The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D. L.L.D. Late President of the College, at Princeton New-Jersey: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon Occasioned by His Death, by the Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, of New York. In Three Volumes.. Vol. I[-IV]. |
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... truth as it is in JESUS , from those doctrines which chiefly constitute the substance of the gospel . It may perhaps ... truth , when it can be discovered . If truth and error are equally safe , nothing can be more foolish than for a man ...
... truth as it is in JESUS , from those doctrines which chiefly constitute the substance of the gospel . It may perhaps ... truth , when it can be discovered . If truth and error are equally safe , nothing can be more foolish than for a man ...
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... truth , and with the very same breath tell you , " It is of no consequence at all , either for time or " eternity , whether you hold one opinion or another . " These reflections are only designed to procure a candid unprejudiced bearing ...
... truth , and with the very same breath tell you , " It is of no consequence at all , either for time or " eternity , whether you hold one opinion or another . " These reflections are only designed to procure a candid unprejudiced bearing ...
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... truth fanctifies the human heart , a- greeably to our Lord's prayer , " Sanctify them through the truth ; thy word is truth . " a You will farther obferve , this religion not only teaches us our duty , and forms us to it , but rewards ...
... truth fanctifies the human heart , a- greeably to our Lord's prayer , " Sanctify them through the truth ; thy word is truth . " a You will farther obferve , this religion not only teaches us our duty , and forms us to it , but rewards ...
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... truth - and for the lucid order that reigned through the whole . In his difcourfes , he loved to dwell chiefly on the great doctrines of divine grace , and on the diftinguish- ing truths of the gofpel . Thefe he brought , as far as pof ...
... truth - and for the lucid order that reigned through the whole . In his difcourfes , he loved to dwell chiefly on the great doctrines of divine grace , and on the diftinguish- ing truths of the gofpel . Thefe he brought , as far as pof ...
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... truth , who cannot lic . Now , is there any thing in the gofpel that hath the leaft tendency to leffen the fenfe of ... truth is , notwithstanding the loud charge of licentioulnefs upon the truths of the gofpel , there is no other fyftem ...
... truth , who cannot lic . Now , is there any thing in the gofpel that hath the leaft tendency to leffen the fenfe of ... truth is , notwithstanding the loud charge of licentioulnefs upon the truths of the gofpel , there is no other fyftem ...
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Page 533 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 272 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Page 533 - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 133 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Page 445 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Page 254 - Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things that are •written in the book of the law, to do them.
Page 412 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 444 - And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love ; and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Page 85 - Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 358 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.