Sermons and EssaysW. W.Woodward, no. 52, corner of Second and Chestnut streets. W. M'Culloch, printer., 1811 - 20 pages |
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... blame of it on something else . It were less unaccountable if men only justified or excused themselves to their fellow creatures , their partakers in guilt one sinner may easily find a thousand plausi- ble answers to the upbraiding ...
... blame of it on something else . It were less unaccountable if men only justified or excused themselves to their fellow creatures , their partakers in guilt one sinner may easily find a thousand plausi- ble answers to the upbraiding ...
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... blame of his sin , and laying it over upon God : in this likewise men seem to copy after their first parent Adam ; the scripture tells that God gave him a help meet for him , which was , no doubt , an act of goodness on God's part ; yet ...
... blame of his sin , and laying it over upon God : in this likewise men seem to copy after their first parent Adam ; the scripture tells that God gave him a help meet for him , which was , no doubt , an act of goodness on God's part ; yet ...
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... blame of his sin , in whole , or in part . The apostle here assures us that if we entertain such thoughts in our hearts , God will justly look upon it as a heinous violation of that homage and respect we owe him : it is one of the chief ...
... blame of his sin , in whole , or in part . The apostle here assures us that if we entertain such thoughts in our hearts , God will justly look upon it as a heinous violation of that homage and respect we owe him : it is one of the chief ...
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... blame of men's sins . But for un- derstanding this and the like expressions ; we should consider , that tempting sometimes signifies , not sedu- cing men from good to evil , but discovering what is in men , whether it be evil or good ...
... blame of men's sins . But for un- derstanding this and the like expressions ; we should consider , that tempting sometimes signifies , not sedu- cing men from good to evil , but discovering what is in men , whether it be evil or good ...
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... blame God for their sins : yet that im- putation is really as contrary to truth and justice , as it is to the honour of God , who is as free from tempting or corrupting others with evil , as he is uncapable of being corrupted with it ...
... blame God for their sins : yet that im- putation is really as contrary to truth and justice , as it is to the honour of God , who is as free from tempting or corrupting others with evil , as he is uncapable of being corrupted with it ...
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Page 194 - God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 241 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
Page 192 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Page 245 - The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 235 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 251 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 232 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 64 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 231 - They are said to put off the old man, and to put on the new man ; to be quickened, and, as it were, raised from the dead.
Page 30 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.