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... Evan . I remember the Apostle Paul willeth Titus to " avoid contentions and strivings about the law , because they are un- profitable and vain , " Tit . iii . 9 ; and so I fear yours have been . Nom . Sir , for my own part , I hold it ...
... Evan . I remember the Apostle Paul willeth Titus to " avoid contentions and strivings about the law , because they are un- profitable and vain , " Tit . iii . 9 ; and so I fear yours have been . Nom . Sir , for my own part , I hold it ...
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... Evan . The truth is , Nomista , the law of the ten command- ments , as it is the matter of the law of works , ought not to be a rule of life to a believer . But in thus saying , you have affirmed that it ought ; and therefore therein ...
... Evan . The truth is , Nomista , the law of the ten command- ments , as it is the matter of the law of works , ought not to be a rule of life to a believer . But in thus saying , you have affirmed that it ought ; and therefore therein ...
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... Evan . Well , give me leave to tell you , that so far as any man comes short of the true knowledge of this threefold law , * so far he comes short both of the true knowledge of God and of himself ; and therefore I wish you both to ...
... Evan . Well , give me leave to tell you , that so far as any man comes short of the true knowledge of this threefold law , * so far he comes short both of the true knowledge of God and of himself ; and therefore I wish you both to ...
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... Evan . The reason why I rather choose to call the law of the ten commandments the matter of the covenant of works , than the covenant itself , is , because I conceive that the matter of it cannot properly be called the covenant of works ...
... Evan . The reason why I rather choose to call the law of the ten commandments the matter of the covenant of works , than the covenant itself , is , because I conceive that the matter of it cannot properly be called the covenant of works ...
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... Evan . Do not marvel at it : for by that one species of sin the whole genus or kind is shown ; as the same law , being more clearly unfolded , doth express , Deut . xxviii . 26 ; Gal . iii . 10. And , indeed , in that one commandment ...
... Evan . Do not marvel at it : for by that one species of sin the whole genus or kind is shown ; as the same law , being more clearly unfolded , doth express , Deut . xxviii . 26 ; Gal . iii . 10. And , indeed , in that one commandment ...
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Page 68 - ... just because they were so submissive to the Law ! Jesus was not thinking of the number but of the nature of good works, not of religious observances themselves, but of the principle that ought to underlie them, when he said to his followers, " I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.