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... virtue , having first laid before you the true meaning , or sense , wherein the word righteousness is here to be taken . And thirdly , I shall prove , that his faith is recommended to us , not only as a pattern and model for ours , but ...
... virtue , having first laid before you the true meaning , or sense , wherein the word righteousness is here to be taken . And thirdly , I shall prove , that his faith is recommended to us , not only as a pattern and model for ours , but ...
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... virtue of that cove- nant , a promise was given , that great and numerous nations should descend from Isaac ; and although in him a blessing had been repeatedly promised to all the other nations of the earth ; yet his father is ...
... virtue of that cove- nant , a promise was given , that great and numerous nations should descend from Isaac ; and although in him a blessing had been repeatedly promised to all the other nations of the earth ; yet his father is ...
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... virtue , which consists in a firm reliance on the promises , and a ready obedience to the will of God , a very short inquiry may suffice on this occasion ; for Abraham believed and relied with all the cheerfulness and confidence that is ...
... virtue , which consists in a firm reliance on the promises , and a ready obedience to the will of God , a very short inquiry may suffice on this occasion ; for Abraham believed and relied with all the cheerfulness and confidence that is ...
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... virtue of the covenant bound to any services , thus sim- ply contracted for in behalf of all the three , he will never be able , from the tenor of such a covenant , to see a reason , why he should serve or obey any one of the three ...
... virtue of the covenant bound to any services , thus sim- ply contracted for in behalf of all the three , he will never be able , from the tenor of such a covenant , to see a reason , why he should serve or obey any one of the three ...
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... virtue of the covenant itself , to the true and real God . To ascribe a covenant like this to the God of all ma- jesty and truth , whereby God and two creatures are to be believed in , loved , obeyed , and worshipped on a level , is , I ...
... virtue of the covenant itself , to the true and real God . To ascribe a covenant like this to the God of all ma- jesty and truth , whereby God and two creatures are to be believed in , loved , obeyed , and worshipped on a level , is , I ...
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Popular passages
Page 401 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in ; naked, and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 91 - Aan : that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 10 - Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Page 462 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes...
Page 476 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath 'chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 175 - Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Page 465 - What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Page 90 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 320 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 4 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast .done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee...