Jonathan EdwardsHoughton Mifflin, 1889 - 401 páginas |
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... Christ and the work of redemption . The Book of Canticles attracted him as a fit expression for his mood . It seemed to him as if he were in a kind of vision , alone in the mountains or some solitary wilderness , conversing sweetly with ...
... Christ and the work of redemption . The Book of Canticles attracted him as a fit expression for his mood . It seemed to him as if he were in a kind of vision , alone in the mountains or some solitary wilderness , conversing sweetly with ...
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... Christian appeared like a little white flower as we see in the opening of the year ; low and humble on the ground , opening its bosom to receive the pleasant beams of the sun's glory ; rejoic- ing as it were in a calm rapture ...
... Christian appeared like a little white flower as we see in the opening of the year ; low and humble on the ground , opening its bosom to receive the pleasant beams of the sun's glory ; rejoic- ing as it were in a calm rapture ...
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... Christ hath pur- chased for us , yet that hinders not but that our feeding on these comforts should be attended with the sorrow of repentance , as of old the children of Israel were com- manded evermore to feed upon the paschal lamb ...
... Christ hath pur- chased for us , yet that hinders not but that our feeding on these comforts should be attended with the sorrow of repentance , as of old the children of Israel were com- manded evermore to feed upon the paschal lamb ...
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... Christian simplicity . She is a woman adorned with a meek and quiet spirit , and talked so feelingly and so solidly of the things of God , and seemed to be such an helpmeet to her husband , that she caused me to renew those prayers ...
... Christian simplicity . She is a woman adorned with a meek and quiet spirit , and talked so feelingly and so solidly of the things of God , and seemed to be such an helpmeet to her husband , that she caused me to renew those prayers ...
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... Christ , etc. , had been compiled for the help of young ministers . In it we may study the questions which the younger pastor was propounding to himself in his first years in the ministry . They illustrate the dark and sombre mood which ...
... Christ , etc. , had been compiled for the help of young ministers . In it we may study the questions which the younger pastor was propounding to himself in his first years in the ministry . They illustrate the dark and sombre mood which ...
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Página 45 - They say there is a young lady in New Haven who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight, and that she hardly cares for anything, except to meditate on him — that she expects after a while to be received up where he is, to be raised up out of the world and caught up into heaven ; being assured that he loves her too well to...
Página 46 - ... you could not persuade her to do anything wrong or sinful, if you would give her all the world, lest she should offend this Great Being. She is of a wonderful sweetness, calmness, and universal benevolence of mind ; especially after this Great God has manifested himself to her mind.
Página 67 - And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven...
Página 173 - And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him ; Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said ; Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Página 37 - From my childhood up, my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty in choosing whom He would to eternal life, and rejecting whom He pleased, leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me.
Página 37 - But never could give an account, how, or by what means, I was thus convinced, not in the least imagining. at the time, nor a long time after, that there was any extraordinary influence of God's Spirit in it; but only that now I saw further, and my reason apprehended the justice and reasonableness of it.
Página 25 - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in everything; in the sun, moon, and stars, in the clouds and blue sky, in the grass, flowers, trees, in the water and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind.
Página 129 - If we knew that there was one Person, and but one, in the whole Congregation that was to be the Subject of this Misery, what an awful Thing would it be to think of! If we knew who it was, what an awful Sight would it be to see such a Person!
Página 128 - The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire...
Página 25 - ... clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water, and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind. I often used to sit and view the moon for...