Jonathan Edwards' Life of David Brainerd: 'Lord's day, Oct 30, 1743. In the morning I enjoyed some fixedness of soul in prayer, which was indeed sweet and desirable; was enabled to leave myself with God, and to acquiesce in him. At noon my soul was refreshed with reading Revelation 3 more especially the Revelation 3:11-12. Oh, my soul longed for that blessed day, when I should 'dwell in the temple of God,' and 'go no more out' of his immediate presence!'
Henry Balnaves' On Justification: 'Therefore, my well beloved brethren, let us rejoice greatly of this our little trouble and afflictions, James1, and consider them to be good and not evil; the signs and tokens of the goodwill of God toward us, and not of ire nor wrath; and receive them forth of his hands, neither of chance, accident, nor fortune, but of his permission and certain purpose, to our weal, as the trial and exercise of our faith. [Jeremiah 31; Proverbs 3; Hebrews 12; Revelation 3; Psalm 118; Isaiah 26; 28] And that he punisheth us, not that we be lost thereby, but to draw and provoke us to repentance, according to that saying, Ezekiel 18. I will no…
Jonathan Edwards' Life of David Brainerd: 'Lord's day, Oct 30, 1743. In the morning I enjoyed some fixedness of soul in prayer, which was indeed sweet and desirable; was enabled to leave myself with God, and to acquiesce in him. At noon my soul was refreshed with reading Revelation 3 more especially the Revelation 3:11-12. Oh, my soul longed for that blessed day, when I should 'dwell in the temple of God,' and 'go no more out' of his immediate presence!'
Henry Balnaves' On Justification: 'Therefore, my well beloved brethren, let us rejoice greatly of this our little trouble and afflictions, James 1, and consider them to be good and not evil; the signs and tokens of the goodwill of God toward us, and not of ire nor wrath; and receive them forth of his hands, neither of chance, accident, nor fortune, but of his permission and certain purpose, to our weal, as the trial and exercise of our faith. [Jeremiah 31; Proverbs 3; Hebrews 12; Revelation 3; Psalm 118; Isaiah 26; 28] And that he punisheth us, not that we be lost thereby, but to draw and provoke us to repentance, according to that saying, Ezekiel 18. I will no…
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