The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ..., Volume 8G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 - Congregational churches |
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Page 95
... delighted in , when it is obtained . And oftentimes in bringing about this in those things , which they think at the time to be signs of God's hatred . And how wisely God orders things for preventing men's abusing a sense of their own ...
... delighted in , when it is obtained . And oftentimes in bringing about this in those things , which they think at the time to be signs of God's hatred . And how wisely God orders things for preventing men's abusing a sense of their own ...
Page 97
... delight he takes in them on that account . But true spiritual comfort works in another way . Gracious joy and poverty of spirit go hand in hand , and rejoice , as it were , in each other's company . The godly may at some times have com ...
... delight he takes in them on that account . But true spiritual comfort works in another way . Gracious joy and poverty of spirit go hand in hand , and rejoice , as it were , in each other's company . The godly may at some times have com ...
Page 106
... delight ; and yet he cannot be said to do what he wills in the sense of the text . But the expression implies that it is God's mere will and sovereign pleasure , which supremely orders this affair . It is the divine will without ...
... delight ; and yet he cannot be said to do what he wills in the sense of the text . But the expression implies that it is God's mere will and sovereign pleasure , which supremely orders this affair . It is the divine will without ...
Page 107
... delight to do his master's will ; yet when he does so , he does not do it of his own mere pleasure . The saints do the will of God freely . They choose to do it ; it is their meat and drink . Yet they do not do it of their mere pleasure ...
... delight to do his master's will ; yet when he does so , he does not do it of his own mere pleasure . The saints do the will of God freely . They choose to do it ; it is their meat and drink . Yet they do not do it of their mere pleasure ...
Page 134
... delight in the Lord Jesus Christ , and in the knowledge and contemplation of him , that he tells us , he " counted all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus . " He speaks in very positive terms . He does ...
... delight in the Lord Jesus Christ , and in the knowledge and contemplation of him , that he tells us , he " counted all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus . " He speaks in very positive terms . He does ...
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Page 398 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
Page 241 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Page 318 - For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, which shall prepare Thy way before Thee. Terily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Page 185 - And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying; Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David ! my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Page 512 - Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.
Page 22 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds; to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life ; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 54 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 454 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Page 445 - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 406 - For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.