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Page 66
... conditions for the divine favour , or ( to ⚫ufe my own words ) if we muft feel that we lie at mer- · cy , and that all our own refuges , and all our endea- vours in our own ftrength to relieve our diftreffed ⚫ fouls , are fruitles and ...
... conditions for the divine favour , or ( to ⚫ufe my own words ) if we muft feel that we lie at mer- · cy , and that all our own refuges , and all our endea- vours in our own ftrength to relieve our diftreffed ⚫ fouls , are fruitles and ...
Page 73
... condition of the divine favour ; and had need therefore to feel that you lie at mercy . To conclude this head , if God himself may be be- lieved on in the cafe , he will have mercy upon whom he twill have mercy ; and whom he will , he ...
... condition of the divine favour ; and had need therefore to feel that you lie at mercy . To conclude this head , if God himself may be be- lieved on in the cafe , he will have mercy upon whom he twill have mercy ; and whom he will , he ...
Page 119
... condition of their acceptance with God : and conti- nuing in that state , they could have no righteousness at all to plead , but their own conformity to the whole de- mands of the law ; and they must obtain eternal life by perfect ...
... condition of their acceptance with God : and conti- nuing in that state , they could have no righteousness at all to plead , but their own conformity to the whole de- mands of the law ; and they must obtain eternal life by perfect ...
Page 137
... condition of our juftification before God . Where- as , if neither our legal nor our evangelical obedience can do any thing at all towards this , but ( as coming from a finful nature , and mixed with finful imperfection ) will add to ...
... condition of our juftification before God . Where- as , if neither our legal nor our evangelical obedience can do any thing at all towards this , but ( as coming from a finful nature , and mixed with finful imperfection ) will add to ...
Page 141
... condition . The Antinomians , I know , difclaim all pretences to felf - dependence . But whence , I befeech them , are the towering imaginations of the divine fa → vour , which fome of them entertain , while they have never been broken ...
... condition . The Antinomians , I know , difclaim all pretences to felf - dependence . But whence , I befeech them , are the towering imaginations of the divine fa → vour , which fome of them entertain , while they have never been broken ...
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Page 238 - ... What shall we say then ? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith ; but Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 260 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body.
Page 203 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 24 - Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness,...
Page 260 - Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
Page 182 - And if by grace, then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Page 177 - But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe. For there is no difference...
Page 202 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 167 - Is the law then against the promises of God ? God forbid : for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Page 120 - For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.