Essay on the connexion between the doctrine of justification by the imputed righteousness of Christ, and holiness of life. The absolute necessity of salvation through Christ. The trial of religious truth by its moral influence. The charge of sedition and faction against good men, especially faithful ministers, considered and accounted for. Prayer for national prosperity and for the revival of religion inseparably connectedPrited by J. Hughs, for J. Dodsley, 1765 - Grace (Theology) |
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... Such notions arife from " narrowness of mind , and uncharitable fen- " timents . ' I answer , that it is surprising to think bow cafily the fashionable or cant phrafes of the age , will pass among superficial thinkers and readers ...
... Such notions arife from " narrowness of mind , and uncharitable fen- " timents . ' I answer , that it is surprising to think bow cafily the fashionable or cant phrafes of the age , will pass among superficial thinkers and readers ...
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... such a manner , as to destroy the doctrine itself , and give fuch interpretations of the word of God , as , if they were juft , and known to be fo , the objection would never have been made , because there would not have been fo much as ...
... such a manner , as to destroy the doctrine itself , and give fuch interpretations of the word of God , as , if they were juft , and known to be fo , the objection would never have been made , because there would not have been fo much as ...
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... those who have a strong conviction of the juftice of the demand of the law , both efteem and use the plea of their Saviour's merit . Such also have a ftrong fenfe . 1 fense of the extent and purity of the law of 18 ESSAY ON.
... those who have a strong conviction of the juftice of the demand of the law , both efteem and use the plea of their Saviour's merit . Such also have a ftrong fenfe . 1 fense of the extent and purity of the law of 18 ESSAY ON.
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... such a person make him dif loyal ? Is this its natural , nay , is it its poffible ef- fect ? If it could be fuppofed to have any fuch confequence at all , it could only be in this dif- tant way , that pardon feems to leffen the sense of ...
... such a person make him dif loyal ? Is this its natural , nay , is it its poffible ef- fect ? If it could be fuppofed to have any fuch confequence at all , it could only be in this dif- tant way , that pardon feems to leffen the sense of ...
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... Such cannot relish these fentiments ; and there- fore it may feem improper , in reasoning against enemies to bring them at all in view . But let it be remembred , that however little many believe fuch things , they may yet perceive , if ...
... Such cannot relish these fentiments ; and there- fore it may feem improper , in reasoning against enemies to bring them at all in view . But let it be remembred , that however little many believe fuch things , they may yet perceive , if ...
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Page 105 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Page 244 - Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old.
Page 243 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 118 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Page 62 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 263 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 231 - When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 279 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 91 - What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; as it is written, " There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 73 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.