The Works of President Edwards ...by Isaiah Thomas, jun., Sturtevant, printer .., 1809 |
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... God's love of order that he bestows these things on the account of faith : In the latter , God doth it out of love to the grace of faith itself . God will neither look on Christ's merits as ours , nor adjudge his bene- fits to us , till ...
... God's love of order that he bestows these things on the account of faith : In the latter , God doth it out of love to the grace of faith itself . God will neither look on Christ's merits as ours , nor adjudge his bene- fits to us , till ...
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... God's sight , that is the same thing as still to be beheld of God as infinitely the object of his displeasure and ... God's sight , or for any act of favor of any kind towards him , or any gift whatsoever to him , in testimony of God's ...
... God's sight , that is the same thing as still to be beheld of God as infinitely the object of his displeasure and ... God's sight , or for any act of favor of any kind towards him , or any gift whatsoever to him , in testimony of God's ...
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... God's authority , and be in the form of a servant , that he might do that honor to God's authority for him , by his obedience , which God at first required of man as the condition of his Thaving a title to that reward . Christ came into ...
... God's authority , and be in the form of a servant , that he might do that honor to God's authority for him , by his obedience , which God at first required of man as the condition of his Thaving a title to that reward . Christ came into ...
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... God , and be subject to him in whatsoever he pleases to command us . Certainly the moral law does as much require us to obey God's positive commands , as it re- quires us to obey the positive commands of our parents . And thus all that ...
... God , and be subject to him in whatsoever he pleases to command us . Certainly the moral law does as much require us to obey God's positive commands , as it re- quires us to obey the positive commands of our parents . And thus all that ...
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... God's acceptance and favor . But to suppose that God gives us an interest in Christ in reward for our virtue , is as great an argument that it instates us in God's favor , as if he bestowed a title to eternal life as its direct re- ward .
... God's acceptance and favor . But to suppose that God gives us an interest in Christ in reward for our virtue , is as great an argument that it instates us in God's favor , as if he bestowed a title to eternal life as its direct re- ward .
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Page 308 - At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Page 109 - Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Page 44 - What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Page 287 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Page 102 - But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Page 87 - Now the just shall live by faith : but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition ; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Page 481 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Page 49 - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 13 - Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying ; Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Page 107 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.