SermonsGeorge Wilson, 1818 - 549 pages |
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Page 32
... human learning , and accustomed to a proud search after wisdom , could perceive no trait of reason in the doctrine that a man - and far less in the de- claration that the Son of God - should die for the sins of the world . It appeared ...
... human learning , and accustomed to a proud search after wisdom , could perceive no trait of reason in the doctrine that a man - and far less in the de- claration that the Son of God - should die for the sins of the world . It appeared ...
Page 34
... human reason can see no wisdom in the ignominious death of Jesus Christ . They pervert or abuse the most sober statements of the doctrine founded upon it ; and tacitly substitute for it the covenant of works , or mere details of morals ...
... human reason can see no wisdom in the ignominious death of Jesus Christ . They pervert or abuse the most sober statements of the doctrine founded upon it ; and tacitly substitute for it the covenant of works , or mere details of morals ...
Page 35
... human and divine nature might be united in one mysterious person ; to have made this union of the two natures in Christ , the foundation of the reconciliation of God and the fallen creature ; to have discovered a method in which God ...
... human and divine nature might be united in one mysterious person ; to have made this union of the two natures in Christ , the foundation of the reconciliation of God and the fallen creature ; to have discovered a method in which God ...
Page 40
... Human wisdom receives not the doctrine . Human pride comprehends nothing of it . Repentance begins in humility , faith moves in it as its proper atmosphere , claim- ing nothing but from the undeserved mercy of God ; prayer is the ...
... Human wisdom receives not the doctrine . Human pride comprehends nothing of it . Repentance begins in humility , faith moves in it as its proper atmosphere , claim- ing nothing but from the undeserved mercy of God ; prayer is the ...
Page 41
... human reason has made to this doctrine , and the schemes by which it would attempt to accommodate it to human pride , have never succeeded . If the Greek , and those who follow bis spirit , demand wisdom , and look for the exhibition of ...
... human reason has made to this doctrine , and the schemes by which it would attempt to accommodate it to human pride , have never succeeded . If the Greek , and those who follow bis spirit , demand wisdom , and look for the exhibition of ...
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