BM-KJV and JE-Alma 5
This annotated version of Alma 5 shows the intertextuality between the BofM, the KJV and Jonathan Edwards. The footnotes show the frequency of appearance in each source of specific phrases and terms, along with some examples and explanations. If a source isn’t listed, the term/phrase doesn’t appear in it. Words/phrases in blue with no footnotes mean they appear only in this one passage in the Book of Mormon.
The annotation ignores most common terms and phrases (e.g., it came to pass) and focuses on nonbiblical language. As expected, Edwards used many of the KJV passages in his sermons and writings. There are few KJV citations that are not also found in Edwards, but many Edwards citations not found in the KJV.
The Edwards citations (JE) refer mostly to edwards.yale.edu, which has gaps in the database that can be filled from the 1808 edition of Edwards’ works which may produce more references.
Bold = KJV
Blue = nonbiblical BofM only
Red = nonbiblical BofM and JE
Alma Chapter 5
1 Now it came to pass that Alma began to deliver the word of God[1] unto the people, first in the land of Zarahemla, and from thence throughout all the land.[2]
2 And these are the words which he spake to the people in the church which was established in the city of Zarahemla, according to his own record, saying:
3 I, Alma, having been consecrated[3] by my father, Alma, to be a high priest over the church of God,[4] he having power and authority[5] from God[6] to do these things, behold, I say unto you that he began to establish a church[7] in the land which was in the borders of Nephi; yea, the land which was called the land of Mormon; yea, and he did baptize his brethren in the waters of Mormon.
4 And behold, I say unto you, they were delivered out of the hands[8] of the people of king Noah, by the mercy and power of God.[9]
5 And behold, after that, they were brought into bondage[10] by the hands of[11] the Lamanites in the wilderness; yea, I say unto you, they were in captivity,[12] and again the Lord did deliver them out of bondage[13] by the power of his word;[14] and we were brought into this[15] land, and here we began to establish the church[16] of God[17] throughout this land[18] also.
6 And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, you that belong[19] to this church, have you sufficiently[20] retained[21] in remembrance[22] the captivity of your fathers? Yea, and have you sufficiently retained in remembrance his mercy and long-suffering[23] towards them? And moreover, have ye sufficiently retained in remembrance that he has delivered their souls from hell?[24]
7 Behold, he changed their hearts;[25] yea, he awakened them out of a deep sleep,[26] and they awoke unto God.[27] Behold, they were in the midst of darkness;[28] nevertheless, their souls were illuminated by[29] the light of the everlasting word;[30] yea, they were encircled[31] about by the bands of death,[32] and the chains of hell,[33] and an everlasting destruction[34] did await them.
8 And now I ask of you, my brethren, were they destroyed? Behold, I say unto you, Nay, they were not.
9 And again I ask, were the bands of death broken, and the chains of hell which encircled them about, were they loosed? I say unto you, Yea, they were loosed, and their souls did expand, and they did sing redeeming love.[35] And I say unto you that they are saved.
10 And now I ask of you on what conditions[36] are they saved? Yea, what grounds[37] had they to hope for salvation?[38] What is the cause of their being loosed from the bands of death, yea, and also the chains of hell?
11 Behold, I can tell you—did not my father Alma believe in the words which were delivered by the mouth[39] of Abinadi? And was he not a holy prophet?[40] Did he not speak the words of God, and my father Alma believe them?
12 And according to his faith there was a mighty change[41] wrought[42] in his heart. Behold I say unto you that this is all true.[43]
13 And behold, he preached the word[44] unto your fathers, and a mighty change was also wrought in their hearts, and they humbled themselves and put their trust in the true and living[45] God. And behold, they were faithful[46] until the end;[47] therefore they were saved.
14 And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God?[48] Have ye received his image[49] in your countenances?[50] Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?
15 Do ye exercise faith[51] in the redemption of him who created you? Do you look forward[52] with an eye of faith,[53] and view this mortal body[54] raised in immortality,[55] and this corruption raised in incorruption, to stand before God[56] to be judged according to the deeds[57] which have been done in the mortal body?
16 I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves[58] that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye blessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness[59] upon the face of the earth?
17 Or do ye imagine to yourselves that ye can lie unto the Lord[60] in that day, and say—Lord, our works have been righteous works[61] upon the face of the earth—and that he will save you?
18 Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the tribunal of God[62] with your souls filled[63] with guilt and remorse,[64] having a remembrance of all your guilt,[65] yea, a perfect remembrance[66] of all your wickedness, yea, a remembrance that ye have set at defiance[67] the commandments of God?
19 I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands?[68] I say unto you, can you look up,[69] having the image of God[70] engraven[71] upon your countenances?[72]
20 I say unto you, can ye think of being saved[73] when you have yielded[74] yourselves to become subjects[75] to the devil?
21 I say unto you, ye will know at that day that ye cannot be saved; for there can no man be saved except his garments are washed white; yea, his garments must be purified until they are cleansed from all stain, through the blood[76] of him of whom it has been spoken by our fathers, who should come to redeem his people[77] from their sins.[78]
22 And now I ask of you, my brethren, how will any of you feel, if ye shall stand before the bar of God,[79] having your garments stained with blood and all manner of filthiness? Behold, what will these things testify against you?
23 Behold will they not testify that ye are murderers, yea, and also that ye are guilty of all manner of wickedness?[80]
24 Behold, my brethren, do ye suppose that such an one can have a place to sit down in the kingdom of God, with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, and also all the holy prophets, whose garments are cleansed and are spotless,[81] pure and white?
25 I say unto you, Nay; except ye make our Creator a liar from the beginning, or suppose that he is a liar from the beginning,[82] ye cannot suppose[83] that such can have place[84] in the kingdom of heaven; but they shall be cast out for they are the children of the kingdom of the devil.[85]
26 And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart,[86] and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love,[87] I would ask, can ye feel so now?
27 Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God?[88] Could ye say, if ye were called to die[89] at this time, within yourselves, that ye have been sufficiently humble? That your garments have been cleansed and made white[90] through the blood of Christ,[91] who will come to redeem his people from their sins?
28 Behold, are ye stripped[92] of pride? I say unto you, if ye are not ye are not prepared to meet God.[93] Behold ye must prepare quickly; for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand, and such an one hath not eternal life.
29 Behold, I say, is there one among you who is not stripped of envy? I say unto you that such an one is not prepared; and I would that he should prepare quickly, for the hour is close at hand,[94] and he knoweth not when the time shall come; for such an one is not found guiltless.
30 And again I say unto you, is there one among you that doth make a mock of his brother, or that heapeth upon him persecutions?
31 Wo unto such an one, for he is not prepared, and the time is at hand[95] that he must repent or he cannot be saved!
32 Yea, even wo unto all[96] ye workers of iniquity;[97] repent, repent, for the Lord God hath spoken it![98]
33 Behold, he sendeth an invitation[99] unto all men, for the arms of mercy[100] are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you.[101]
34 Yea, he saith: Come unto me[102] and ye shall partake of the fruit of the tree of life;[103] yea, ye shall eat and drink of the bread and the waters of life freely;[104]
35 Yea, come unto me and bring forth works[105] of righteousness, and ye shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire—[106]
36 For behold, the time is at hand[107] that whosoever bringeth forth not good fruit, or whosoever doeth not the works of righteousness, the same have cause to wail and mourn.[108]
37 O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain things of the world,[109] ye that have professed to[110] have known the ways of righteousness[111] nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd,[112] notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you and is still calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice!
38 Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd[113] doth call you; yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ;[114] and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd,[115] to the name by which ye are called,[116] behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.
39 And now if ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd, of what fold are ye? Behold, I say unto you, that the devil is your shepherd,[117] and ye are of his fold; and now, who can deny this? Behold, I say unto you, whosoever denieth this is a liar and a child of the devil.[118]
40 For I say unto you that whatsoever is good[119] cometh from God, and whatsoever is evil[120] cometh from the devil.
41 Therefore, if a man bringeth forth good works he hearkeneth unto the voice of the good shepherd, and he doth follow him; but whosoever bringeth forth evil works,[121] the same becometh a child of the devil, for he hearkeneth unto his voice, and doth follow him.
42 And whosoever doeth this must receive his wages of him; therefore, for his wages[122] he receiveth death, as to things pertaining unto righteousness,[123] being dead[124] unto all good works.
43 And now, my brethren, I would that ye should hear me, for I speak in the energy[125] of my soul;[126] for behold, I have spoken unto you plainly that ye cannot err,[127] or have spoken according to the commandments of God.[128]
44 For I am called to speak[129] after this manner, according to the holy order[130] of God, which is in Christ Jesus; yea, I am commanded to stand and testify unto this people the things which have been spoken by our fathers concerning the things which are to come.
45 And this is not all. Do ye not suppose[131] that I know of these things myself? Behold, I testify unto you that I do know that these things whereof I have spoken are true. And how do ye suppose that I know of their surety?
46 Behold, I say unto you they are made known unto me by the Holy Spirit of God.[132] Behold, I have fasted and prayed[133] many days that I might know these things of myself.[134] And now I do know of myself[135] that they are true; for the Lord God hath made them manifest unto me by his Holy Spirit; and this is the spirit of revelation[136] which is in me.
47 And moreover, I say unto you that it has thus been revealed unto me, that the words which have been spoken by our fathers are true, even so according to the spirit of prophecy[137] which is in me, which is also by the manifestation of[138] the Spirit of God.
48 I say unto you, that I know of myself that whatsoever I shall say unto you, concerning that which is to come, is true; and I say unto you, that I know that Jesus Christ shall come, yea, the Son, the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace, and mercy, and truth.[139] And behold, it is he that cometh to take away the sins of the world,[140] yea, the sins of every man who steadfastly believeth on his name.
49 And now I say unto you that this is the order after which I am called, yea, to preach unto my beloved brethren, yea, and every one that dwelleth in the land; yea, to preach unto all, both old and young,[141] both bond and free;[142] yea, I say unto you the aged, and also the middle aged,[143] and the rising generation;[144] yea, to cry unto them that they must repent[145] and be born again.[146]
50 Yea, thus saith the Spirit: Repent, all ye ends of the earth,[147] for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand; yea, the Son of God cometh in his glory, in his might, majesty, power, and dominion.[148] Yea, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, that the Spirit saith: Behold the glory of the King of all the earth;[149] and also the King of heaven[150] shall very soon shine forth[151] among all the children of men.[152]
51 And also the Spirit saith unto me, yea, crieth unto me with a mighty voice,[153] saying: Go forth and say unto this people—Repent, for except ye repent[154] ye can in nowise[155] inherit the kingdom[156] of heaven.
52 And again I say unto you, the Spirit saith: Behold, the ax is laid at[157] the root of the tree; therefore every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire,[158] yea, a fire which cannot be consumed, even an unquenchable fire.[159] Behold, and remember, the Holy One hath spoken it.
53 And now my beloved brethren, I say unto you, can ye withstand[160] these sayings; yea, can ye lay aside[161] these things, and trample[162] the Holy One under your feet;[163] yea, can ye be puffed up in the pride of your hearts;[164] yea, will ye still persist in the wearing of[165] costly apparel[166] and setting your hearts upon the vain things of the world,[167] upon your riches?
54 Yea, will ye persist[168] in supposing[169] that ye are better one than another; yea, will ye persist in the persecution of your brethren, who humble themselves[170] and do walk after[171] the holy order of God, wherewith they have been brought into this church, having been sanctified by[172] the Holy Spirit, and they do bring forth works which are meet for repentance—
55 Yea, and will you persist in turning your backs upon the poor, and the needy, and in withholding your substance from them?
56 And finally, all ye that will persist in your wickedness,[173] I say unto you that these are they who shall be hewn down and cast into the fire except they speedily repent.[174]
57 And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous[175] to follow the voice of the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people;
58 For the names of the righteous shall be written in the book of life, and unto them will I grant an inheritance at my right hand. And now, my brethren, what have ye to say against[176] this? I say unto you, if ye speak against it, it matters not, for the word of God must be fulfilled.[177]
59 For what shepherd is there among you having many sheep doth not watch over them, that the wolves enter not and devour his flock? And behold, if a wolf enter his flock doth he not drive him out? Yea, and at the last, if he can, he will destroy him.
60 And now I say unto you that the good shepherd doth call after you; and if you will hearken unto his voice he will bring you into his fold, and ye are his sheep; and he commandeth you that ye suffer no ravenous wolf[178] to enter among you, that ye may not be destroyed.
61 And now I, Alma, do command you in the language of him who hath commanded me, that ye observe to do the words which I have spoken unto you.
62 I speak by way of command unto you that belong to the church; and unto those who do not belong to the church I speak by way of invitation, saying: Come and be baptized unto repentance,[179] that ye also may be partakers of the fruit of the tree of life.
(Alma 5:1–62)
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kept your breath in your nostrils for, and given you meat and drink, from day to day for, that you have spent that life and strength that have been supported by them, in opposing God, and rebellion against him? How many sorts of wickedness have you been guilty of? How manifold have been the abominations of your life? What profaneness and contempt of God has been exercised by you? How little regard have you had to the Scriptures, to the Word preached, to sabbaths, and sacraments? How profanely have you talked, many of you, about those things that are holy?
If you have been never so much affected with sorrow or joy, and whatever experiences you think you have had, you are not marked out for one of God's, to be reserved as one of his children and his jewels. And that you may know whether you are truly God's servants, inquire,
1. Whether or no you serve God as your only master, or are you one that goes about to serve two masters. Have you forsaken all your former masters that once you served, that you might give yourself up wholly to the service of God? Have you not only refrained but renounced your lusts, your old masters?
2. Do you serve God in what you do in religion, or do you only serve yourselves? Is it only or chiefly out of fear of hell, or that you may have good evidence? Inquire how has it been: han't fears carried you further than anything else ever did? While you was under fears of hell and thought yourself in danger of it, was you not willing to do a great deal more in religion than you are since? How does your hope work? Your joys and comforts?
3. Do you take God's service as a task, or as your entertainment and delight? Do you see the beauty of holiness? Are you sensible of the sweetness of it and happiness there is in it?
4. Have you that grace that overcomes that opposition you meet with in God's service, so that you do persevere in a way of universal obedience? …
5. Inquire whether you have God's seal set upon you. Have you his image and superscriptions set on your heart? Seals of old used to have the person's name engraven on it, and his image.
Have you the spirit and temper of a Christian? This is the image and superscription [of God. This is] the temper of Christ.
[1] “word of God” OT (4) NT (45) BM (99) DC (1) JE (1179)
[2] “throughout all the land” OT (18) NT (1) BM (32) PGP (1) JE (5)
[3] “consecrated” OT (12) NT (2) BM (14) DC (19) JE (71)
[4] “church of God” NT (8) BM (33) DC (4) JE (587)
[5] “power and authority” NT (2) BM (23) DC (6) PGP (1) JE (26)
[6] “authority from God” BM (6) PGP (1) JE (0); “authority of God” BM (3) JE (26)
[7] “establish a church” BM (3) DC (1) JE (1) Brainerd “tis hopeful he designs to establish a church for himself among them”
[8] “delivered out of the hand” OT (1) NT (1). “delivered out of the hands” only in BM (5) and JE (5), who never wrote “delivered out of the hand” but always misquoted Luke 1:74.
[Note: “out of the hands” is OT (3) BM (31) DC (1) JE (63)]
[9] “mercy and power” only in Alma 5:4; also in source cited by Edwards.
[10] “brought into bondage” BM (7) JE (1) paraphrasing 2 Pet. 2:19, “brought in bondage”
[11] “by the hands of” OT (5) NT (3) BM (7) DC (9) JE (26)
[12] “in captivity” OT (1) “our wives are in captivity” (2 Chron. 29:9) BM (18) (mostly Ether) JE (29)
[13] “out of bondage” BM (26) DC (1) JE (4) “Christ brought us out of Egypt, out of bondage to sin and Satan”
[14] “power of his word” BM (8) JE (1)
[15] “brought into this” BM (2) “this land, this church” JE (14) “this condition, this port, this form, this state”
[16] “establish the church” BM (4) JE (0)
[17] “establish the church of God” BM (1)
[18] “throughout this land” BM (1) JE (2)
[19] “you that belong” BM (2) (belong to this church, to the church) JE (1) “you that belong to this church”
[20] “sufficiently” OT (2) BM (18) DC (5) JE (335) “sufficiently retained” BM (3) JE (0)
[21] “retained” OT (4) NT (2) BM (12) DC (2) JE (142) [Note: only BM and JE combine retain and remembrance: JE “May God in infinite mercy grant that we may ever retain a proper remembrance of these things,” “should retain a full and lively remembrance” “If he retains the remembrance of torment”] The phrases “retained in remembrance” and “sufficiently retained” have many sources around 1800.
[22] “remembrance” OT (4) NT (13) BM (20) DC (8) JE (97)
[23] “mercy and long-suffering” BM (3) JE (1) “his great mercy & longsuffering”
[24] “from hell” OT (2) BM (3) JE (211); “Prov. 23:14 “deliver his soul from hell.” Psalm 86:13 “delivered my soul from the lowest hell” NT: 2 Pet. 2:4 “cast them down to hell and delivered them” Rev 20:13 “death and hell delivered.” JE: “delivered from hell” “the deliverance of the soul from hell” “God had delivered him from hell” ”deliver us from hell” “sinners could not be delivered from hell”
[25] “changed their hearts” BM (1) JE (0); “change their hearts” 0 in scriptures, but JE (2) “natural men, without a mighty work of God to change their heats, will never get over their enmity”
[26] “deep sleep” OT (9) NT (1) BM (6) PGP (2) but “awaken(ed)” only in BM; JE (40) including “Peter’s being awakened out of that deep sleep”
[27] “awoke unto God” only in Alma 5:7; cf JE “I awoke with God” “Awoke this morning in the fear of God”
[28] “midst of darkness” BM (1) JE (3) [Deut 5:23 “midst of the darkness”] [JE: the midst of abundance of darkness”]
[29] “illuminated by” BM (1) JE (0) Swedenborg, the New Jerusalem, “illuminated by the light of Heaven” https://www.google.com/books/edition/Halcyon_Luminary_and_Theological_Reposit/99cRAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
[30] “everlasting word” BM (1)
[31] “encircled” BM (20) JE (1)
[32] “bands of death” BM (12) DC (1) JE (1) “the fears of death, which are as it were the bands of death” Also, “bonds of death” not in scriptures but JE (3) “atonement has broken the bonds of death”
[33] “chains of hell” BM (6) DC (1) JE (0) but “cast us down to hell and bound [us] in chains of darkness” cf 2 Pet 2:4
[34] “everlasting destruction” NT (1) BM (9) JE (42)
[35] “redeeming love” BM (3) JE (35)
[36] “conditions” NT (1) BM (12) DC (7) JE (300) “some should perform the conditions of salvation”
[37] “grounds” BM (4) DC (1) JE (462 – 83 with hope) “what had given me some comfortable grounds to hope” “the parents have good grounds to hope for its salvation” “all the grounds of our hope”
[38] “hope for salvation” only in Alma 5:10; JE (2)
[39] “by the mouth” OT (7) NT (5) BM (16) DC (10) PGP (1) JE (13)
[40] “holy prophet” BM (2) JE (1) “holy prophets” NT (4) BM (26) DC (5) JE (10)
[41] “mighty change” BM (4) JE (9)
[42] “change wrought” BM (4) JE (20) “have a change wrought in their hearts” [change wrought 8x in BM]
[43] “all true” BM (1) JE (146)
[44] “preached the word” NT (5) BM (3) JE (2)
[45] “true and living” BM (6) DC (2) JE (2) “true and living God, true and living faith”
[46] “faithful until” BM (1) DC (2)
[47] “until the end” BM (7) DC (2) PGP (1) JE (3)
[48] “born of God” NT (6) BM (9) JE (121) spiritually + born of God BM (1) JE (1) “created of God and spiritually born of God”
[49] “his image” OT (1) NT (6) (all in Rev.) BM (1) JE (120) only BM and JE use “image” for Christ. JE: “Have you his image and superscriptions set on your heart?”
[50] “countenances” NT (2) BM (2) DC (2) JE (60) “
[51] “exercise faith” BM (4) DC (2) JE (7)
[52] “look forward” BM (14) JE (20)
[53] “eye of faith” BM (3) JE (16)
[54] “mortal body” NT (1) BM (8) JE (7)
[55] “raised in immortality” BM (1) DC (1) JE: “It was no wonder the form of it was considerably changed when it rose not in its former infirmity, but was raised in power, and to immortality and to impassability” blending: “it is sown in corruption but shall be raised in incorruption, sown in dishonor but shall be raised in glory, sown in weakness but raised in power, sown a natural body but raised a spiritual body; and this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal immortality”
[56] “stand before God” NT (1) BM (8) DC (1) JE (10)
[57] “according to the deeds” BM (1) JE (1) “will Render to Every one according to the deeds done in the Body whether Good or Bad”
[58] “imagine to yourselves” BM (2) JE (0) JE “Don't imagine yourself excused, because of God's absolute decrees, from the diligent use of the means of your salvation.”
[59] “works of righteousness” NT (1) Titus 3:5 BM (3) (Alma 5:16, 35, 36) DC (1) (59:23), JE (63)
[60] Note: Edwards retranslated Psalms for a different meaning “Psalms 66:3, who through the greatness of God's power, submit themselves to him, or, as it is in the Hebrew, lie unto him, i.e. yield a counterfeit reverence and submission: so of a gracious gratitude.”
[61] “righteous works” BM (1) JE (4) “what could we understand by "works of righteousness," but only " righteous works ," or which is the same thing, "good works"? And to say that it is by our own righteous works, that we are justified, though not by one particular kind of righteous works, would certainly be a contradiction to such an assertion”
[62] “tribunal of God” BM (1) JE (3)
[63] “souls filled” BM (1) JE (0) but only BM has “filled our souls,” “filled my soul,” “soul was filled” JE has “filled my soul,” “her soul was filled,” “his soul was filled, “your soul been filled,”
[64] “remorse” BM (3) JE (84) “guilt and remorse” “penitent remorse for past guilt” [Note: “remorse of conscience” in Alma 42:18 and in Edwards 30x; e.g., “sinner feels remorse of conscience for sin”]
[65] “all your guilt” BM (1) JE (4)
[66] “perfect remembrance” BM (1) JE (2)
[67] “defiance” BM (3) JE (7)
[68] “pure heart and clean hands” BM (1) paraphrase of Psalms 24:4 JE used same paraphrase. “his having a pure heart and clean hands” “you must be one that is of a Pure Heart & Clean Hands”
[69] “look up” OT (2) NT (2) BM (4) JE (31); only BM and JE “look up” to God. JE “look up to the ‘Father of mercies’” “look up to the heavens”
[70] “image of God” OT (2) NT (1) BM (3) JE (220)
[71] “engraven” NT (1) BM (31) DC (3) JE (30)
[72] “countenances” OT (2) BM (2) DC (2) JE (60) “So a Christian people really so, or a society of real Christians, do sharpen the countenances of each other, adding new gladness to each other's hearts and a new cheerfulness to their countenances. O how blessed and happy would it be to dwell among such a people! 'Tis an image of heaven: a people that live in righteousness and peace one with another, in the fear of God,”
[73] “being saved” BM (1) JE (76)
[74] “yielded” OT (3) NT (5) BM (7) DC (1) JE (141) “Seeing you have yielded yourself to his will,” “to whose dominion you have yielded yourself”
[75] “subjects” BM (4) DC (2) JE (1531) “which is a sort of influence of the Spirit of God, that the children of the devil have often been the subjects of. The seal of the Spirit is a kind of effect of the Spirit of God on the heart, which natural men, while such, are so far from a capacity of being the subjects of”
[76] “through the blood” NT (2) BM (6) PGP (1) JE (17)
[77] “redeem his people” BM (9) JE (3) “when he shall come to redeem his people out of captivity. Isaiah 40:3–4”
[78] “from their sins” NT (1) BM (6) JE (71). NT “save his people from their sins.” BM “redeem his people from their sins” JE: “Christ buys or redeems men that they may be his. He redeems 'em from their sins” “men are redeemed from their sins”
[79] “bar of God” BM (6) JE (0) [Palmyra newspapers and books on sale, Thomas Spencer]
[80] “all manner of wickedness” BM (9) JE (19)
[81] “spotless” BM (12) DC (2) JE (29) “pure, spotless and glorious beings” “those spotless , pure, wise, bright, and active spirits” “those pure and spotless , bright and glorious, inhabitants of the New Jerusalem”
[82] “liar from the beginning” BM (2) DC (1) JE (“the devil had not been a liar from the beginning (John 8:44)”)
[83] “cannot suppose” BM (2) JE (9)
[84] “have place” BM (4) DC (5) JE (10)
[85] “kingdom of the devil” BM (5) DC (1) JE (13)
[86] “experienced a change of heart” BM (1) JE (1) “Have we ever experienced a change of heart ?” [Note: “change of heart” BM (2) JE (27)]
[87] “redeeming love” BM (3) JE (35) [Note: “sing the song of redeeming love” is in Lucy Mack Smith
[88] “blameless before God” BM (2) DC (1). “blameless” OT (3) NT (12) BM (7) DC (3) JE (58)
[89] “called to die” BM (1) JE (1)
[90] “made white” NT (2) BM (5) JE (5) but “garments… made white” BM (4) JE (1) “And have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" [Revelation 7:14]. Not only purged from all filthiness of sin, but their garments, that were stained with their own blood, are now made white in the blood of the Lamb;
[91] “through the blood of Christ” BM (1) JE (4)
[92] “stripped” OT (10) NT (2) BM (3) JE (81)
[93] “prepared to meet God” BM (1) OT “prepare to meet thy God” Amos 4:12. JE “gird up your loins and prepare to meet God.” “prepare to meet thy god” quoting Amos.
[94] “close at hand” BM (1)
[95] “time is at hand” NT (3) BM (8) DC (1)
[96] “wo unto all” BM (3) DC (2)
[97] “workers of iniquity” OT (20) NT (1) BM (2) JE (70)
[98] “the Lord God hath spoken it” BM (4) DC (1)
[99] “an invitation” BM (1) JE (35)
[100] “arms of mercy” BM (3) JE (1)
[101] “I will receive you” NT (1) BM (2) JE (1)
[102] “Come unto me” OT (18) NT (8) BM (37) DC (4) JE (81)
[103] “fruit of the tree of life” only in Alma (5 times); JE (~20 times)
[104] “waters of life” only in BM (Alma 5:34, 42:27; DC 10:66, all “waters of life freely”); JE (14), including “waters of life freely.” “Water of life” only in NT (3), JE (107). “Bread of life” only in NT (2).
[105] “bring forth works” BM (3)
[106] “hewn down and cast into the fire” NT (3) BM (13) DC (3) JE (9)
[107] “time is at hand” NT (3) BM (8) DC (1)
[108] “wail and mourn” only in Alma 5:36. “cause to mourn” only in Alma 4:3, Hel. 15:2. JE (2).
[109] “vain things of the world” BM (9); JE (1). “Vain things” OT (1) NT (1) BM (12) JE (10)
[110] “professed to” BM (4) DC (1) JE (42) “their promise implied, that as they professed to know God”
[111] “ways of righteousness” BM (1) JE (1) (Miscellanies)
[112] “sheep having no shepherd” NT (1) BM (2) JE (1)
[113] “good shepherd” NT (3) BM (8) DC (1) JE (40) “the Good shepherd will Call together his Friends”
[114] “the name of Christ” NT (2) BM (23) DC (3) PGP (1) JE (76)
[115] “voice of the good shepherd” BM (4) JE (0)
[116] “by which ye are called” BM (2) JE (2) “worthy name by which ye are called” paraphrasing James 2:7 “worthy name by the which ye are called” (James 2:7)
[117] “your shepherd” BM (1) JE (2)
[118] “child of the devil” NT (1) BM (3) (16)
[119] “whatsoever is good” BM (1) JE (2)
[120] “whatsoever is evil” (BM) (1) JE (1)
[121] “evil works” BM (2) DC (1) JE (22)
[122] “for his wages” BM (3)
[123] “things pertaining unto righteousness” BM (4) JE (0)
[124] “being dead” NT (4) BM (1) JE (63)
[125] “energy” BM (4) JE (89) BM “all the energy of heart” JE “the energy of their hearts.”
[126] “energy of my soul” BM (2)
[127] “cannot err” BM (3) JE (1)
[128] “the commandments of God” NT (3) BM (68) DC (3) PGP (2) JE (19)
[129] “called to speak” BM (1) JE (5) “I am called to speak in the name of Christ”
[130] “holy order of God” BM (11) DC (1) [“holy order” BM (17) JE (1)]
[131] “suppose” OT (1) NT (9) BM (64) DC (3) JE (3723)
[132] “Holy Spirit of God” NT (1) BM (2) JE (23)
[133] “fasted and prayed” OT (1) NT (1) BM (2)
[134] “of myself” NT (12) BM (17) DC (1) PGP (2) JE (74); cf. John 8:28 “I do nothing of myself”
[135] “know of myself” BM (3) cf. Brainerd misquote of 1 Cor. 4:4 “I know nothing by myself” Brainerd: ““I know nothing of myself”
[136] “spirit of revelation” BM (9) DC (2) JE (1) [cf Eph. 1:17, “spirit of wisdom and revelation”]
[137] “spirit of prophecy” NT (1) BM (18) DC (2) PGP (2) JE (60) “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy ." And therefore we find that the great and main thing that the most of those prophets in their written prophecies insist upon, is Christ and his redemption and the glorious times of the gospel which should be in the latter days, according to their manner of expression.”
[138] “manifestation of” NT (3) BM (2) DC (4) JE (513)
[139] “full of grace” NT (1) BM (4) DC (2) PGP (5) JE (39). NT: “full of grace and truth.” JE combined truth and equity, grace and mercy.
[140] “take away the sins of the world” BM (4) JE (1); cf. “which taketh away the sin of the world” NT (1) (John 1:29) JE (2 – take away the sin of the world, 3-taketh away the sin of the world)
[141] “both old and young” OT (1) BM (5) DC (1) JE (10)
[142] “bond and free” BM (6) DC (1) JE (3) re Galatians 3:28 “Neither bond nor free” “Here is probably reference to the distinction that was made between bond and free in Abraham's family”
[143] “middle aged” BM (1) DC (2) JE (21) [hyphenated and not, like DC]
[144] “rising generation” BM (3) DC (1) JE (26)
[145] “must repent” BM (11) DC (5) PGP (3) JE (10)
[146] “be born again” NT (2) BM (3) PGP (1) JE (76)
[147] “ends of the earth” OT (27) NT (1) BM (23) DC (15) JE (168)
[148] [might majesty power and dominion] BM (2) DC (1)
[149] “king of all the earth” OT (2) BM (1) JE (3)
[150] “king of heaven” OT (1) BM (2) JE (59)
[151] “shine forth” OT (2) NT (1) BM (6) DC (2) JE (137) “might shine forth in the brightest and fullest manner to the children of men” “He rose to shine forth in ineffable glory as the King of heaven”
[152] “children of men” OT (23) BM (131) DC (39) PGP (15) JE (139)
[153] “mighty voice” OT (1) BM (2) JE (4)
[154] “except ye repent” NT (2) BM (19) JE (14)
[155] “nowise” BM (11) DC (6) PGP (1) JE (6)
[156] “inherit the kingdom” NT (5) BM (13) DC (2) PGP (1) JE (41), but “inherit the kingdom of heaven” unique to BM (1)
[157] “ax is laid” BM (1) DC (1) JE (5) [Note: Matt. 3:10 and Luke 3:9 say “axe is laid unto the root of the trees” but JE paraphrases to write “ax is laid at the root of the trees 2x”]
[158] “forth good fruit” NT (6) BM (10) DC (1) JE (38) Matt. 7:19 “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”
[159] “unquenchable fire” NT (1) BM (3) DC (4) JE (11)
[160] “withstand” OT (8) NT (2) BM (7) DC (1) JE (57)
[161] “lay aside” NT (1) BM (4) DC (2) JE (45)
[162] “trample” OT (2) NT (1) BM (9) JE (80) “trample on Christ“ “trample on the King of Glory” “in their talk and actions do trample God's sabbath under foot”
[163] “under your feet” NT (2) BM (2) JE (7) with “trample” only in BM and JE “trample them under your feet”
[164] “pride of your hearts” BM (6) [pride hearts BM (26) DC (1); pride heart OT (8) BM (6)] JE “the pride of their hearts” “the pride of men's hearts” “Watch against the workings of pride in your hearts”
[165] “the wearing of” BM (3) JE (1) “Your adorning shall not be that outward adorning of the wearing of gold and putting on fine and rich apparel,”
[166] “costly apparel” BM (8) JE (1)
[167] “vain things of the world” BM (9) JE (1)
[168] “persist” BM (7) JE (78)
[169] “supposing” NT (7) BM (14) JE (596)
[170] “humble themselves” OT (1) BM (25) DC (3) JE (33)
[171] “walk after” OT (9) NT (4) BM (7) JE (30)
[172] “sanctified by” OT (1) NT (6) BM (3) DC (6) JE (24) “sanctified by the Spirit of God” “sanctified by the holy Spirit”
[173] JE “finally to persist in wickedness; persist in their vile corruptions, and wickedness,”
[174] “speedily repent” BM (2) DC (2) JE (3)
[175] “desirous” OT (1) NT (5) BM (63) DC (1) JE (166) “my soul was desirous of "following hard after God”
[176] “say against” BM (1) JE (5)
[177] “the word of God must be fulfilled” BM (1) JE: “confirm the Word of God as it fulfills it:”
[178] “ravenous wolf” BM (1) JE (1)
[179] “baptized unto repentance” BM (10)