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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... tion and cabal . And with what lamentable impediments must the fuccefsful candi- date commence his facred functions , in a congregation among whom he has been the engine of difcord before he can attempt to be the minister of peace ! Can ...
... tion and cabal . And with what lamentable impediments must the fuccefsful candi- date commence his facred functions , in a congregation among whom he has been the engine of difcord before he can attempt to be the minister of peace ! Can ...
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... tion to the obvious truth , that they can neither ferve God nor Man unless God enables them fo to do . This doctrine ( which is but another way of faying , that we can neither walk nor breathe without Almighty permiffion ) fhould always ...
... tion to the obvious truth , that they can neither ferve God nor Man unless God enables them fo to do . This doctrine ( which is but another way of faying , that we can neither walk nor breathe without Almighty permiffion ) fhould always ...
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... tion , fo do we with original fin , de- " claim against it bitterly , to fave the " other harmless ; and are free in the " publication of this , that we may be in- " ftructed to conceal the actual . We " charge our guilt upon Adam ...
... tion , fo do we with original fin , de- " claim against it bitterly , to fave the " other harmless ; and are free in the " publication of this , that we may be in- " ftructed to conceal the actual . We " charge our guilt upon Adam ...
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... tion , and the victim of his own vices . Are we then to employ Scripture to com- bat Scripture , and thus engage the mem- bers of Chrift in eternal controverfy ? No ; furely these feemingly oppofite paf- fages were inferted in the ...
... tion , and the victim of his own vices . Are we then to employ Scripture to com- bat Scripture , and thus engage the mem- bers of Chrift in eternal controverfy ? No ; furely these feemingly oppofite paf- fages were inferted in the ...
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... tion or erroneous application of fcrip- tural phrafeology . Allegorical allufions , types , and parables , formed a mode of instruction which was used by our Lord with remarkable clearnefs and effect . It was peculiarly fuited to the ...
... tion or erroneous application of fcrip- tural phrafeology . Allegorical allufions , types , and parables , formed a mode of instruction which was used by our Lord with remarkable clearnefs and effect . It was peculiarly fuited to the ...
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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 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