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... apostle here assures us , that if we entertain such thoughts in our hearts , God will justly look upon it as a hainous violation of that ho- mage and respect we owe him : It is one of the chief things that distinguishes the laws of God ...
... apostle here assures us , that if we entertain such thoughts in our hearts , God will justly look upon it as a hainous violation of that ho- mage and respect we owe him : It is one of the chief things that distinguishes the laws of God ...
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... apostle affirms justly , that God cannot be tempted with evil , because he cannot be perverted or corrupted with it . 2. As God cannot be perverted to transgress his own laws himself , neither does he pervert any other to do so . As he ...
... apostle affirms justly , that God cannot be tempted with evil , because he cannot be perverted or corrupted with it . 2. As God cannot be perverted to transgress his own laws himself , neither does he pervert any other to do so . As he ...
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... apostle's doctrine in the text ; that is , that however their corrupt hearts may be too much inclined to blame God for their sins ; yet that imputation is really as contrary to truth and justice , as it is to the honour of God , who is ...
... apostle's doctrine in the text ; that is , that however their corrupt hearts may be too much inclined to blame God for their sins ; yet that imputation is really as contrary to truth and justice , as it is to the honour of God , who is ...
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... apostle , Rom . iv . 19 . " That he may be just when he judgeth , and righteous when he speaketh ; " and , on the other hand , " Every mouth may be stopt , and we and the world be guilty before him . " It is an indispensable duty on all ...
... apostle , Rom . iv . 19 . " That he may be just when he judgeth , and righteous when he speaketh ; " and , on the other hand , " Every mouth may be stopt , and we and the world be guilty before him . " It is an indispensable duty on all ...
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... apostle warns us against . These will afford us sufficient answers to all the objections and prejudices that natural corruption suggest against the doctrine . After considering which , it will be easy to reflect , what improvement we ...
... apostle warns us against . These will afford us sufficient answers to all the objections and prejudices that natural corruption suggest against the doctrine . After considering which , it will be easy to reflect , what improvement we ...
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Page 62 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of CHRIST : for it is the power of GOD unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of GOD revealed from faith to faith : as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Page 109 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
Page 122 - ... filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding ; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness...
Page 236 - For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Page 111 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 122 - The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 107 - Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
Page 187 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Page 153 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 240 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost; in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them