A Body of Divinity: Wherein the Doctrines of the Christian Religion are Explained and Defended, Being the Substance of Several Lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism, Volume 3William W. Woodward, 1815 |
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... things being joined together in a natural way ; and , indeed , whatever respects salvation is of a spiritual na ... thing in their argument , viz . that that which is called a mystery in scripture , must needs be a sacrament , it does ...
... things being joined together in a natural way ; and , indeed , whatever respects salvation is of a spiritual na ... thing in their argument , viz . that that which is called a mystery in scripture , must needs be a sacrament , it does ...
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... things , choose thee one of them , & c . 1 Sam . xxiv . 12. So if God sets before us life and death , blessing and cursing , and bids us choose which we will have ; this is equivalent to what is gene- rally called , an offer of grace ...
... things , choose thee one of them , & c . 1 Sam . xxiv . 12. So if God sets before us life and death , blessing and cursing , and bids us choose which we will have ; this is equivalent to what is gene- rally called , an offer of grace ...
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... things , which , we are sensible , will prove a temptation to those particular acts there- of ; whereby the corruption of nature , that is so prone to com- ply with it , might be in some measure , restrained , though not overcome : this ...
... things , which , we are sensible , will prove a temptation to those particular acts there- of ; whereby the corruption of nature , that is so prone to com- ply with it , might be in some measure , restrained , though not overcome : this ...
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... things in which he acts , like himself , as a God of infinite perfection ; and accordingly , if he loves or delights in himself freely , or designs his own glory , as the highest end of all that he does , and uses means to bring about ...
... things in which he acts , like himself , as a God of infinite perfection ; and accordingly , if he loves or delights in himself freely , or designs his own glory , as the highest end of all that he does , and uses means to bring about ...
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... thing unless we have some idea of it , as an object , which we apprehend meet to be desired or rejected . And if it be farther enquired , Whether the will has , in itself , a power to follow the dictates of the understanding , in things ...
... thing unless we have some idea of it , as an object , which we apprehend meet to be desired or rejected . And if it be farther enquired , Whether the will has , in itself , a power to follow the dictates of the understanding , in things ...
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Popular passages
Page 13 - For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Page 339 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 310 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 27 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 232 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 532 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me ; He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God: and He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 399 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 384 - And I heard a loud voice, saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Page 29 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 427 - Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.