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... holy religion , we may clearly see , is past ; the morning is opening upon us ; and we cannot doubt but that the light will increase , and extend itself more and more , unto the perfect day . Happy are they who con- tribute to diffuse ...
... holy religion , we may clearly see , is past ; the morning is opening upon us ; and we cannot doubt but that the light will increase , and extend itself more and more , unto the perfect day . Happy are they who con- tribute to diffuse ...
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... Holy Spirit , and to the latest period of their ministry , they continued to speak of him in the same style ; even when it is evident they must have intended to speak of him in a manner suit- ed to his state of greatest exaltation and ...
... Holy Spirit , and to the latest period of their ministry , they continued to speak of him in the same style ; even when it is evident they must have intended to speak of him in a manner suit- ed to his state of greatest exaltation and ...
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... Holy Spirit to be equally God , in the same exalted sense , all three equal in power and glory , and yet all three constituting no more than one God . An To a person the least interested in the inquiry , it must appear an object of ...
... Holy Spirit to be equally God , in the same exalted sense , all three equal in power and glory , and yet all three constituting no more than one God . An To a person the least interested in the inquiry , it must appear an object of ...
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... holy prophets and by " himself . " 66 66 This language has all the appearance of an apology for an opinion contrary to the general and prevailing one , as that of the humanity of Christ ( at least with the belief of the miraculous ...
... holy prophets and by " himself . " 66 66 This language has all the appearance of an apology for an opinion contrary to the general and prevailing one , as that of the humanity of Christ ( at least with the belief of the miraculous ...
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... Holy Spirit , or the Christ , de- scended upon him ; that Jesus died and rose again , but that the Christ was impassible . On the other hand , Mar- cion held that Christ was not born at all , but that the son of God took the exterior ...
... Holy Spirit , or the Christ , de- scended upon him ; that Jesus died and rose again , but that the Christ was impassible . On the other hand , Mar- cion held that Christ was not born at all , but that the son of God took the exterior ...
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Page 20 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God : and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come ; and even now already is it in the world.
Page 301 - For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man: God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man, of the substance of his mother, born in the world...
Page 301 - At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies : and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and they that have done evil into everlasting fire. This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 110 - If I were hungry I would not tell thee : for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats ? Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most high.
Page 107 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Page 60 - To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 92 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 104 - ... though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Page 101 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 116 - And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.