Letters on the Trinity, and on the divinity of Christ, addressed to W.E. Channing, in answer to his sermon on the doctrines of Christianity [A sermon delivered at the ordination of the rev. Jared Sparks]. Republ., with alterations1825 |
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... designate some real , not merely nominal distinc- tion in the Godhead ; to signify that something more than a diversity of relation or action , in respect to us , was in- tended . They seem to me to have used the word person , because ...
... designate some real , not merely nominal distinc- tion in the Godhead ; to signify that something more than a diversity of relation or action , in respect to us , was in- tended . They seem to me to have used the word person , because ...
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... designate ? I answer without hesitation , that I do not know . The fact that a distinction exists , is what we aver ; the definition of that distinction is what I shall by no means attempt . By what shall I , or can I define it ? What ...
... designate ? I answer without hesitation , that I do not know . The fact that a distinction exists , is what we aver ; the definition of that distinction is what I shall by no means attempt . By what shall I , or can I define it ? What ...
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... designates the idea , that there is some real distinction in the Godhead , in oppo- sition to the opinion that it is merely nominal . In the se- cond , it designates Christ as he appears to us in the New Testament , clothed with a human ...
... designates the idea , that there is some real distinction in the Godhead , in oppo- sition to the opinion that it is merely nominal . In the se- cond , it designates Christ as he appears to us in the New Testament , clothed with a human ...
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... designating an attribute , must mean either wisdom or word ; and in what intelligible sense can the wisdom or the word of God , in the abstract sense , be said to have " become flesh and dwelt among us , " v . 14 .; or why should John ...
... designating an attribute , must mean either wisdom or word ; and in what intelligible sense can the wisdom or the word of God , in the abstract sense , be said to have " become flesh and dwelt among us , " v . 14 .; or why should John ...
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... designate the divine Being , who is Su- preme . " This observation , however , is far from being justifiable , either by the usage of the sacred writers , or the principles of Greek syntax . Among instances where the Supreme God is ...
... designate the divine Being , who is Su- preme . " This observation , however , is far from being justifiable , either by the usage of the sacred writers , or the principles of Greek syntax . Among instances where the Supreme God is ...
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Page 112 - Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 80 - The word is nigh thec, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach ; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Page 63 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 76 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 105 - Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest: because I said I am the Son of God?
Page 86 - Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us ? Then said I, Here am I, send me.
Page 85 - Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Page 83 - To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 103 - But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 78 - But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.