The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 |
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... promises to his creatures , could not properly be what moved him to create the world ; nor could such a fulfilment of his promises to his creatures be his last end in giving the creatures being . But yet after the world is created ...
... promises to his creatures , could not properly be what moved him to create the world ; nor could such a fulfilment of his promises to his creatures be his last end in giving the creatures being . But yet after the world is created ...
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... promises of making God's people happy , that God there- in might be glorified . So is that in Isa . xliii . as we shall see plainly , if we take the whole that is said from the beginning of the chapter , ver . 1-7 . It is wholly a ...
... promises of making God's people happy , that God there- in might be glorified . So is that in Isa . xliii . as we shall see plainly , if we take the whole that is said from the beginning of the chapter , ver . 1-7 . It is wholly a ...
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... promised to be effected , is plainly an accomplish- ment of the joy , gladness , and happiness of God's people , in- stead of their mourning and sorrow ; and the end in which God's design in this work is obtained and summed up , is his ...
... promised to be effected , is plainly an accomplish- ment of the joy , gladness , and happiness of God's people , in- stead of their mourning and sorrow ; and the end in which God's design in this work is obtained and summed up , is his ...
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... promised him , and of the joy set before him . But we must understand him , that this was not his ultimate aim ; it was not the end that chiefly governed his conduct : and therefore , when in opposition to this , in the latter part of ...
... promised him , and of the joy set before him . But we must understand him , that this was not his ultimate aim ; it was not the end that chiefly governed his conduct : and therefore , when in opposition to this , in the latter part of ...
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... promises of rewards , and of their fulfilment . 2 Cor . i . 20. " For all the promises of God in him are yea , and in him Amen , TO THE GLORY OF GOD by us . " And this is spoken of as the end of the execution of God's threatenings , in ...
... promises of rewards , and of their fulfilment . 2 Cor . i . 20. " For all the promises of God in him are yea , and in him Amen , TO THE GLORY OF GOD by us . " And this is spoken of as the end of the execution of God's threatenings , in ...
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Page 161 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Page 395 - Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Page 277 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 440 - ARISE, shine ; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people : but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee ; and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Page 44 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.
Page 464 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 559 - When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
Page 475 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 43 - He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God ; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Page 589 - 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. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.