An Epistolary Discourse: Proving, from the Scriptures and the First Fathers, that the Soul is a Principle Naturally Mortal; But Immortalized Actually by the Pleasure of God, to Punishment; Or, to Reward, by Its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit. Wherein is Proved, that None Have the Power of Giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, Since the Apostles, But Only the BishopsR. Smith, 1706 - 313 pages |
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... these extraordinary Influences of the Spirit convey'd fuch a Virtue into a thing otherwife mortal , what fhall we fay of the Waters on which the Spirit mov'd ? What of Balaam's Afs ? May it not be thought , that as much stress may ' be ...
... these extraordinary Influences of the Spirit convey'd fuch a Virtue into a thing otherwife mortal , what fhall we fay of the Waters on which the Spirit mov'd ? What of Balaam's Afs ? May it not be thought , that as much stress may ' be ...
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... World would not damn the lat- ter to endless exquifite Torments , when the other fuffers no more than a tem- poral and bodily Punishment , & c . April xxiv . 1705 . S By T mistakes be takes it By these things the Reader xvii A PREMONITION .
... World would not damn the lat- ter to endless exquifite Torments , when the other fuffers no more than a tem- poral and bodily Punishment , & c . April xxiv . 1705 . S By T mistakes be takes it By these things the Reader xvii A PREMONITION .
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... these things the Reader will eafily 2 . perceive how much this worthy Gentle- The Gen- man is mistaken , when , from the Doctrine tleman of the natural Mortality of Humane Souls , my Hypo- he infers the actual Mortality of all that ...
... these things the Reader will eafily 2 . perceive how much this worthy Gentle- The Gen- man is mistaken , when , from the Doctrine tleman of the natural Mortality of Humane Souls , my Hypo- he infers the actual Mortality of all that ...
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... these things alfo , which , in this way of Reasoning , make wicked Men liable to these Eternal Pu- nishments are not Revelations of the Old Teftament , but of the New . It is our Bleffed Lord that has affured us , that the Prince of ...
... these things alfo , which , in this way of Reasoning , make wicked Men liable to these Eternal Pu- nishments are not Revelations of the Old Teftament , but of the New . It is our Bleffed Lord that has affured us , that the Prince of ...
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... these things , even in the Apofto- lical Age . But in vain fhall we expect any diftinct account from the Old Testament , of the Punishment of fallen Angels where there is fo little mention of the Fall . Their Fall is indeed fuppofed ...
... these things , even in the Apofto- lical Age . But in vain fhall we expect any diftinct account from the Old Testament , of the Punishment of fallen Angels where there is fo little mention of the Fall . Their Fall is indeed fuppofed ...
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Page lxxx - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 251 - Therefore rejoice ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Page 156 - For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Page 191 - That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page lxxvii - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 3 - As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Page lxxix - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and forcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, fhall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimltone: which is the fecond death.
Page 251 - I againft thedrngon, and the dragon fought and his angels; and prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was caft out, that old ferpent, called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was caft out into the earth, and his angels were caft out with him.