Sermons on the study of the Bible, and on the doctrines of Christianity1826 - 80 pages |
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... never read his Bible , and another , who has studied it ha- bitually and piously , than between this last , and the most learned man in the nation . The mind of the first is a perfect vacuum , as to spiritual qualities and endowments ...
... never read his Bible , and another , who has studied it ha- bitually and piously , than between this last , and the most learned man in the nation . The mind of the first is a perfect vacuum , as to spiritual qualities and endowments ...
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... never think of questioning its truth , much less of wishing that it were false : whereas , if they wait till their sinful passions incline them to hope , that religion were a fiction , they will never be able clearly to discern its ...
... never think of questioning its truth , much less of wishing that it were false : whereas , if they wait till their sinful passions incline them to hope , that religion were a fiction , they will never be able clearly to discern its ...
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... never attained . But what is this testimony ? Not a sudden il- lumination and miraculous regeneration ; but a conviction , an internal feeling , that the Gospel is divine , founded upon an intimate acquaintance with its spirit , and an ...
... never attained . But what is this testimony ? Not a sudden il- lumination and miraculous regeneration ; but a conviction , an internal feeling , that the Gospel is divine , founded upon an intimate acquaintance with its spirit , and an ...
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... never more so , than at present , when religious controversy is so much the vogue . Perhaps , the shortest answer that can be given , is , " Let them alone . " * Let them differ , and do you adhere only to those points , in which they ...
... never more so , than at present , when religious controversy is so much the vogue . Perhaps , the shortest answer that can be given , is , " Let them alone . " * Let them differ , and do you adhere only to those points , in which they ...
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... never been taught by our Lord ? John is yet more explicit : " These things are written , that ye might believe , that Jesus is the Son of God ; and that , believ- ing , ye might have life through his name . " He , of course , committed ...
... never been taught by our Lord ? John is yet more explicit : " These things are written , that ye might believe , that Jesus is the Son of God ; and that , believ- ing , ye might have life through his name . " He , of course , committed ...
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Page 389 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 245 - And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Page 229 - These angels and men thus predestinated, and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 192 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 313 - For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son ; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Page 89 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables...
Page 69 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the LORD their God.
Page 299 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Page 199 - God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Page 130 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel : For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.