An apology for the united Church of England and Ireland: or, A vindication of the doctrines of the established Church, from the Calvinistic sense ascribed to them, in An enquiry into the doctrines of the Reformation, by B.W. Mathiaspr. for W. Watson, 1817 - 318 pages |
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... consider his salvation to be suspended : he of course regards his redemption as a matter of compact between God and himself , and will therefore divide the business of it between the two contracting parties ; grace alone he cannot consider ...
... consider his salvation to be suspended : he of course regards his redemption as a matter of compact between God and himself , and will therefore divide the business of it between the two contracting parties ; grace alone he cannot consider ...
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... considering his salvation as thus sus- pended on the portion of spiritual strength which he originally possessed , he cannot but attach some degree of merit to the right use which he makes of it , and to the works which spring from that ...
... considering his salvation as thus sus- pended on the portion of spiritual strength which he originally possessed , he cannot but attach some degree of merit to the right use which he makes of it , and to the works which spring from that ...
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... considering , that he hath told us the contrary as plainly as it was possible for him to express his mind to us . " ( ƒ ) These selections will serve , instead of many , to shew , that there have been profound and ( f ) Thoughts upon ...
... considering , that he hath told us the contrary as plainly as it was possible for him to express his mind to us . " ( ƒ ) These selections will serve , instead of many , to shew , that there have been profound and ( f ) Thoughts upon ...
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... consider ourselves at liberty , notwithstanding , to lay aside every part of his work , as wholly irrelevant to the question in debate , with the exception of such quotations only as relate to the Predestinarian doctrines ; for the ...
... consider ourselves at liberty , notwithstanding , to lay aside every part of his work , as wholly irrelevant to the question in debate , with the exception of such quotations only as relate to the Predestinarian doctrines ; for the ...
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... consider how far any of them needed amendment . " ( t ) He was subse- quently nominated to the Mastership of Trinity College , Cambridge , and in that situation conti- nued to act a conspicuous part among the most eminent characters of ...
... consider how far any of them needed amendment . " ( t ) He was subse- quently nominated to the Mastership of Trinity College , Cambridge , and in that situation conti- nued to act a conspicuous part among the most eminent characters of ...
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Page 199 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 176 - ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world...
Page 77 - 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 91 - The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and 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.
Page 175 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility...
Page 132 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Page 155 - 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.
Page 98 - Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in Holy Scripture: and, in our doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God.
Page 89 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 197 - Almighty and everliving God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these Thy servants by water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins ; strengthen them, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace...