A Series of Letters Addressed to Rev. Hosea Ballou, of Boston: Being a Vindication of the Doctrine of a Future Retribution Against the Principal Arguments Used by Him, Mr. Balfour, and OthersD. Watson, 1827 - 307 pages |
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... shall not , in this or any future Letter , labor to prove any position which is held in common by the writer and him to whom these Letters are addressed . the morals of society ; that it weakens the motives 12 LETTER I.
... shall not , in this or any future Letter , labor to prove any position which is held in common by the writer and him to whom these Letters are addressed . the morals of society ; that it weakens the motives 12 LETTER I.
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... labor of proof devolves upon the believer in future pun- ishment . You insist that future punishment must be proved ... labor on one side . " Now , Sir , if to prove that all misery is confined to this life , is " throwing all the labor ...
... labor of proof devolves upon the believer in future pun- ishment . You insist that future punishment must be proved ... labor on one side . " Now , Sir , if to prove that all misery is confined to this life , is " throwing all the labor ...
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... labor on one side . " Mr. Kneeland says , " It is not pretend- ed , as we know of , that the scriptures prove there will be no future punishment ; for how can they prove a negative ? " * From these citations , and to these others might ...
... labor on one side . " Mr. Kneeland says , " It is not pretend- ed , as we know of , that the scriptures prove there will be no future punishment ; for how can they prove a negative ? " * From these citations , and to these others might ...
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... labor on one side . " And were I dis- posed , I could avail myself of the same art , and insist that the question should be - Does the bible teach the doctrine of the happiness of all men at the article of death ? In this way we might ...
... labor on one side . " And were I dis- posed , I could avail myself of the same art , and insist that the question should be - Does the bible teach the doctrine of the happiness of all men at the article of death ? In this way we might ...
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... labor , we are informed that there was not a man to till the ground . This information is reasonable , and authorizes me to say , that as man stood in his cre- ated character , which is Christ , the heavenly man , he was not at that ...
... labor , we are informed that there was not a man to till the ground . This information is reasonable , and authorizes me to say , that as man stood in his cre- ated character , which is Christ , the heavenly man , he was not at that ...
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Page 206 - And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Page 218 - Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Page 31 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 226 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit : by which also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison ; which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Page 192 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 99 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end.
Page 141 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 81 - What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Page 85 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, (for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sin,) that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Page 152 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...