Letters to a Young Lady: In which the Duties and Character of Women are Considered, Chiefly with a Reference to Prevailing Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... proves the mixed nature of man , and that the merits of Chrift will only be applied to those who do not refift the Spirit of God . " C The extravagant expreffions by which Calvinistic teachers difguft fober hearers , and captivate or ...
... proves the mixed nature of man , and that the merits of Chrift will only be applied to those who do not refift the Spirit of God . " C The extravagant expreffions by which Calvinistic teachers difguft fober hearers , and captivate or ...
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... plies our being in a state of grace , and proves innocence more acceptable to the Almighty than repentance . Our Lord , in- deed , is faid to have preached the doctrine of of forgiveness of fins ; but it must be re- 58.
... plies our being in a state of grace , and proves innocence more acceptable to the Almighty than repentance . Our Lord , in- deed , is faid to have preached the doctrine of of forgiveness of fins ; but it must be re- 58.
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... gospel.- What fhall we fay , then , of those self - convicted re- probates , who prove their prefent light by their former darkness ? perfect perfect holiness in thought , word , and deed , 64 You will not, my dear Mifs M ...
... gospel.- What fhall we fay , then , of those self - convicted re- probates , who prove their prefent light by their former darkness ? perfect perfect holiness in thought , word , and deed , 64 You will not, my dear Mifs M ...
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... prove the casket in which genuine piety is infhrined . But to pro- ceed : After this regenerating operation has once taken place in the mind , the fanctified convert appears , in their opi- nion , to be placed in a much greater state of ...
... prove the casket in which genuine piety is infhrined . But to pro- ceed : After this regenerating operation has once taken place in the mind , the fanctified convert appears , in their opi- nion , to be placed in a much greater state of ...
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... prove their stubborn hearts , and to correct their vicious lives , instead of gratifying their itching ears , or foothing their fan- taftic imaginations ? Were we to follow the brainfick incon- ftancy of enthufiafm in all its deplorable ...
... prove their stubborn hearts , and to correct their vicious lives , instead of gratifying their itching ears , or foothing their fan- taftic imaginations ? Were we to follow the brainfick incon- ftancy of enthufiafm in all its deplorable ...
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Page 248 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 131 - THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be, with us all evermore.
Page 145 - I know there is no other name under heaven by which men can be saved.
Page 243 - Whofo eateth my flefh, and drinketh my blood, . hath eternal life, and I will raife him up at the laft day.
Page 303 - that *' there is a time to weep as well as a " time to laugh, a time to dance, and a *
Page 242 - ... 64 But there are fome of you that believe not. For Jefus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who fhould betray him.
Page 182 - ... which eye hath not feen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 81 - fhall the know-*' ledge >of the Lord cover the earth as
Page 351 - Arabs, like other Orientals, hold that, in such matters, man is saved, not by faith, but by want of faith. They have also a saying not unlike ours— " She partly is to blame who has been tried, He comes too near who comes to be denied.
Page 271 - if any provide not for his own, <£ and efpecially for thofe of his own " houfe, he hath denied the faith, and is