Sermons, Volume 2Longman, 1824 |
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... merit it may as- cribe ( as it ascribes indeed the greatest ) to those things which are not good because they are commanded , but are commanded because they are in themselves good , it nevertheless as little justifies the neglect of the ...
... merit it may as- cribe ( as it ascribes indeed the greatest ) to those things which are not good because they are commanded , but are commanded because they are in themselves good , it nevertheless as little justifies the neglect of the ...
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... merit of that righteousness which consists in the exercise of Christian duties , and arises from a true and lively faith in Christ , — he declares , in the tenth and eleventh verses , that he is content to be conformed to his Master's ...
... merit of that righteousness which consists in the exercise of Christian duties , and arises from a true and lively faith in Christ , — he declares , in the tenth and eleventh verses , that he is content to be conformed to his Master's ...
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... merit beyond this one thing , that forgetting what is behind , thinking little of attainments already made , -- I stretch forwards to what is yet before , endeavouring at continual improvement : I make towards the goal , for the prize ...
... merit beyond this one thing , that forgetting what is behind , thinking little of attainments already made , -- I stretch forwards to what is yet before , endeavouring at continual improvement : I make towards the goal , for the prize ...
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... merit than the involuntary assent of the mind to any other self - evident truth . In the epistle to the Romans , St. Paul , describing the con- dition of the mind in its most corrupt and ruined state , when reason is become the slave of ...
... merit than the involuntary assent of the mind to any other self - evident truth . In the epistle to the Romans , St. Paul , describing the con- dition of the mind in its most corrupt and ruined state , when reason is become the slave of ...
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... merit of its own ; for merit must arise from voluntary actions , and cannot be a natural endowment : And it is owing to a wonderful contrivance of the beneficent Cre- ator , in the fabric of the rational mind , that created beings are ...
... merit of its own ; for merit must arise from voluntary actions , and cannot be a natural endowment : And it is owing to a wonderful contrivance of the beneficent Cre- ator , in the fabric of the rational mind , that created beings are ...
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Page 191 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 235 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word ; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 198 - Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath done excellent things : this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion : for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Page 271 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Page 176 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.
Page 168 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
Page 176 - Lord: but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 401 - For our conversation is in heaven ; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the LORD JESUS CHRIST : who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able to subdue all things unto Himself
Page 326 - ... the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Page 269 - Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.