Letters and Papers of the Late Rev. Thomas ScottN. Whiting, 1825 - 324 pages |
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... salvation by grace alone . They profess to depend on good works , yet neglect to practise them ; as if the very scarcity of them would enhance their value ! Yet they encourage themselves in this strange in- consistent course of life ...
... salvation by grace alone . They profess to depend on good works , yet neglect to practise them ; as if the very scarcity of them would enhance their value ! Yet they encourage themselves in this strange in- consistent course of life ...
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... salvation , the great point I labored to impress upon your mind was , the absolute necessity of taking our religion from that book alone , and the obliga- tion we are under to search the scriptures daily , to know what indeed they do ...
... salvation , the great point I labored to impress upon your mind was , the absolute necessity of taking our religion from that book alone , and the obliga- tion we are under to search the scriptures daily , to know what indeed they do ...
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... salvation is an act of grace ; that we are to seek it of the Lord as a free gift ; first , seeking an interest in Christ's blood for pardon and peace with God , by faith ; and , secondly , the converting grace of the Holy Spirit to ...
... salvation is an act of grace ; that we are to seek it of the Lord as a free gift ; first , seeking an interest in Christ's blood for pardon and peace with God , by faith ; and , secondly , the converting grace of the Holy Spirit to ...
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... salvation ; deadness to the world , and love of holiness . I had no sooner begun to converse with your sister than I began to hope she was in Christ's school ; and I am more confirmed in my persuasion continually , and feel assured that ...
... salvation ; deadness to the world , and love of holiness . I had no sooner begun to converse with your sister than I began to hope she was in Christ's school ; and I am more confirmed in my persuasion continually , and feel assured that ...
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... salvation of those around you ! I doubt not that what God is doing for you is in answer to the prayers of your Wes- ton relations , and of your sister , who has newly begun , like another Israel , to wrestle with God and prevail for ...
... salvation of those around you ! I doubt not that what God is doing for you is in answer to the prayers of your Wes- ton relations , and of your sister , who has newly begun , like another Israel , to wrestle with God and prevail for ...
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Page 291 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 294 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Page 219 - For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God ; and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Page 208 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 33 - Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ...
Page 181 - For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 256 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 311 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 205 - Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Page 247 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.