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a favourable opportunity , and a sufficient inducement for offering an acceptable service . The fault of Cain , therefore , was all his own ; but it does not thence follow that the faith of Abel had no higher source than his own native ...
a favourable opportunity , and a sufficient inducement for offering an acceptable service . The fault of Cain , therefore , was all his own ; but it does not thence follow that the faith of Abel had no higher source than his own native ...
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... that except they abide in Christ by faith , they cannot glorify God by bringing forth much fruit ; yea , that they “ can do nothing , ' nothing that deserves the name of Christian obedience , or acceptable service .
... that except they abide in Christ by faith , they cannot glorify God by bringing forth much fruit ; yea , that they “ can do nothing , ' nothing that deserves the name of Christian obedience , or acceptable service .
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... and acceptable in his estimation ? Go ye , and do likewise , instead of boasting of a false gift . “ For as the body without the spirit ( or breath ) is dead , so faith without works ( such obedience as God requires ) is dead also .
... and acceptable in his estimation ? Go ye , and do likewise , instead of boasting of a false gift . “ For as the body without the spirit ( or breath ) is dead , so faith without works ( such obedience as God requires ) is dead also .
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... he knows to be insincere ; nor ean any thing be more adverse to scripture and piety than the notion , that baptism was ever designed to sanctify hypocrites , and to render -those acceptable to God who were before detested by him ?
... he knows to be insincere ; nor ean any thing be more adverse to scripture and piety than the notion , that baptism was ever designed to sanctify hypocrites , and to render -those acceptable to God who were before detested by him ?
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If , on the contrary , however , we are placed in a good and acceptable condition by partaking of the Spirit of Christ , the continuance of this participation secures the continuance of that acceptable condition .
If , on the contrary , however , we are placed in a good and acceptable condition by partaking of the Spirit of Christ , the continuance of this participation secures the continuance of that acceptable condition .
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| Title | A Defence of Modern Calvinism: Containing an Examination of the Bishop of Lincoln's Work, Entitled a Refutation of Calvinism |
| Author | Edward Williams |
| Publisher | J. Black, 1812 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2015 |
| Length | 544 pages |
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