General View of the Doctrines of Christianity: Designed More Especially for the Edification and Instruction of FamiliesHastings, Etheridge & Bliss, no. 8, State-Street; and at their store in Charlestown, 1809 - Christianity - 200 pages |
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... conscience of men , is offered . Wishing religion to appear , as it really is , our reasonable service , and not to teach for doctrines the commandments of men , we take the word of God only for our guide ; and submit the work to the ...
... conscience of men , is offered . Wishing religion to appear , as it really is , our reasonable service , and not to teach for doctrines the commandments of men , we take the word of God only for our guide ; and submit the work to the ...
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... conscience , and inscribed on the heart , as in the case of Cornelius , whose prayers and alms had gone up in memorial before God , his grace , or favour , is shed upon the soul . 8. Grace is not only a blessing on the actual exer ...
... conscience , and inscribed on the heart , as in the case of Cornelius , whose prayers and alms had gone up in memorial before God , his grace , or favour , is shed upon the soul . 8. Grace is not only a blessing on the actual exer ...
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... conscience , when it is not depraved , will prefer virtue before vice with as little hesitation , as we prefer sweet to bitter , pleasure to pain , and happiness to misery . God originally made man upright , and some traces of that ...
... conscience , when it is not depraved , will prefer virtue before vice with as little hesitation , as we prefer sweet to bitter , pleasure to pain , and happiness to misery . God originally made man upright , and some traces of that ...
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... conscience within , and secretly approves the right , which it neglects , and condemns the wrong , which it pursues . 9. If God give to some a power to be righteous , which he withholds from others , it must be a gift granted either ...
... conscience within , and secretly approves the right , which it neglects , and condemns the wrong , which it pursues . 9. If God give to some a power to be righteous , which he withholds from others , it must be a gift granted either ...
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... conscience feels . 3. Our original ancestors were no sooner seated in paradise , than they found themselves in a state of trial . And the trial on which they were put at that time was not the trial of their obedience to the moral law ...
... conscience feels . 3. Our original ancestors were no sooner seated in paradise , than they found themselves in a state of trial . And the trial on which they were put at that time was not the trial of their obedience to the moral law ...
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