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which the nature of the subject legitimately requires . This is what the writer of the following strictures very sincerely desires to do , in the most respectful manner ; and if , in any instance he should fail in the attempt , he hopes ...
which the nature of the subject legitimately requires . This is what the writer of the following strictures very sincerely desires to do , in the most respectful manner ; and if , in any instance he should fail in the attempt , he hopes ...
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Nor man who is unchanged by gracious influence , has even the nature of true wisdom , much less its perfection . He is essentially defective as to the end he aims at , and consequently the means he adopts cannot have the nature of ...
Nor man who is unchanged by gracious influence , has even the nature of true wisdom , much less its perfection . He is essentially defective as to the end he aims at , and consequently the means he adopts cannot have the nature of ...
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and some kind of love to him , is readily granted ; but the question is , whether that love has not in it “ the nature of sin , ” while the object of it is made subservient to selfish ends -- such ends as are opposed to the standard of ...
and some kind of love to him , is readily granted ; but the question is , whether that love has not in it “ the nature of sin , ” while the object of it is made subservient to selfish ends -- such ends as are opposed to the standard of ...
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... in terms : for what is mercy , what can it be , but a favour beyond the claims of justice ? § 19. When the article declares that man of his own nature “ inclineth to evil , ” it expresses that very impotence which Calvinists ...
... in terms : for what is mercy , what can it be , but a favour beyond the claims of justice ? § 19. When the article declares that man of his own nature “ inclineth to evil , ” it expresses that very impotence which Calvinists ...
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And if Saint Paul testified that he was not “ of himself ” sufficient to think a good thought , with what propriety can it be asserted that an unconverted man , who “ of his own nature inclineth to evil , ” is “ of himself capable ” of ...
And if Saint Paul testified that he was not “ of himself ” sufficient to think a good thought , with what propriety can it be asserted that an unconverted man , who “ of his own nature inclineth to evil , ” is “ of himself capable ” of ...
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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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