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He elsewhere says , " St. Paul converted the world , not so much by miracles , as by his continual preaching ; and therefore a * See Augustine's City of God , book ii , ch . 28 . bishop must be able to exhort by sound doctrine , 32.
He elsewhere says , " St. Paul converted the world , not so much by miracles , as by his continual preaching ; and therefore a * See Augustine's City of God , book ii , ch . 28 . bishop must be able to exhort by sound doctrine , 32.
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... and were perhaps once drunkards , swearers , sabbath - breakers , or fornicators ; such , when converted , and made new creatures in Christ Jesus , can , from their own experience , testify that the Gospel is the power of God .
... and were perhaps once drunkards , swearers , sabbath - breakers , or fornicators ; such , when converted , and made new creatures in Christ Jesus , can , from their own experience , testify that the Gospel is the power of God .
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Human agents cannot of themselves CONVERT THE SOUL . Look at our state by nature , as described in the Holy Scriptures , dead in trespasses and sins . What can the dead do of themselves ? What human being can give life to the dead ?
Human agents cannot of themselves CONVERT THE SOUL . Look at our state by nature , as described in the Holy Scriptures , dead in trespasses and sins . What can the dead do of themselves ? What human being can give life to the dead ?
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account of our natural state , that we can neither convert our own hearts , nor those of others . * There is one plain and obvious passage on this point that cannot be mistaken . St. John , describing the true * The Author is not ...
account of our natural state , that we can neither convert our own hearts , nor those of others . * There is one plain and obvious passage on this point that cannot be mistaken . St. John , describing the true * The Author is not ...
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Therefore they could not believe , because that Isaiah said , He hath blinded their eyes , and hardened their hearts , that they should not see with their eyes , nor understand with their heart , and be converted , and I should heal ...
Therefore they could not believe , because that Isaiah said , He hath blinded their eyes , and hardened their hearts , that they should not see with their eyes , nor understand with their heart , and be converted , and I should heal ...
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Page 169 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily, I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Page 97 - In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation : in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise...
Page 41 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 123 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 97 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you ; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 16 - Then said he unto them. Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Page 107 - Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Page 159 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Page 123 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Page 81 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart : that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them; These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
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| Pealkiri | The Christian Hearer: Designed to Shew the Importance of Hearing the Word, and to Assist Christians in Hearing with Profit |
| Autor | Edward Bickersteth |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | L.B. Seeley and Son, 1826 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 mär. 2006 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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