The Analogy of Faith; Or, an Attempt to Shew God's Methods of Grace with the Church of Christ, as Set Forth in the Experience of David. [Seventeen Sermons.]

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Page 143 - Though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 45 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you : and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 22 - For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved : but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Page 22 - upon thy name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 10 - Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant accordingto the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no more of works : otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Page 103 - The light of the body is the eye: if, therefore, thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light: But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness.
Page 81 - Why could not we cast him out?" Jesus said unto them, " Because of your unbelief': for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Page 200 - He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us ; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Page xxx - prepare himself by his own natural strength and good works to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us when we have that good will.

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