Reflections on the Four Principal Religions which Have Obtained in the World: Paganism, Mohammedism, Judaism, and Christianity; Also on the Church of England, and Other Denominations of Protestants: and on Evangelical Religion, Volume 2Richardson, 1824 |
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... divine ; and the followers of Arminius , a disciple of Beza , and a celebrated professor of divinity , at Leyden . The ground in dispute between these two parties , has often been gone over , and every inch of it keenly at- tacked and ...
... divine ; and the followers of Arminius , a disciple of Beza , and a celebrated professor of divinity , at Leyden . The ground in dispute between these two parties , has often been gone over , and every inch of it keenly at- tacked and ...
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... Divine decrees ) as injurious excrescences , which deform the general beauty of his theological scheme , and which do not contribute to its real strength . In brief , they considered his fundamental premises , viewed in their proper ...
... Divine decrees ) as injurious excrescences , which deform the general beauty of his theological scheme , and which do not contribute to its real strength . In brief , they considered his fundamental premises , viewed in their proper ...
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... Divine blessing , in the use of means , they despair of no man's salvation . The most ordinary observer of what passes in society cannot , they think , but acknowledge , that with respect to all the affairs of this life , the belief of ...
... Divine blessing , in the use of means , they despair of no man's salvation . The most ordinary observer of what passes in society cannot , they think , but acknowledge , that with respect to all the affairs of this life , the belief of ...
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... Divine decrees , in this mangled and distorted light , pronounces it to be absurd . With whatever parade and confidence , therefore , it has been brought forward , it has no relation to the subject , and is only of use to de- stroy an ...
... Divine decrees , in this mangled and distorted light , pronounces it to be absurd . With whatever parade and confidence , therefore , it has been brought forward , it has no relation to the subject , and is only of use to de- stroy an ...
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... Divine decrees , as well as the end . The system of things is like a chain , composed of many links , on each of which the union and consistence of the whole depend . If one link were broken , the chain would be destroyed . None of his ...
... Divine decrees , as well as the end . The system of things is like a chain , composed of many links , on each of which the union and consistence of the whole depend . If one link were broken , the chain would be destroyed . None of his ...
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Page 17 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 84 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof...
Page 269 - Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth, they that have done good to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation.
Page 235 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 272 - Wherefore they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpose by his spirit working in due season : they through grace obey the calling : they be justified freely : they be made sons of God by adoption : they be made like the image of his only begotten son Jesus Christ : they walk religiously in good works, and at length by God's mercy they attain to everlasting felicity.
Page 84 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Page 235 - ORIGINAL sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk ;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit ; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 250 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings.
Page 223 - I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 18 - First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God.