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Two dissertations, I. Concerning the end for which God created the world. II. The…
Two dissertations, I. Concerning the end for which God created the world. II. The nature of true virtue. / by the late Reverend, learned and pious Jonathan Edwards, A.M. president of the College in New-Jersey.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1765
Concerning the END for which GOD created the WORLD. › Chapter 2 › Sect 4
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THIS is also spoken of as a great end of God's works of favour and mercy to his people. 2 King. 19. 19. "Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only". 1 King. 8. 59, 60.—"That he maintain the cause of his servant, & the cause of his people Israel at all times as the matter shall require, that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else". See other passages to the same purpose referred to in the margin.†
THIS is also spoken of as a great end of God's works of favor and mercy to his people. 2 King. 19. 19. "Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only". 1 King. 8. 59, 60.—"That he maintain the cause of his servant, & the cause of his people Israel at all times as the matter shall require, that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else". See other passages to the same purpose refer'd to in the margin.†