Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards: Selections from Their WritingsC. Scribner's Sons, 1920 - 368 pages |
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Page xii
... concerns of his adolescence to his mighty , and appalling , labors in defence of High Calvinism . Before he was twenty he had moved beyond Locke to the idealistic posi- tion of Bishop Berkeley , whom Edwards had almost cer- tainly never ...
... concerns of his adolescence to his mighty , and appalling , labors in defence of High Calvinism . Before he was twenty he had moved beyond Locke to the idealistic posi- tion of Bishop Berkeley , whom Edwards had almost cer- tainly never ...
Page xx
... concern to the people , and especially where burthens are to be laid upon them , it is of use to consider , as well what they will be apt to think and say , as what they ought to think . " Edwards exceeded Frank- lin no further in ...
... concern to the people , and especially where burthens are to be laid upon them , it is of use to consider , as well what they will be apt to think and say , as what they ought to think . " Edwards exceeded Frank- lin no further in ...
Page xxiii
... concern about the great things of religion , and the eter- nal world , became universal in all parts of the town , and among persons of all degrees , and all ages ; the noise amongst the dry bones waxed louder and louder . " In a little ...
... concern about the great things of religion , and the eter- nal world , became universal in all parts of the town , and among persons of all degrees , and all ages ; the noise amongst the dry bones waxed louder and louder . " In a little ...
Page xxiv
... concerns in so many congregations . These were facts , and he would not hear them gainsaid . A year later he published Some Thoughts Concerning the Pres- ent Revival of Religion in New England , when the Awakening had begun to frighten ...
... concerns in so many congregations . These were facts , and he would not hear them gainsaid . A year later he published Some Thoughts Concerning the Pres- ent Revival of Religion in New England , when the Awakening had begun to frighten ...
Page xxv
... concerned with the signs and marks recently discussed . Passing by all the lower evidence , he carried religious affections up to origin in the divine influence , revelation through di- vine illumination , foundation on love to divine ...
... concerned with the signs and marks recently discussed . Passing by all the lower evidence , he carried religious affections up to origin in the divine influence , revelation through di- vine illumination , foundation on love to divine ...
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