Christian Essays: To which is Added an Essay on the Influence of a Moral Life on Our Judgment in Matters of FaithPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 348 pages |
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... principles . But he was also , in the strict judgment of revealed religion , an inconsistent man . Neither his habits nor his com- panions had been such as his own conscience approved ; and even a short time before his end we find one ...
... principles . But he was also , in the strict judgment of revealed religion , an inconsistent man . Neither his habits nor his com- panions had been such as his own conscience approved ; and even a short time before his end we find one ...
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... principles . There had , perhaps , existed a culpable degree of ignorance re- specting some important part of the gospel dispensa- tion , especially those parts which relate to the believer's privileges and the freedom of salvation . Or ...
... principles . There had , perhaps , existed a culpable degree of ignorance re- specting some important part of the gospel dispensa- tion , especially those parts which relate to the believer's privileges and the freedom of salvation . Or ...
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... principles and feelings had sprung up in all their native luxuriance , and impeded the growth of every heavenly implanted grace . Still , however , in the majority of those cases in which faith , though weak , is really genuine , a ...
... principles and feelings had sprung up in all their native luxuriance , and impeded the growth of every heavenly implanted grace . Still , however , in the majority of those cases in which faith , though weak , is really genuine , a ...
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... principle , which is represented as making us " meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light . " If man be naturally unfitted by sin for a world where nothing that defiles can procure admission , what can be more ...
... principle , which is represented as making us " meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light . " If man be naturally unfitted by sin for a world where nothing that defiles can procure admission , what can be more ...
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... principle , and holiness , which is the generic term under which all good works as well as motives are included , as the necessary result . Widely differing from the self - righteous man , he as- serts that our trust for salvation must ...
... principle , and holiness , which is the generic term under which all good works as well as motives are included , as the necessary result . Widely differing from the self - righteous man , he as- serts that our trust for salvation must ...
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Page 95 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 179 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 38 - And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Page 297 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 41 - Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without...
Page 190 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 196 - Lift up your eyes on high, and 'behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number. He calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 297 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 91 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings ; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 305 - 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.