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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... most gra- cious conditions , and so puts men into a falvable 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 ...
... most gra- cious conditions , and so puts men into a falvable 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 ...
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... most important sense . But as their faintship is invifible , it gives them no right according to gospel rule to any external church privileges . These pertain to the external administration of the covenant , and are granted only to ...
... most important sense . But as their faintship is invifible , it gives them no right according to gospel rule to any external church privileges . These pertain to the external administration of the covenant , and are granted only to ...
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... most proper acceptation ; this , as far as it goes , is as real and valid in the fight of God , as it ought to be in the account of men . The fubject is , in the juft account 1 account of the church , and by the fentence 36 The Rights ...
... most proper acceptation ; this , as far as it goes , is as real and valid in the fight of God , as it ought to be in the account of men . The fubject is , in the juft account 1 account of the church , and by the fentence 36 The Rights ...
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... most probable a person is a faint in heart . Let a fcriptural rule , with marks , be laid down , by which this may be determined , and it fhall be attended to . For my part I know of none . And if the fcriptures will not furnish us with ...
... most probable a person is a faint in heart . Let a fcriptural rule , with marks , be laid down , by which this may be determined , and it fhall be attended to . For my part I know of none . And if the fcriptures will not furnish us with ...
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... most probable on the whole that either the one or the other is , or is not fincere , is , I think what we have no rule , or fufficient evidence to warrant us to do . I might add , that if it were known in general ( which it is not ) ...
... most probable on the whole that either the one or the other is , or is not fincere , is , I think what we have no rule , or fufficient evidence to warrant us to do . I might add , that if it were known in general ( which it is not ) ...
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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.