Selections from An apology for the true Christian divinityPrinted at the Schools of industry, 1837 - 352 pages |
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... God's Spirit upon their hearts , judge the same nothing necessary . Whereas of old none were ever judged Christians , but such as had the Spirit of Christ , Rom . viii . 9. But now many do boldly call themselves Christians , who make no ...
... God's Spirit upon their hearts , judge the same nothing necessary . Whereas of old none were ever judged Christians , but such as had the Spirit of Christ , Rom . viii . 9. But now many do boldly call themselves Christians , who make no ...
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... God's Spirit , shining in and upon the heart , en- lightening and opening the understanding . The certainty of which ... God should either cease , or desist to act ? Since for this end the Lord did send the Comforter , that because human ...
... God's Spirit , shining in and upon the heart , en- lightening and opening the understanding . The certainty of which ... God should either cease , or desist to act ? Since for this end the Lord did send the Comforter , that because human ...
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... God is a Spirit , and is neither discerned , nor known , nor heard , but by the Spirit ; and therefore to hear the voice of God , to see God , is to know and hear the Spirit . By the Spirit alone , God is known and perceived . Which ...
... God is a Spirit , and is neither discerned , nor known , nor heard , but by the Spirit ; and therefore to hear the voice of God , to see God , is to know and hear the Spirit . By the Spirit alone , God is known and perceived . Which ...
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... God ; setting him on work to seek God the wrong way , and persuading him to be content with such a knowledge as was of his own acquiring , and not of God's teaching . And this device hath proved the more successful , be- cause ...
... God ; setting him on work to seek God the wrong way , and persuading him to be content with such a knowledge as was of his own acquiring , and not of God's teaching . And this device hath proved the more successful , be- cause ...
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... God , who is the foundation , root and spring of all operation , hath wrought all things by his eternal Word and Son . This is that Word " that was in the beginning with God , and was God , by whom all things were made , and without ...
... God , who is the foundation , root and spring of all operation , hath wrought all things by his eternal Word and Son . This is that Word " that was in the beginning with God , and was God , by whom all things were made , and without ...
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Page 336 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, that ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Page 15 - For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Page 327 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, | neither by any other oath : but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page 231 - Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water ; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Page 340 - Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.
Page 26 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put My laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Page 49 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Page 26 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 101 - Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ...
Page 172 - For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of : for necessity is laid upon me ; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel...