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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Page 60
... unto Abraham , with a command to forsake his kindred , and settle in a strange land , with an assurance that his posterity should pos- sess it , and that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed . His faith on this ...
... unto Abraham , with a command to forsake his kindred , and settle in a strange land , with an assurance that his posterity should pos- sess it , and that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed . His faith on this ...
Page 63
... unto death for our of- fences , and rose from the grave for our justification ; that our present life is a state of trial ; that there will be a retribution after death , when all mankind will be judged according to their works , and ...
... unto death for our of- fences , and rose from the grave for our justification ; that our present life is a state of trial ; that there will be a retribution after death , when all mankind will be judged according to their works , and ...
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... unto God , and can in no sense be beneficial to him . Merit implies benefits conferred by the agent on others , from whom he is supposed to merit . The servants of men , by their diligence and honesty have power to promote their masters ...
... unto God , and can in no sense be beneficial to him . Merit implies benefits conferred by the agent on others , from whom he is supposed to merit . The servants of men , by their diligence and honesty have power to promote their masters ...
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... unto him the tribute of our cheerful obedience . All pretensions to merit , with reference to the Supreme Being , must therefore be inconsistent with our condition , as dependent beings , and discover a mind under the dominion of that ...
... unto him the tribute of our cheerful obedience . All pretensions to merit , with reference to the Supreme Being , must therefore be inconsistent with our condition , as dependent beings , and discover a mind under the dominion of that ...
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... unto God , yet our fellow crea- tures are interested in it , and much of their happiness depends upon it . The laws of God , like their great author , are holy , just and good ; and were they more perfectly obeyed , the condition of ...
... unto God , yet our fellow crea- tures are interested in it , and much of their happiness depends upon it . The laws of God , like their great author , are holy , just and good ; and were they more perfectly obeyed , the condition of ...
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