An Essay on Faith and Its Conection with Good WorksBronson, Walter & Company, 1808 - 153 pages |
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... sacred records of his will to guide all future ages in the way of peace . Yet , alas ! though the world hath now been in possession of this great discovery for more than seventeen centuries , when we look round on the various and ...
... sacred records of his will to guide all future ages in the way of peace . Yet , alas ! though the world hath now been in possession of this great discovery for more than seventeen centuries , when we look round on the various and ...
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... sacred records of truth for information , and learn from the gracious mouth of our Saviour himself , what we are to think of the true NATURE of faith . To any one who is contented to understand the gospels in their plain and natural ...
... sacred records of truth for information , and learn from the gracious mouth of our Saviour himself , what we are to think of the true NATURE of faith . To any one who is contented to understand the gospels in their plain and natural ...
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... sacred writers must be suppo- sed always to have preserved a consistency with that great commission , by virtue of which they acted . Accordingly we shall find this rule of faith strictly adhered to , and strongly confirmed in their ...
... sacred writers must be suppo- sed always to have preserved a consistency with that great commission , by virtue of which they acted . Accordingly we shall find this rule of faith strictly adhered to , and strongly confirmed in their ...
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... sacred writings ; whilst there could be little hopes of giving additional weight to the argument in the opinion of those , who can find means to elude a conclusion drawn from the uniform practice of the apostles , founded on the ...
... sacred writings ; whilst there could be little hopes of giving additional weight to the argument in the opinion of those , who can find means to elude a conclusion drawn from the uniform practice of the apostles , founded on the ...
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... sacred , saving truths of revelation again break forth in all their brightness , and be confessed every where in their native purity ! IF SECTION IV . Of the Origin of Faith . ' F we would understand the true ORIGIN OF FAITH , we must ...
... sacred , saving truths of revelation again break forth in all their brightness , and be confessed every where in their native purity ! IF SECTION IV . Of the Origin of Faith . ' F we would understand the true ORIGIN OF FAITH , we must ...
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An Essay on Faith and Its Conection with Good Works (Classic Reprint) John Rotheram No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 50 - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee.
Page 17 - Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins : And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Page 48 - Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Page 42 - And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
Page 56 - And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
Page 45 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 47 - Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Page 40 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 45 - And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to...
Page 46 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.