A Series of Letters Addressed to Rev. Hosea Ballou, of Boston: Being a Vindication of the Doctrine of a Future Retribution Against the Principal Arguments Used by Him, Mr. Balfour, and Others |
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... existence . But prompt- ed by the importance of the subject , and encouraged by the consideration of your candor and Christian affection , I propose in these Letters to offer such remarks upon your system as occur to my mind , state my ...
... existence . But prompt- ed by the importance of the subject , and encouraged by the consideration of your candor and Christian affection , I propose in these Letters to offer such remarks upon your system as occur to my mind , state my ...
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... existence of controversy in our order an unprecedented thing . The Unitarians , though a respectable and flourishing sect , are greatly divided in opinion ; and public controversy has existed among them , as in the case of Price and ...
... existence of controversy in our order an unprecedented thing . The Unitarians , though a respectable and flourishing sect , are greatly divided in opinion ; and public controversy has existed among them , as in the case of Price and ...
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... unspeakable . But when you limit the benefits of the gospel to this state of existence , and thus fix " the times Rom . xii . 1 . Asa . Ixi . 2 . † 2 Cor . v . 11 . and seasons which the Father hath put in his own 10 LETTER I.
... unspeakable . But when you limit the benefits of the gospel to this state of existence , and thus fix " the times Rom . xii . 1 . Asa . Ixi . 2 . † 2 Cor . v . 11 . and seasons which the Father hath put in his own 10 LETTER I.
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... existence where no such crimes can ever be committed , they are there to be tor- mented for what they did in this world . " * " The hearer is cautioned against supposing that we allow that the next state will be subject to sin ; we ...
... existence where no such crimes can ever be committed , they are there to be tor- mented for what they did in this world . " * " The hearer is cautioned against supposing that we allow that the next state will be subject to sin ; we ...
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... existence , in Christ , I presume that he can understand what is meant by man's being created in himself . For my own part , I can form no conception of either . According to your views of the subject , the idea I am opposing is a ...
... existence , in Christ , I presume that he can understand what is meant by man's being created in himself . For my own part , I can form no conception of either . According to your views of the subject , the idea I am opposing is a ...
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Page 180 - And I say unto you, my friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do: but 1 will forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Fear him, which after he hath killed, hath power to cast, into hell; yea, 1 say unto you, fear him.
Page 186 - I say unto you, my friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that, have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Fear him which, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear him.
Page 238 - Know ye not," says he, "that they which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery, is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Page 78 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of
Page 199 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and tared sumptuously every day: and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs
Page 19 - 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 blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 211 - And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him. And he said unto them, ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts ; for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
Page 134 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell; for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than
Page 229 - He that despised Moses' law, died withoutmercy under two or three witnesses ; of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of
Page 268 - And Jesus answering, said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage ; but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; neither can they die any more ; for they are equal to the angels ; and are the children of