Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards: Selections from Their WritingsC. Scribner's Sons, 1920 - 368 pages |
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Page xxi
... meet- ing house was erected , for the service of any preacher who might come by , even " a missionary to preach Moham- medanism to us . " Franklin found Whitefield very effec- tive . " I happened , " he says , " soon after to attend one ...
... meet- ing house was erected , for the service of any preacher who might come by , even " a missionary to preach Moham- medanism to us . " Franklin found Whitefield very effec- tive . " I happened , " he says , " soon after to attend one ...
Page xxvi
... meet , he argued that God so rules his world that the human will is not free to choose between good and evil ; The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin De- fended ( 1758 ) , uncompromising corollary of the denial of human freedom ...
... meet , he argued that God so rules his world that the human will is not free to choose between good and evil ; The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin De- fended ( 1758 ) , uncompromising corollary of the denial of human freedom ...
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... meet with a Good Piece of New - England Poetry , to give it a suitable Encomium , and thereby endeavour to discover to the World some of its Beautys , in order to encourage the Author to go on , and bless the World with more , and more ...
... meet with a Good Piece of New - England Poetry , to give it a suitable Encomium , and thereby endeavour to discover to the World some of its Beautys , in order to encourage the Author to go on , and bless the World with more , and more ...
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... meet'st the orient sun , now fly'st , With the fixed Stars , fixed in their orb that flies , And ye five other wandering Fires , that move In mystic Dance not without Song ; resound His Praise , that out of Darkness called up Light ...
... meet'st the orient sun , now fly'st , With the fixed Stars , fixed in their orb that flies , And ye five other wandering Fires , that move In mystic Dance not without Song ; resound His Praise , that out of Darkness called up Light ...
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... meet with that unfeign'd respect and warm Good - will , that all Men have for him ? Wilt thou never understand , that the cringing , mean , submissive Deportment of thy Depend- ents , is ( like the worship paid by Indians to the Devil ) ...
... meet with that unfeign'd respect and warm Good - will , that all Men have for him ? Wilt thou never understand , that the cringing , mean , submissive Deportment of thy Depend- ents , is ( like the worship paid by Indians to the Devil ) ...
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