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And that this is their meaning , is plain from their constant avowal , that a spiritual change confers upon the soul no new physical power , but only a different inclination towards God and holiness . The influence it receives may be ...
And that this is their meaning , is plain from their constant avowal , that a spiritual change confers upon the soul no new physical power , but only a different inclination towards God and holiness . The influence it receives may be ...
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We regard divine truth as the instrumental cause , or moral mean , of good impressions ; but reason and free - will as physical powers , which are at liberty either to reject , or to receive and appropriate the truth proposed .
We regard divine truth as the instrumental cause , or moral mean , of good impressions ; but reason and free - will as physical powers , which are at liberty either to reject , or to receive and appropriate the truth proposed .
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It never disapproves of gospel truth fairly presented to it ; but , on the contrary , receives and lives upon it . It is possible , indeed , that a person possessed of a holy principle may be embarrassed , with respect to some very ...
It never disapproves of gospel truth fairly presented to it ; but , on the contrary , receives and lives upon it . It is possible , indeed , that a person possessed of a holy principle may be embarrassed , with respect to some very ...
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That those to whom the apostles preached expressed their faith in Christ , before they received the one , is no conclusive argument that they were not the subjects of the other operation prior to the expression of their faith .
That those to whom the apostles preached expressed their faith in Christ , before they received the one , is no conclusive argument that they were not the subjects of the other operation prior to the expression of their faith .
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1 his disciples was subdued , and he refused to believe ' no longer : for to imagine that he first believed , without receiving the spirit of faith , but that this was imparted to him as the consequence of believing , is at variance ...
1 his disciples was subdued , and he refused to believe ' no longer : for to imagine that he first believed , without receiving the spirit of faith , but that this was imparted to him as the consequence of believing , is at variance ...
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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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