Lectures on Systematic Theology and Pulpit EloquenceLectures composed for the students of divinity in Marischal college and first delivered in 1772 and 1773. |
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... Follow thou me . " Once more . It has been the fate of religion , from the beginning , to meet with contradiction . Not only have the divinity ( and consequently the truth ) of the whole been controverted , but several important ...
... Follow thou me . " Once more . It has been the fate of religion , from the beginning , to meet with contradiction . Not only have the divinity ( and consequently the truth ) of the whole been controverted , but several important ...
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... follow the rules laid down by acts of assem- bly , which with us constitute what may be called the ecclesiastical statute - law . First , for evincing the pro- gress he has made in biblical criticism , he must ex- plain and analyse a ...
... follow the rules laid down by acts of assem- bly , which with us constitute what may be called the ecclesiastical statute - law . First , for evincing the pro- gress he has made in biblical criticism , he must ex- plain and analyse a ...
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... follow- ed , it might be hoped , by the right improvement of his leisure hours ( and without this improvement the lectures of divinity schools will be of no significance ) that a competent knowledge might in a little time be attained ...
... follow- ed , it might be hoped , by the right improvement of his leisure hours ( and without this improvement the lectures of divinity schools will be of no significance ) that a competent knowledge might in a little time be attained ...
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... follow , we shall be under a necessity of being much more superficial , than would best suit , either with our inclination or with your profit . The second thing relating to the pastoral care which was mentioned as a branch of our ...
... follow , we shall be under a necessity of being much more superficial , than would best suit , either with our inclination or with your profit . The second thing relating to the pastoral care which was mentioned as a branch of our ...
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... follow the advice of the prophet in regard to all teachers without exception , " To the law and to the testimony , if they speak not according to this word , they have no truth in them . " " Tis only thus , we can imitate the noble ...
... follow the advice of the prophet in regard to all teachers without exception , " To the law and to the testimony , if they speak not according to this word , they have no truth in them . " " Tis only thus , we can imitate the noble ...
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Page 25 - Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners...
Page 147 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation ; so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 188 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 105 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Page 285 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 82 - Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? but the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 147 - The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from scripture ; unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit or traditions of men.
Page 49 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 147 - Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture.
Page 98 - And he said, Hear now my words : If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold...