Christian Essays: To which is Added an Essay on the Influence of a Moral Life on Our Judgment in Matters of FaithPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 348 pages |
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... Revelation ceases to be his guide . His system of faith has the freedom from constraint which characterized the preaching of the Apostles , and recommends itself at one and the same time to our understandings , our consciences , and our ...
... Revelation ceases to be his guide . His system of faith has the freedom from constraint which characterized the preaching of the Apostles , and recommends itself at one and the same time to our understandings , our consciences , and our ...
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... revelation fitted to the wants of man , and the only system which teaches him how he may obtain acceptance with God , then nothing short of the full effects of the Gospel upon a human soul can fit that soul for its eternal change . We ...
... revelation fitted to the wants of man , and the only system which teaches him how he may obtain acceptance with God , then nothing short of the full effects of the Gospel upon a human soul can fit that soul for its eternal change . We ...
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... Revelation - or , perhaps , the fear of expressing doubts which might beget a suspicion that their disbelief was not so sturdy as they would have it thought . Above all , may they not , as a pun- ishment for their long neglect of the ...
... Revelation - or , perhaps , the fear of expressing doubts which might beget a suspicion that their disbelief was not so sturdy as they would have it thought . Above all , may they not , as a pun- ishment for their long neglect of the ...
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... Revelation justly includes in its very elements the knowledge of our being by nature in a situation so guilty and alarming that " without the shedding of blood there is no remission . " It is true that hardness of heart , and the other ...
... Revelation justly includes in its very elements the knowledge of our being by nature in a situation so guilty and alarming that " without the shedding of blood there is no remission . " It is true that hardness of heart , and the other ...
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... revelation ? Is it not laid down in terms too explicit for ignorance herself to misunderstand , or sophistry to evade , that " the world by wisdom knew not God ; " that " the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God ; " and ...
... revelation ? Is it not laid down in terms too explicit for ignorance herself to misunderstand , or sophistry to evade , that " the world by wisdom knew not God ; " that " the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God ; " and ...
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Page 95 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 179 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 38 - And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Page 297 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 41 - Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without...
Page 190 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 196 - Lift up your eyes on high, and 'behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number. He calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 297 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 91 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings ; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 305 - They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.