American Unitarianism: Or, A Brief History of "The Progress and Present State of the Unitarian Churches in America." |
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... errour and sin ; to whom we owe no gratitude for benefits which we are now receiving ; and for whose future interposition we have no reason to hope . 2. The Review asserts , that these ministers and liberal reputations want support ...
... errour and sin ; to whom we owe no gratitude for benefits which we are now receiving ; and for whose future interposition we have no reason to hope . 2. The Review asserts , that these ministers and liberal reputations want support ...
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... errour , unless it be errour of a strictly practical nature . A striking proof of our sentiments and habits on this subject may be derived from the manner in which you and myself have treated Calvinism . We consider the errours which ...
... errour , unless it be errour of a strictly practical nature . A striking proof of our sentiments and habits on this subject may be derived from the manner in which you and myself have treated Calvinism . We consider the errours which ...
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... Errour of opinion is an evil too trifling to be named in comparison with this practical departure from the Gospel , with this proud , censorious , overbearing temper , which says to a large body of christians , " stand off , we are ...
... Errour of opinion is an evil too trifling to be named in comparison with this practical departure from the Gospel , with this proud , censorious , overbearing temper , which says to a large body of christians , " stand off , we are ...
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... errour . This is the infirmity of our frail nature ; and whilst we condemn it in others , let us not allow it in ourselves . Let us be what we profess to be , patient inquirers after truth , open to conviction , willing to listen to ...
... errour . This is the infirmity of our frail nature ; and whilst we condemn it in others , let us not allow it in ourselves . Let us be what we profess to be , patient inquirers after truth , open to conviction , willing to listen to ...
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... errour , I beseech him to discover it to my own mind , and to prevent its influence on the minds of others . It is an unspeakable consolation that we and our labours are in his hand , and that the cause of the gospel is his peculiar ...
... errour , I beseech him to discover it to my own mind , and to prevent its influence on the minds of others . It is an unspeakable consolation that we and our labours are in his hand , and that the cause of the gospel is his peculiar ...
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Page 44 - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page xiii - The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for. blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Page 23 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page xiii - THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance...
Page 7 - God, the first-born of every creature ; for by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him and for him ; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church ; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might have the pre-eminence.
Page 51 - For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them ; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
Page 32 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 43 - If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed : for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Page 21 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God immediately; which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that they come from God. So that he that takes away reason to make way for revelation, puts out the light of both...
Page 7 - Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption, through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins...