Discourses on the Condition and Duty of Unconverted Sinners: On the Sovereignty of Grace in the Conversion of Sinners; and on the Means to be Used in the Conversion of Our NeighborsEldad Lewis at the office of Lewis and Crowell, 1812 - 247 pages |
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... natural man , under a deep concern for salvation , can be supposed to do , is it certain that he will obtain salva- tion ? The question is not , whether men have it in their power to convert themselves ? We have already shewed , that ...
... natural man , under a deep concern for salvation , can be supposed to do , is it certain that he will obtain salva- tion ? The question is not , whether men have it in their power to convert themselves ? We have already shewed , that ...
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... natural state , that they are " free from righteousness , " to use Paul's expression , Rom . vi . 20. Their ardor is not the effect of love to God , but of love to themselves , and God is not bound to thank them for that love for ...
... natural state , that they are " free from righteousness , " to use Paul's expression , Rom . vi . 20. Their ardor is not the effect of love to God , but of love to themselves , and God is not bound to thank them for that love for ...
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... natural to the human heart , and the con- trary error may have a secret influence upon those who confess the truth , and may be ve- ry pernicious to their souls when it is not dis- cerned . As all men know that they must . die , and yet ...
... natural to the human heart , and the con- trary error may have a secret influence upon those who confess the truth , and may be ve- ry pernicious to their souls when it is not dis- cerned . As all men know that they must . die , and yet ...
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... faith is his delight ; but surely the prayer of unbelievers cannot be entitled to his acceptance , for he that believeth not is under the wrath of God , The condition of all natural men is the same . OF UNCONVERTED SINNERS . 15.
... faith is his delight ; but surely the prayer of unbelievers cannot be entitled to his acceptance , for he that believeth not is under the wrath of God , The condition of all natural men is the same . OF UNCONVERTED SINNERS . 15.
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... natural men is the same . They are all " under the curse " of children of wrath . " far from the kingdom near they may be to However near the God . They are all Some of them are " not of God ; " but however it , they are not in it ...
... natural men is the same . They are all " under the curse " of children of wrath . " far from the kingdom near they may be to However near the God . They are all Some of them are " not of God ; " but however it , they are not in it ...
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Page 18 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 171 - Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out ; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there ; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Page 151 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Page 93 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 133 - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Page 221 - And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Page 61 - Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Page 179 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 199 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 56 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.