Lectures on the Essentials of Religion, Personal, Domestic, and SocialF. Westley, 1825 - 377 pages |
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Page 31
... reason to fear that many mistake a spurious for a genuine Repentance . I have not adopted the distinction made by some , between a legal and an evangelical Repen- tance ; because it is the operation of the divine law upon the conscience ...
... reason to fear that many mistake a spurious for a genuine Repentance . I have not adopted the distinction made by some , between a legal and an evangelical Repen- tance ; because it is the operation of the divine law upon the conscience ...
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... reason- able , is it not also replete with encouragement ? No such command is given to the fallen angels . Never went there forth from the throne of Him " that liveth for ever , " a command that devils should repent . Whence then arises ...
... reason- able , is it not also replete with encouragement ? No such command is given to the fallen angels . Never went there forth from the throne of Him " that liveth for ever , " a command that devils should repent . Whence then arises ...
Page 65
... reason was , he confided entirely in the character and directions of God . Such were his views of this glorious Being , that to commit him- self and all his concerns to the direction of God was , in his estimation , the best thing in ...
... reason was , he confided entirely in the character and directions of God . Such were his views of this glorious Being , that to commit him- self and all his concerns to the direction of God was , in his estimation , the best thing in ...
Page 78
... reason is obvious . The things we are required to believe are undeniably true , and infinitely important . They are reported to us on the authority of God himself . They relate to the honour of Jehovah , and to our own interests for a ...
... reason is obvious . The things we are required to believe are undeniably true , and infinitely important . They are reported to us on the authority of God himself . They relate to the honour of Jehovah , and to our own interests for a ...
Page 82
... reasons may be assigned for the paramount importance attached to Faith in the representa- tions of the sacred writers . The first is , that Faith is the appointed medium , and therefore the only medium of obtaining a personal interest ...
... reasons may be assigned for the paramount importance attached to Faith in the representa- tions of the sacred writers . The first is , that Faith is the appointed medium , and therefore the only medium of obtaining a personal interest ...
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Lectures on the Essentials of Religion: Personal, Domestic, and Social (1825) Henry Forster Burder No preview available - 2009 |
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Page 204 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Page 44 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Page 363 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 213 - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Page 180 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 103 - And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, "Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Page 201 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 223 - LORD, I cry unto thee : make haste unto me ; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Page 253 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 155 - I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.