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1 online resource |
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Sermon : "Living peaceably one with another" (1723) Edwards's youthful strain of communitarian idealism -- Miscellanies notebook : "The millennium (1723, 1726) Early social and political commentary -- Images of divine things (1738) Gravity as a type of love -- Sermon : "Sin and wickedness bring calamity and misery" (1729) The national covenant -- Sermon : "Envious men" (1730) On status-seeking and its social implications -- Sermon : "The state of public affairs" (1731-32) God deals not only with individuals but also with whole societies -- Sermon : "The duty of charity to the poor" (1733) On the duty of Christians and the state to assist the underprivileged -- Sermon : "The excellency of Christ" (1736) Christ's humility and love -- Sermon : "Charity contrary to a selfish spirit" (1738) The beauty of love in community -- Sermon : "Long-suffering and kindness" (1738) Dealing with injuries from others -- Sermon : "Heaven is a world of love" (1738) The society of heaven is everything our society ought to be -- A history of the work of redemption : "The millennium (1739); Miscellanies notebook : "The millennium" (1740) Times of great peace and love -- Sermon : "Mercy and not sacrifice" (1740) Moral duties an essential part of religion -- "A church covenant" (1742) Strict regard to rules of honesty, justice, and uprightness -- Sermon : "The duties of Christians in a time of war" (1745) The possibility and conditions of just war -- Treatise concerning religious affections (1746) On Christian character -- Sermon : "A strong rod broken and withered" (1748) The qualities of a good political leader -- Sermon : "Farewell sermon" (1750) Someday we shall all meet again -- Letter to Speaker Thomas Hubbard (1751) Caring for Indians -- Moral philosophy : the nature of true virtue (1756-57) What is true virtue? |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Sermons, American -- 18th century
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Congregational churches -- United States -- Sermons
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Congregational churches -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800
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Theology -- Early works to 1800.
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RELIGION -- Sermons -- Christian.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Congregational churches
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Congregational churches -- Doctrines
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Sermons, American
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Theology
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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Sermons
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Story, Ronald, editor
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McDermott, Gerald R. (Gerald Robert), editor
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| ISBN |
9781613763582 |
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1613763581 |
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