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Edwards says that many believe that God only looks at the heart when making decisions about a person's state and welfare, but the Bible shows that He looks at both the inward principle and outward acts. This is especially true when He is punishing or rewarding someone, for it is the outward acts that bring forth and perfect the inner corruption, and it is the outward exercises of grace that are rewarded.

"And it is these kinds of acts that have especially been regarded in the covenants that God has made with mankind. Thus it was in the first covenant. It was actually abstaining from the tree of knowledge that was the main thing in the express condition; and it was Adam's eating in the overt act that was chiefly that by which the covenant was broken, and the curse brought upon him, though there were many inward corrupt acts tending to it before. And so it is in the covenant of grace. 'Tis a coming to Christ, cleaving to him, and expressing a choice of him and trust in him, in act and practice, that is the thing chiefly looked at in the condition of this covenant." (See WJE 18:530-31)

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CURRENT TERMS & REFERENCES

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Term Set A: justification covenant covenant covenant covenant

Term Set B: obedience evangelical evangelical evangelical evangelical

Max Distance Between Terms = 6

Reference List A/B

WJEO 2:399 - Religious Affections
WJEO 3:353 - Original Sin
WJEO 12:214 - Ecclesiastical Writings
WJEO 13:437 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 14:63 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 14:182 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 14:338 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 14:417 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 15:104 - Notes on Scripture
WJEO 18:222 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:223 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:229 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:512 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 19:167 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:182 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:183 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:193 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:219 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:228 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:600 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:619 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 20:65 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:114 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:119 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:152 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:438 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 23:497 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 23:510 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 23:514 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 23:515 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 23:516 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 23:529 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 25:365 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO 25:530 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758

Reference List B/A

WJEO 2:399 - Religious Affections
WJEO 2:457 - Religious Affections
WJEO 10:392 - Sermons and Discourses, 1720-1723
WJEO 13:199 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 13:466 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 13:516 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 14:62 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 14:63 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 14:182 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 18:149 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:258 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:357 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:472 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:530 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:531 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 19:182 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:201 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:207 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:208 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:209 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 20:119 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:439 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:442 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 21:337 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:441 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 23:497 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 23:534 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 24:134 - The "Blank Bible"
WJEO 25:365 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO 25:376 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758

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CUMULATIVE TERMS & REFERENCES

Term Set A: covenant, justification

Term Set B: evangelical, obedience

Reference List: 2:399 2:457 3:353 10:392 12:214 13:199 13:437 13:466 13:516 14:62 14:63 14:182 14:338 14:417 15:104 18:149 18:222 18:223 18:229 18:258 18:357 18:472 18:512 18:530 18:531 19:167 19:182 19:183 19:193 19:201 19:207 19:208 19:209 19:219 19:228 19:600 19:619 20:65 20:114 20:119 20:152 20:438 20:439 20:442 21:337 21:441 23:497 23:510 23:514 23:515 23:516 23:529 23:534 24:134 25:365 25:376 25:530