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To believe , as the same persons do , that faith and repentance are nothing that
we ourselves are capable of , but altogether the miraculous operation of the Spirit
of God in us and upon us , supposes that this great and sudden change may as ...
To believe , as the same persons do , that faith and repentance are nothing that
we ourselves are capable of , but altogether the miraculous operation of the Spirit
of God in us and upon us , supposes that this great and sudden change may as ...
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It is happy , therefore , that so many persons make a better use of the gospel than
their tenets would lead them to do , and that they consider it chiefly as a rule of
life , and the foundation of hape after death . But , as far as the principles I have ...
It is happy , therefore , that so many persons make a better use of the gospel than
their tenets would lead them to do , and that they consider it chiefly as a rule of
life , and the foundation of hape after death . But , as far as the principles I have ...
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I infifted upon the word Me being a fingular ; and that it was plain and certain ,
that God spake of himself , as one single person or being , and not three distinct
persons . And that it was manifest , that all the church of God , which then heard ...
I infifted upon the word Me being a fingular ; and that it was plain and certain ,
that God spake of himself , as one single person or being , and not three distinct
persons . And that it was manifest , that all the church of God , which then heard ...
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For as to the holy ghost ( their third Goa ) it is evidently no distinct person from
God , any more than a man ' s spirit is a distinct person from the man ; so that the
... So that the word of God , and the fpirit of God , are not distinct persons from
God ...
For as to the holy ghost ( their third Goa ) it is evidently no distinct person from
God , any more than a man ' s spirit is a distinct person from the man ; so that the
... So that the word of God , and the fpirit of God , are not distinct persons from
God ...
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Some persons think that in these publications I have attacked too many long -
established errors , and that it would have been more prudent to have attempted
one thing at once , and to have proceeded gradually and gently . But it should be
...
Some persons think that in these publications I have attacked too many long -
established errors , and that it would have been more prudent to have attempted
one thing at once , and to have proceeded gradually and gently . But it should be
...
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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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