Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards: Selections from Their WritingsC. Scribner's Sons, 1920 - 368 pages |
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... delightful conviction , " " the exceeding pleasant , bright , and sweet " doctrine of predestination , for Edwards himself was never quite explicit about all the steps of his translation . What we do find important is what New England ...
... delightful conviction , " " the exceeding pleasant , bright , and sweet " doctrine of predestination , for Edwards himself was never quite explicit about all the steps of his translation . What we do find important is what New England ...
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... with me in my Sleep , and before I awak'd again , I dreamt the following DREAM . I FANCY'D I was travelling over pleasant and delight- ful Fields and Meadows , and thro ' many small Country 1 Towns and Villages ; and as I pass'd along ,
... with me in my Sleep , and before I awak'd again , I dreamt the following DREAM . I FANCY'D I was travelling over pleasant and delight- ful Fields and Meadows , and thro ' many small Country 1 Towns and Villages ; and as I pass'd along ,
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... delights to see me Virtuous , because he is pleased when he sees Me Happy . And since he has created many Things , which seem purely design'd for the Delight of Man , I believe he is not offended , when he sees his Children solace ...
... delights to see me Virtuous , because he is pleased when he sees Me Happy . And since he has created many Things , which seem purely design'd for the Delight of Man , I believe he is not offended , when he sees his Children solace ...
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... delighted to see me happy . Amen ! ADORATION PREL . Being mindful that before I address the Deity , my soul ought to be calm and serene , free from Passion and Perturbation , or otherwise elevated with Rational Joy and Pleasure , I ...
... delighted to see me happy . Amen ! ADORATION PREL . Being mindful that before I address the Deity , my soul ought to be calm and serene , free from Passion and Perturbation , or otherwise elevated with Rational Joy and Pleasure , I ...
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... Delight rattled them by handfuls all over the Floor ; and the other , at the same time , made such a terrible Din upon my Counter with a Hammer , that I grew half distracted . I was just then about to make myself a new Suit of Pinners ...
... Delight rattled them by handfuls all over the Floor ; and the other , at the same time , made such a terrible Din upon my Counter with a Hammer , that I grew half distracted . I was just then about to make myself a new Suit of Pinners ...
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