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For we must still say with the apostle , What have we that we have not received ?
and how then can we glory , as if we had not received it ? Every good and every
perfect gift comes from God ; and , knowing this , the more we receive of his ...
For we must still say with the apostle , What have we that we have not received ?
and how then can we glory , as if we had not received it ? Every good and every
perfect gift comes from God ; and , knowing this , the more we receive of his ...
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... being contrary to the commonly received doctrines of the church , it has given
offence to fome of your neighbours , and particularly to the clergy ; are you willing
to promise , before the face of the country here , that you will not write any more ...
... being contrary to the commonly received doctrines of the church , it has given
offence to fome of your neighbours , and particularly to the clergy ; are you willing
to promise , before the face of the country here , that you will not write any more ...
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... his description , must certainly have received from their Maker capacities and
powers to do the will of God acceptably . And if others did not act in like manner ,
it was not owing to their not having received like natural powers , but to their.
... his description , must certainly have received from their Maker capacities and
powers to do the will of God acceptably . And if others did not act in like manner ,
it was not owing to their not having received like natural powers , but to their.
Page 101
Yet some writers represent the state of those for whom Chrift died , and who have
received the gospel , as just the fame , as to strength , with them who had not
received it , and who lived before it was published . Surely , any of us would be ...
Yet some writers represent the state of those for whom Chrift died , and who have
received the gospel , as just the fame , as to strength , with them who had not
received it , and who lived before it was published . Surely , any of us would be ...
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... at a time when the doctrine which it is supposed to contain was in a manner
universally received . I say supposed to contain , because , in fact it expresses no
more than that these three agree in giving the same testimony , which is the only
...
... at a time when the doctrine which it is supposed to contain was in a manner
universally received . I say supposed to contain , because , in fact it expresses no
more than that these three agree in giving the same testimony , which is the only
...
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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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