The Works of President Edwards ...G. & C. & H. Carvell, 1829 |
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Page 50 - be glory for ever and ever. Amen." Chap. xvi. 27. "To God only wise, be glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever. Amen." Gal. i. 4, 5. " 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, to whom be glory for
Page 258 - with glory another way, viz. by Christ's coming into it ; which was afterwards fulfilled. See Haggai ii. 7. " I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts." 3. The captivity into Babylon occasioned the
Page 364 - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place : where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent." The people being settled there, their posterity continued from
Page 611 - avoided. Herein we shall follow the example of one who had the greatest success in propagating the power of religion. 1 Cor. ix. 20—23. " Unto the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law. that I might
Page 470 - 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."—This is the sum of those gifts, which Christ received for men, even for the rebellious, at his ascension
Page 481 - Awake, O north wind, and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out ; let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits ;" there seems to be an immediate answer to her prayer, in the next words, in abundant communications of the Spirit, and bestowment of spiritual blessings ;
Page 240 - And there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars." This church was like the moon in many other respects, but especially that it waxed and waned like the moon. From its
Page 77 - Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world ; now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Page 185 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth : and from thy face shall I be hid, and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth : and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. And the Lord said
Page 479 - rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the values ; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water ; I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree ; I will set in the desert the fir-tree,