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... to the true understanding of them . Befides , when it is applied to the paffages in quef- tion , it is far from making them either true in them- felves , felves , or agreeable to the obvious purport and defign 22 To the Profeffors.
... to the true understanding of them . Befides , when it is applied to the paffages in quef- tion , it is far from making them either true in them- felves , felves , or agreeable to the obvious purport and defign 22 To the Profeffors.
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... paffages in the Old Teftament , in which the word of God is fpo- ken of , as that of the pfalmift , By the word of the Lord were the heavens made , & c . making this word to be a perfon , diftinct from God , whofe word it was ; whereas ...
... paffages in the Old Teftament , in which the word of God is fpo- ken of , as that of the pfalmift , By the word of the Lord were the heavens made , & c . making this word to be a perfon , diftinct from God , whofe word it was ; whereas ...
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... paffage of fcripture , which could not but have been perfectly understood by the moft illiterate perfon in that age . In this ftate of things , the ignorant and unlearned are very liable to wreft the fcriptures , as the apoftle Peter ...
... paffage of fcripture , which could not but have been perfectly understood by the moft illiterate perfon in that age . In this ftate of things , the ignorant and unlearned are very liable to wreft the fcriptures , as the apoftle Peter ...
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... paffage . is most agreeable to the general ftrain of the scrip- tures , and to common sense . Do not , however , immediately conclude that an interpretation of a paffage in scripture is unnatural , becaufe , it may becaufe , when it is ...
... paffage . is most agreeable to the general ftrain of the scrip- tures , and to common sense . Do not , however , immediately conclude that an interpretation of a paffage in scripture is unnatural , becaufe , it may becaufe , when it is ...
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... paffages which I have attempted to explain , being , for the most part , highly figurative , are , on that account , peculiarly difficult to understand ; fo fo that though I may not have hit upon the The PREFACE . 81.
... paffages which I have attempted to explain , being , for the most part , highly figurative , are , on that account , peculiarly difficult to understand ; fo fo that though I may not have hit upon the The PREFACE . 81.
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Page 159 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Page 145 - I pray for them ; I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me ; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine ; and I am glorified in them.
Page 121 - That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Page 189 - But of that day and that hour, knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Page 142 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Page 92 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 91 - It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Page 145 - Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Page 190 - For he hath put all things under his feet! "But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him.
Page 98 - Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.