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A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…
A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of divinity, in a method entirely new. / By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey[.]
Boston: printed by Draper & Folsom, 1782
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It was remarkable, that the hearts of Heathen princes should be so inclined. It was the effect of his power, who hath the hearts of kings in his hands, and turneth them whithersoever he wit•; and it was a remarkable instance of his favour to his people.
It was remar•able, that the hearts of Heathen princes should be so inclined. It was the effect of his power, who hath the hearts of kings in his hands, and turneth them whithersoever he wit•; and it was a rema•kable instance of his favour to his people.
Another remarkable circumstance of this restitution of the state of the Jews to their own land was that it was accomplished against so much opposition of their bitter indefatigable enemies the Samaritans, who, for a long time together, with all the malice and craft they could exercise, opposed the Jews in this affair, and •ought their destruction; one while by Bishlam, Mithridath, Tabeal, Rehum, and Shimshai, as in Ezra iv, and then by Tatnai, Shetharboznai, and their companions, as in chap. v and afterwards by S•nballat and Tobiah, as we read in the book of Nehemiah.
Another remarkable circumstance of this restitution of the state of the Jews to their own land was that it was accomplished against so much o•p•sition of their bitter indefatigable enemies the Samaritans, who, for a long time together, with all the malice and craft they could exercise, opposed the Jews in this affair, and •ought their destruction; one while by Bishlam, Mithridath, Tabeal, Rehum, and Shimshai, as in Ezra iv, and then by Tatnai, Shetharboznai, and their companions, as in chap. v and afterwards by S•nballat and Tobiah, as we read in the book of Nehemiah.