A treatise on the conduct of God to the human species, and on the divine mission of Jesus ChristF.C. & J. Rivington, 1809 - 393 pages |
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... mean to pursue in this treatise is to endeavour , in the first proposition , to refute those objections which the rashness and incon- siderateness rather than the reason of man has presumed to advance against the conduct and goodness of ...
... mean to pursue in this treatise is to endeavour , in the first proposition , to refute those objections which the rashness and incon- siderateness rather than the reason of man has presumed to advance against the conduct and goodness of ...
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... means universally addressed to the whole species , but were meant to denote the election and rejection not of individuals , but of nations and kingdoms , or else were of local and partial application . Our Saviour expressly tells us ...
... means universally addressed to the whole species , but were meant to denote the election and rejection not of individuals , but of nations and kingdoms , or else were of local and partial application . Our Saviour expressly tells us ...
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... means selected as being either better or worse than any other which expresses Calvin's sentiments on these sub- jects ; for whenever he writes on them , he is equally confused , weak , and inconclusive . From Calvin's Institution of the ...
... means selected as being either better or worse than any other which expresses Calvin's sentiments on these sub- jects ; for whenever he writes on them , he is equally confused , weak , and inconclusive . From Calvin's Institution of the ...
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... means applies or refers to the universal elèction or reprobation of the human spe- cies , but is entirely applicable ... mean condition ; and who filled up the measure of their iniquity and infidelity by resisting the preach- ing of the ...
... means applies or refers to the universal elèction or reprobation of the human spe- cies , but is entirely applicable ... mean condition ; and who filled up the measure of their iniquity and infidelity by resisting the preach- ing of the ...
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... means without the works of that ritual or ceremonial law , which was originally prescribed peculiarly to the Jews : but that he never meant to affirm that man could be saved or justified without moral works , is evi- dent beyond all ...
... means without the works of that ritual or ceremonial law , which was originally prescribed peculiarly to the Jews : but that he never meant to affirm that man could be saved or justified without moral works , is evi- dent beyond all ...
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Page 240 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day; and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 190 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.
Page 240 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh...
Page 359 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, And of the son of man which shall be made as grass...
Page 20 - He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Page 240 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 200 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Page 289 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in ; naked and ye clothed me ; I was sick and ye visited me ; I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 228 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 228 - Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.