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... objection : but you do not compre- hend what we say of being saved by faith . " I know you do not . You do not in any degree comprehend what we mean by that expression ; have patience then , and I will tell you yet again . By those ...
... objection : but you do not compre- hend what we say of being saved by faith . " I know you do not . You do not in any degree comprehend what we mean by that expression ; have patience then , and I will tell you yet again . By those ...
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... objection to Christianity . 28. We join with you then in desiring a religion founded on reason , and every way agreeable thereto . But one question still remains to be asked , What do you mean by Reason ? I suppose you mean the eternal ...
... objection to Christianity . 28. We join with you then in desiring a religion founded on reason , and every way agreeable thereto . But one question still remains to be asked , What do you mean by Reason ? I suppose you mean the eternal ...
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... objection , nearly allied to this , namely , that we preach perfection ? True ; but what per- fection ? The term you cannot object to ; because it is scrip- tural . All the difficulty is , to fix the meaning of it accord- ing to the ...
... objection , nearly allied to this , namely , that we preach perfection ? True ; but what per- fection ? The term you cannot object to ; because it is scrip- tural . All the difficulty is , to fix the meaning of it accord- ing to the ...
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... objection against us , that we preach salvation by faith alone ? And does not St. Paul do the same thing ? By grace , saith he , ye are saved , through faith . Can any words be more express ? And elsewhere , Believe in the Lord Jesus ...
... objection against us , that we preach salvation by faith alone ? And does not St. Paul do the same thing ? By grace , saith he , ye are saved , through faith . Can any words be more express ? And elsewhere , Believe in the Lord Jesus ...
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... objection that we assert , that this faith is usually given in a moment ? First , let me intreat you to read over that authentic account of God's dealings with men , the Acts of the Apostles . In this treatise you will find , how he ...
... objection that we assert , that this faith is usually given in a moment ? First , let me intreat you to read over that authentic account of God's dealings with men , the Acts of the Apostles . In this treatise you will find , how he ...
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Page 276 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 87 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 16 - For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Page 129 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 102 - And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Page 192 - Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Page 88 - And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me: of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Page 85 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 194 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, Which men deliver to one that is learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee: And he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee : And he saith, I am not learned.
Page 78 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.