 Now the just shall live by faith : but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition ; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.  The Works of President Edwards ... - Page 87by Jonathan Edwards - 1809Full view - About this book
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...ten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (3 Jn. 16.) We are not of them who draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (10 Heb. 39.) 4. How are we saved through faith? By grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not... | |
 | Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert - 1823 - 30 pages
...It is expressly said immediately after, that real Christians do not draw back tö perdition. " Vf e are not of them who draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul." OBJ. XV "A man may escape the pollutions of the present world and afterWards full away &c " 2 Pet.... | |
 | 1823 - 880 pages
...— " Be tliuu faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." And he desires " nut to be of them who draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul." II. Let us now more particularly look to the Christian's hope in death. Before the coining of Christ,... | |
 | 1823 - 622 pages
...the theme of your song and the glory of your future days ; seek to be found with those who draw not back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul : for this, it becomes us, who profess to be Christians, both to labor and pray. That to us the Lord... | |
 | Richard Twopeny - 1824 - 376 pages
...God. " Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward4." And again, " Now the just shall live by faith : but if any man...perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul5." Surely, a faith of this character is the noblest exertion of our reasonable nature ; not only... | |
 | James Nichols - 1824 - 554 pages
...therefore, and see, that it is an evil tiling and bitter, thatthou hast forsaken the Lord. Jer. ii, 19. — But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition...but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Heb. x, 39 ; see verse 38. REJECTION IV. They do utterly DENY, that " every man is bound to believe... | |
 | James Nichols - 1824 - 562 pages
...therefore, and see, that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord. Jer. ii, 1Q. — But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition...but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Heb. x, 39; see verse 38. REJECTION IV. Thty do utterly DENY, that " every man is bound to believe... | |
 | Jesse Fonda - 1824 - 390 pages
...and •we earnestly entreat you to make it manifest, by persevering and holy obedience, that you " are not of them who draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul."* Bull must hasten to give you a few directions, the observance of which, I flatter myself, will have... | |
 | 1824 - 414 pages
...faithful to him • who hath loved me, and hath given himself for me.' ' We are not, (said the apostle,) of them who draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.' " As 1 do not yet know where I shall go. will you inform me, how long a time will be allowed for my... | |
 | Moses Stuart - 1824 - 448 pages
...of his life; which was so prolonged that he styled himself, "Paul the aged." "We are not," says he, "of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul." To the elders of the Ephesian Church he says, "And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem,... | |
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