p. 541.
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What self-righteous persons take to themselves, is the same work that Christ was engaged in when He was in His agony and bloody sweat, and when He died on the cross, which was the greatest thing that ever the eyes of angels beheld. Christ could accomplish other parts of this work without cost; but this part cost Him His life, as well as innumerable pains and labors. Yet this is the part which self-righteous persons go about to accomplish for themselves.
— Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "What self-righteous persons take to themselves, is the same work that Christ was engaged in when He was in His agony and bloody sweat, and when He died on the cross, which was the greatest thing that ever the eyes of angels beheld. Christ could accomplish other parts of this work without cost; but this part cost Him His life, as well as innumerable pains and labors. Yet this is the part which self-righteous persons go about to accomplish for themselves." in the context of "p. 541." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Jonathan Edwards (theologian)" (Quotes, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
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About Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher and theologian.
About Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher and theologian.
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