me to my disadvantage . That distant persons may be under as great advantage as may be ...
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... leave off seeking , and to yield up the case . But as they are still more terrified with fears of perishing , and their former hopes of prevailing on God to be merciful to them in a great measure fail ; sometimes their religious ...
... leave off seeking , and to yield up the case . But as they are still more terrified with fears of perishing , and their former hopes of prevailing on God to be merciful to them in a great measure fail ; sometimes their religious ...
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... leave father and mother and all things in the world , to go and be with Christ . Some persons have had such longing desires after Christ , or which have risen to such degree , as to take away their natural strength . Some have been so ...
... leave father and mother and all things in the world , to go and be with Christ . Some persons have had such longing desires after Christ , or which have risen to such degree , as to take away their natural strength . Some have been so ...
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... leave , and then it would not be sin for her to eat them ; and sent one of the children to that end ; and , when she returned , her mother told her , that the owner had given leave , now she might eat them , and it would not be stealing ...
... leave , and then it would not be sin for her to eat them ; and sent one of the children to that end ; and , when she returned , her mother told her , that the owner had given leave , now she might eat them , and it would not be stealing ...
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... leave it entirely with your wisdom to make what use of it you think best , to send a part of it to England , or all , or none , if you think it not worthy ; or otherwise to dispose of it as you may think most for God's glory , and the ...
... leave it entirely with your wisdom to make what use of it you think best , to send a part of it to England , or all , or none , if you think it not worthy ; or otherwise to dispose of it as you may think most for God's glory , and the ...
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Page 338 - Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ ; what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Page 173 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 236 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And behold there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem...
Page 104 - Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Page 512 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 512 - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Page 257 - I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Page 353 - And how evident did it now appear that they received and felt them, "not as the word of man, but as the word of God!
Page 201 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 40 - And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.