Theology: Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons, Volume 1Harper, 1846 - Congregational churches |
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... , all but two of the propositions , in that profound and elaborate work . This difficult but delightful science , in which the mind is always guided by Certainty in its discovery of truth , so 10 LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
... , all but two of the propositions , in that profound and elaborate work . This difficult but delightful science , in which the mind is always guided by Certainty in its discovery of truth , so 10 LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
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... truth , it is difficult to name a subject , of any considerable importance , con- nected with the common pursuits of men in the business of life , which he had not made the subject of accurate observation and close thought ; on which he ...
... truth , it is difficult to name a subject , of any considerable importance , con- nected with the common pursuits of men in the business of life , which he had not made the subject of accurate observation and close thought ; on which he ...
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... truths of theology ; and their se- cond , to enforce them on the conscience , and show their practical influence on the heart ... truth , the use of figurative language , except for illustration , would there have been improper . In the ...
... truths of theology ; and their se- cond , to enforce them on the conscience , and show their practical influence on the heart ... truth , the use of figurative language , except for illustration , would there have been improper . In the ...
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... truth , will be found in several of the following sermons . His feelings , and conversation , and conduct , towards those who differed from him , were evangelically liberal . Virtue he described as " voluntary obedience to truth , " and ...
... truth , will be found in several of the following sermons . His feelings , and conversation , and conduct , towards those who differed from him , were evangelically liberal . Virtue he described as " voluntary obedience to truth , " and ...
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... truth , and of a clear conscience before God . All who have attempted to draw his character have mentioned him as eminently disinterested . Few men have originated more nu- merous or , more important institutions or measures . Yet it is ...
... truth , and of a clear conscience before God . All who have attempted to draw his character have mentioned him as eminently disinterested . Few men have originated more nu- merous or , more important institutions or measures . Yet it is ...
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Page 317 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 192 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Page 331 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 471 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 527 - But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
Page 511 - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 406 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 537 - A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another.
Page 160 - What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 527 - For whether is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.