Sermons on Some of the First Principles and Doctrines of True ReligionSamuel T. Armstrong, Theological bookseller .., 1815 - 402 pages |
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... actions of men are no evidence of their intellectual powers . And the Atheist , who makes this concession , has no principle left , upon which he can justly con- clude , that there is any being in the universe , except himself , who ...
... actions of men are no evidence of their intellectual powers . And the Atheist , who makes this concession , has no principle left , upon which he can justly con- clude , that there is any being in the universe , except himself , who ...
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... actions . His own glory must have been his highest motive in creat- ing the world , and therefore must be his supreme end in governing every creature , and directing every event . When a man has built a neat and convenient house , we ...
... actions . His own glory must have been his highest motive in creat- ing the world , and therefore must be his supreme end in governing every creature , and directing every event . When a man has built a neat and convenient house , we ...
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... actions , and treat them according to their re- spective characters , by rewarding the righteous , and punishing the wicked . These , and many other disagreeable truths necessa- rily result from the essential perfections of the great ...
... actions , and treat them according to their re- spective characters , by rewarding the righteous , and punishing the wicked . These , and many other disagreeable truths necessa- rily result from the essential perfections of the great ...
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... both . But if there be a foundation in the nature of things , for a moral distinction in the actions of moral agents ; then God may justly threaten and punish those , who deny the criminality of their own sinful conduct , by 7.
... both . But if there be a foundation in the nature of things , for a moral distinction in the actions of moral agents ; then God may justly threaten and punish those , who deny the criminality of their own sinful conduct , by 7.
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... actions . It is , therefore , impos- sible to account for some words , and some laws , which are to be found among all nations , without supposing , that they feel and regard the essential distinction be- tween virtuous and vicious ...
... actions . It is , therefore , impos- sible to account for some words , and some laws , which are to be found among all nations , without supposing , that they feel and regard the essential distinction be- tween virtuous and vicious ...
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Page 364 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Page 120 - Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Page 299 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth...
Page 121 - Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent me. And the glory which Thou gavest me I have given them ; that they may be one, even as we are one...
Page 122 - But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Page 313 - Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Page 328 - For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Page 120 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Page 281 - Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Page 371 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.