A Discourse Concerning the Church: In which the Several Acceptations of the Word are Explained and Distinguished; the Gospel Covenant Delineated; a Right of Admission and Access to Special Ordinances, in Their Outward Administration and Inward Efficacy, Stated and Discussed |
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... state . This is commonly termed the invifible church , and by the Apostle the body of Chrift ; which in its largest acceptation comprehends all who fhall have an inheri- tance in the kingdom of glory ; many of whom may not yet be actual ...
... state . This is commonly termed the invifible church , and by the Apostle the body of Chrift ; which in its largest acceptation comprehends all who fhall have an inheri- tance in the kingdom of glory ; many of whom may not yet be actual ...
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... state . And we are to love them , to hope and pray , and ufe means that they may come to the knowledge of the truth , and be faved . And many bleffings are daily bestowed on them ; yet we are not to imagine that all are in covenant ...
... state . And we are to love them , to hope and pray , and ufe means that they may come to the knowledge of the truth , and be faved . And many bleffings are daily bestowed on them ; yet we are not to imagine that all are in covenant ...
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... state , and is a ground of hope concerning them . The grace of the covenant fo far extends to all , that favourable terms of falvation are grant- ed to them ; which are alfo accompanied with various bleffings , means and encouragements ...
... state , and is a ground of hope concerning them . The grace of the covenant fo far extends to all , that favourable terms of falvation are grant- ed to them ; which are alfo accompanied with various bleffings , means and encouragements ...
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... state what we mean by the visibility of holiness or faintship : Or in what fenfe , the qualifications which form and difcriminate the character of a visible faint may be feen . An object is faid to be vifible in the strictest sense when ...
... state what we mean by the visibility of holiness or faintship : Or in what fenfe , the qualifications which form and difcriminate the character of a visible faint may be feen . An object is faid to be vifible in the strictest sense when ...
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... state of men . Nor are we required abfolutely to believe further than there is fubftantial evidence to fupport us . And there are many count . of whom we have no reason to doubt but that they are visible faints , and to be reputed and ...
... state of men . Nor are we required abfolutely to believe further than there is fubftantial evidence to fupport us . And there are many count . of whom we have no reason to doubt but that they are visible faints , and to be reputed and ...
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Page 37 - For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly ; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh : but he is a Jew who is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 118 - A new heart alfo will I *£ give you, and a new fpirit will I put within " you ; and I will take away the ftony heart out " of your flefh, and I will give you an heart of •\flefh.
Page 121 - kingdom of God is not meat and drink, " but righteoufnefs and peace, and joy in
Page 94 - And when the king came in to fee the guefts, || he faw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment. And he faith unto him, Friend, how cameft thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was fpeechlefs.
Page 18 - Apostle's meaning, since he states, as the ground of fear and trembling, that it is God who worketh in us to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Page 80 - Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God, and whatsoever we ask of him we shall obtain':
Page 18 - And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He > commanded us.
Page 118 - Turn thou me, and I fhall be turned ; " for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 118 - will circumcife thy heart, and the heart of thy feed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, that thou may eft five*.
Page 116 - ... the Lamb of God, who taketh away the fin of the world.