The Arguments for Predestination and Necessity Contrasted with the Established Principles of Philosophical Enquiry. In Two Act Sermons |
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... judges in such a question , are those who have made it the subject of mental observation , exer- tion , and pursuit or in other words , those who have sought after righteousness , under whatever dispensation . ( Acts x . 35. Rom . ii ...
... judges in such a question , are those who have made it the subject of mental observation , exer- tion , and pursuit or in other words , those who have sought after righteousness , under whatever dispensation . ( Acts x . 35. Rom . ii ...
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... judge in his own case ; and may if he chooses , deny his own freedom , and his power of self - control . But in truth , this is seldom done in ordinary life , except by those abandoned individuals who seek in such a statement , an ...
... judge in his own case ; and may if he chooses , deny his own freedom , and his power of self - control . But in truth , this is seldom done in ordinary life , except by those abandoned individuals who seek in such a statement , an ...
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... judges ; by pleading that he laboured under a fatal necessity , which ren- dered his crimes unavoidable , and therefore excusable . The justice of all legislative enact- ments , evidently and essentially depends on the principle , that ...
... judges ; by pleading that he laboured under a fatal necessity , which ren- dered his crimes unavoidable , and therefore excusable . The justice of all legislative enact- ments , evidently and essentially depends on the principle , that ...
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... Judge , for not being ignorant of futurity ? If " there is any just or plausible complaint , it lies against " predestination . Nor should it be thought absurd to affirm " that God not only foresaw the fall of the first man , and ...
... Judge , for not being ignorant of futurity ? If " there is any just or plausible complaint , it lies against " predestination . Nor should it be thought absurd to affirm " that God not only foresaw the fall of the first man , and ...
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... . Omnipotence ; as to which the Deity alone , and not we , can judge , how far the exercise of it in any case , could be consistent with his gracious designs , and his intrinsic excellence ; and moral evil , which 46 APPENDIX I.
... . Omnipotence ; as to which the Deity alone , and not we , can judge , how far the exercise of it in any case , could be consistent with his gracious designs , and his intrinsic excellence ; and moral evil , which 46 APPENDIX I.
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Page 180 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 239 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : " for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 230 - And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 233 - Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear : for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Page 206 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Page 230 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life...
Page 231 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 235 - God, who will render to every man according to his deeds ; to them who, by patient .continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness indignation and wrath. Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile.
Page 181 - The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 233 - And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree : boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.