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6 . and there is no poffibility of replying to them , but by appealing to reason , as
the necessary and proper judge of the sense of fcripture . The papist , therefore ,
as might well be expected , is forward , on all occasions , to vilify human reaion ...
6 . and there is no poffibility of replying to them , but by appealing to reason , as
the necessary and proper judge of the sense of fcripture . The papist , therefore ,
as might well be expected , is forward , on all occasions , to vilify human reaion ...
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On this . account , it may puzzle the greatest scholar of the present age to make
out the sense of a passage of fcripture , which could not but have been perfectly
understood by the most illiterate person in that age . In this state of things , the ...
On this . account , it may puzzle the greatest scholar of the present age to make
out the sense of a passage of fcripture , which could not but have been perfectly
understood by the most illiterate person in that age . In this state of things , the ...
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so that though I may not have hit upon the precise sense of the writers , there may
be no doubt , from other considerations , that the sense which I am combating is
not the true one , which is quite sufficient for my purpose . It by no means follows
...
so that though I may not have hit upon the precise sense of the writers , there may
be no doubt , from other considerations , that the sense which I am combating is
not the true one , which is quite sufficient for my purpose . It by no means follows
...
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We all readily agree that in our Lord ' s sense of the expression ) without him we
can do nothing . i . e . If we abandon him and the gospel , we cannot be fruitful in
him 88 Passages of Scripture the truths of the gospel; but they also may ...
We all readily agree that in our Lord ' s sense of the expression ) without him we
can do nothing . i . e . If we abandon him and the gospel , we cannot be fruitful in
him 88 Passages of Scripture the truths of the gospel; but they also may ...
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brought forth into life , and spend it under very dif ferent natural circumstances , in
the apostle ' s sense of the word nature . Thus Rom . ii . 14 . He says , when the
gentiles , which have not the law , do by nar ture the things contained in the law ...
brought forth into life , and spend it under very dif ferent natural circumstances , in
the apostle ' s sense of the word nature . Thus Rom . ii . 14 . He says , when the
gentiles , which have not the law , do by nar ture the things contained in the law ...
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Page 163 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Page 149 - I pray for them ; I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me ; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine ; and I am glorified in them.
Page 125 - That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Page 193 - But of that day and that hour, knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Page 146 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Page 96 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 95 - It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Page 149 - Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Page 194 - For he hath put all things under his feet! "But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him.
Page 102 - Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Three Tracts |
| Author | Joseph Priestley |
| Published | 1791 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 214 pages |
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