Selections from An apology for the true Christian divinityPrinted at the Schools of industry, 1837 - 352 pages |
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... Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them ; " and verse 30. " Yet many years didst thou forbear , and testify against them by thy Spirit in thy pro- phets . " Many are the sayings of spiritual David to this purpose , as Psalm li ...
... Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them ; " and verse 30. " Yet many years didst thou forbear , and testify against them by thy Spirit in thy pro- phets . " Many are the sayings of spiritual David to this purpose , as Psalm li ...
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... thou comest to be acquainted with that heavenly voice in thy heart , thou shalt feel , as the old man , or the natural man , that savqureth not the things of God's kingdom , is put off , with his evil and corrupt affections and lusts ...
... thou comest to be acquainted with that heavenly voice in thy heart , thou shalt feel , as the old man , or the natural man , that savqureth not the things of God's kingdom , is put off , with his evil and corrupt affections and lusts ...
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... thou eatest thereof , thou shalt surely die . " Gen. ii . 17. This death could not be an outward death , or the dis- solution of the outward man ; for as to that , he did not die yet many hundred years after ; so that it must needs ...
... thou eatest thereof , thou shalt surely die . " Gen. ii . 17. This death could not be an outward death , or the dis- solution of the outward man ; for as to that , he did not die yet many hundred years after ; so that it must needs ...
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... thou wilt say , he is forced to sin ; I admit truly that he is forced . " Reprobate persons , " are absolutely ordained to this two fold end , to undergo everlasting punishment , and necessarily to sin ; and therefore to sin , that they ...
... thou wilt say , he is forced to sin ; I admit truly that he is forced . " Reprobate persons , " are absolutely ordained to this two fold end , to undergo everlasting punishment , and necessarily to sin ; and therefore to sin , that they ...
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... thou repent , Christ hath died for thee ; " doth not the same question still recur ? " Hath Christ died for me , so as to make repentance possible to me ? " To this they can answer nothing , unless they run in a circle ; where- as the ...
... thou repent , Christ hath died for thee ; " doth not the same question still recur ? " Hath Christ died for me , so as to make repentance possible to me ? " To this they can answer nothing , unless they run in a circle ; where- as the ...
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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...