The Fathers, the Reformers, and the Public Formularies of the Church of England: In Harmony with Calvin and Against the Bishop of Lincoln : to which is Prefixed a Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Subject of this Controversy |
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too evident to escape particular observation . In the year 1675 the Earl of
Shaftesbury said in the House of Lords , I am extremely in the dark s to find the
doctrine of predestination in the " seventeenth article to be owned by so few great
...
too evident to escape particular observation . In the year 1675 the Earl of
Shaftesbury said in the House of Lords , I am extremely in the dark s to find the
doctrine of predestination in the " seventeenth article to be owned by so few great
...
Page xxvi
Under the existing circumstances there is no room to wonder at such
observations . But ought not something to be done by the Dignitaries of the
Church to rescue the Clergy at large from these censures ? Above all , does it not
behove the ...
Under the existing circumstances there is no room to wonder at such
observations . But ought not something to be done by the Dignitaries of the
Church to rescue the Clergy at large from these censures ? Above all , does it not
behove the ...
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And in contrast to the extracts from both these sources, especially the latter, I
shall make some quotations from his lordship, accompanied with a few
observations. cHURCH of ENGLAND. patience, chastity, nor any thing else that.
CHURCH OF ...
And in contrast to the extracts from both these sources, especially the latter, I
shall make some quotations from his lordship, accompanied with a few
observations. cHURCH of ENGLAND. patience, chastity, nor any thing else that.
CHURCH OF ...
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I do not deny that some judicious and apposite observations concerning God
may be found scattered in the writings of the philosophers; but they always betray
a confused imagination. The Lord afforded them, as we have before observed, ...
I do not deny that some judicious and apposite observations concerning God
may be found scattered in the writings of the philosophers; but they always betray
a confused imagination. The Lord afforded them, as we have before observed, ...
Page 114
... excludeth all other merits of men , all “ condition of deserving , and all works of
the law , “ both God's law and man's law , with all other " outward means
whatsoever . “ This order and connexion of causes is diligently to be observed ,
because ...
... excludeth all other merits of men , all “ condition of deserving , and all works of
the law , “ both God's law and man's law , with all other " outward means
whatsoever . “ This order and connexion of causes is diligently to be observed ,
because ...
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Page 103 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 69 - As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things...
Page 17 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 63 - Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 48 - Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Page 30 - LORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us ; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us...
Page 9 - THEY also are to be had accursed, that presume to say, that every man shall be saved by the law or sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that law, and the light of nature. For holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Page 73 - Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in Holy Scripture: and, in our doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God.
Page 59 - ALBEIT that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's Judgement ; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith ; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
Page 6 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk) ; but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil...
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| Title | The Fathers, the Reformers, and the Public Formularies of the Church of England: In Harmony with Calvin and Against the Bishop of Lincoln : to which is Prefixed a Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Subject of this Controversy |
| Author | John Allen |
| Publisher | Gale and Curtis, 1812 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 131 pages |
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