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... faith in this doctrine never terminates in itself , but is a mean to holiness as an end - and that he who truly accepts of Christ , as the alone foundation of his merito- rious acceptance before God , is stimulated , by the ...
... faith in this doctrine never terminates in itself , but is a mean to holiness as an end - and that he who truly accepts of Christ , as the alone foundation of his merito- rious acceptance before God , is stimulated , by the ...
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... faith should not stand in the wisdom of men , but in the power of God . " - 1 COR . ii . 4 , 5 . SERMON II . THE MYSTERIOUS ASPECT OF THE GOSPEL TO THE MEN OF THE WORLD . " Then said I , Ah , Lord God ! they say of me , Doth he not ...
... faith should not stand in the wisdom of men , but in the power of God . " - 1 COR . ii . 4 , 5 . SERMON II . THE MYSTERIOUS ASPECT OF THE GOSPEL TO THE MEN OF THE WORLD . " Then said I , Ah , Lord God ! they say of me , Doth he not ...
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... FAITH . " Sanctified by faith . " - ACTs xxvi . 18 . 894 SERMON I. THE NECESSITY OF THE SPIRIT TO GIVE EFFECT xvi CONTENTS .
... FAITH . " Sanctified by faith . " - ACTs xxvi . 18 . 894 SERMON I. THE NECESSITY OF THE SPIRIT TO GIVE EFFECT xvi CONTENTS .
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... faith should not stand in the wisdom of man , but in the power of God . " PAUL , in his second epistle to the Corinthians , has expressed himself to the same effect as in the text , in the following words : " Not that we are sufficient ...
... faith should not stand in the wisdom of man , but in the power of God . " PAUL , in his second epistle to the Corinthians , has expressed himself to the same effect as in the text , in the following words : " Not that we are sufficient ...
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... faith in the constancy of this law , is sure to beget , in the mind , a sentiment of independ- ence on the power and will of the Deity . Now , in the matters of human education , God acts with uniformity . Let there be zeal and ability ...
... faith in the constancy of this law , is sure to beget , in the mind , a sentiment of independ- ence on the power and will of the Deity . Now , in the matters of human education , God acts with uniformity . Let there be zeal and ability ...
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Page xiv - He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance; but whosoever hath not, from him shall
Page 66 - SERMON III. THE PREPARATION NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE MYSTERIES OF THE GOSPEL. Matthew xiii. 11> 12. " He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be
Page xiii - And my speech, and my preaching, was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power; that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God."—1 Cor. ii. 4,
Page xiv - never so clean; yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any day's-man betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both."— job ix. 30—33.
Page 42 - In parables, the lesson that is meant to be conveyed is to a certain degree shaded in obscurity. They are associated by the Psalmist with dark sayings—" I will open my mouth in a parable, I will utter dark sayings of old." We read in the New Testament of a parable leaving all the
Page xiv - SERMON V. THE JUDGMENT OF MEN COMPARED WITH THE JUDGMENT OF GOD. " With me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment;—he that judgeth me is the Lord."—1 Cor. iv. 3, 4.
Page 41 - and to them God addresses these remarkable words, " Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth." SERMON II. THE MYSTERIOUS ASPECT
Page 135 - was altogether such a one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set thy sins in order before thine eyes. Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Page 11 - our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit." In both these passages, the Apostle points to a speciality in the work of a Christian
Page 11 - of the Spirit and of power : that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God." Paul, in his second epistle to the Corinthians, has expressed himself to the same effect as in the text, in the following words: " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; hut our sufficiency is of God;