The Reign of Grace: From Its Rise to Its ConsummationJames Hadlock, 1814 - 306 pages |
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... received , it awakens disgust and provokes abhorrence . Nor can it be otherwise . For its principal design is , to mortify the pride of man , and to display the glory of grace ; to throw all human excellence down to the dust , and to ...
... received , it awakens disgust and provokes abhorrence . Nor can it be otherwise . For its principal design is , to mortify the pride of man , and to display the glory of grace ; to throw all human excellence down to the dust , and to ...
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... received the love of that sacred truth , or experienced the power of it . For , to have a bare conviction of di- vine truth in the mind , and to experience its power on the heart , are very different things . The former may produce an ...
... received the love of that sacred truth , or experienced the power of it . For , to have a bare conviction of di- vine truth in the mind , and to experience its power on the heart , are very different things . The former may produce an ...
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... received and blessings expected . Consequently their ho- liness and comfort must be advanced by it ; for hu- mility , love , and gratitude , are the vitals of real religion . As these abound in the heart , our spirit- ual joys are ...
... received and blessings expected . Consequently their ho- liness and comfort must be advanced by it ; for hu- mility , love , and gratitude , are the vitals of real religion . As these abound in the heart , our spirit- ual joys are ...
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... received it ? Those , therefore , who are the favoured objects of distinguishing love , and who look for salvation by it ; discovering that their persons are alike sinful and their state equally wretched , considered in them- selves ...
... received it ? Those , therefore , who are the favoured objects of distinguishing love , and who look for salvation by it ; discovering that their persons are alike sinful and their state equally wretched , considered in them- selves ...
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... received , or absolutely rejected . If rejected , I must bear it as my just desert ; if ac- cepted , boundless grace shall have the glory . " * Let none of my readers imagine that the process of con- viction here described , is designed ...
... received , or absolutely rejected . If rejected , I must bear it as my just desert ; if ac- cepted , boundless grace shall have the glory . " * Let none of my readers imagine that the process of con- viction here described , is designed ...
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Page 30 - Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor ? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction : and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy...
Page 87 - who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage ? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us ; he will subdue our iniquities : and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Page 24 - 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 43 - But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 107 - Jesus ; that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Page 138 - For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Page 182 - That sinful mortals, who may justly say to corruption, Thou art our father ; and to the worm, Thou art our sister, should be permitted to say to the infinite God, "Thou art our portion...
Page 183 - Though you have not a numerous train of attendants, and though your mansion be a cobwebbed cottage ; yet the holy angels are your guard and minister to your good ; while the God of glory not only condescends to come under your lowly roof, but even to dwell with you. Yours is the honourable character; yours is the happy state. This is felicity which all the wealth of the Indies cannot procure. This is honour, which all the crowned heads in the world cannot confer. The Lord of hosts...
Page 72 - They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 27 - Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault with any of his creatures, or blame their conduct ? for who hath resisted his will, or rendered his purposes void ? — This objection exhibits a faithful mirror, in which every opposer of divine sovereignty may see his face and read his character. The most horrid and shocking consequences that are now charged on the doctrine of eternal, unconditional, and personal election, are here included and reduced to a small compass. This objection, in...