A course of lectures on subjects connected with the corruption, revival, and future influence of genuine Christianity. Second edition |
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... misery . In the eleventh and twelfth centuries , it seemed as if all Europe were propelled on Asia . Chris- tendom was roused to a holy war . The cross decked the ensign and the weapon of slaughter . The minds of millions were maddened ...
... misery . In the eleventh and twelfth centuries , it seemed as if all Europe were propelled on Asia . Chris- tendom was roused to a holy war . The cross decked the ensign and the weapon of slaughter . The minds of millions were maddened ...
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... misery ? The Saviour was incapable of this barbarous and insulting irony . It is as unlikely that such a system should be the gospel , as that he should sport with the miseries of man , Not only is the gospel characterized , but the ...
... misery ? The Saviour was incapable of this barbarous and insulting irony . It is as unlikely that such a system should be the gospel , as that he should sport with the miseries of man , Not only is the gospel characterized , but the ...
Page 137
... misery ; as making us individually responsible , and as both condemning and saving by moral substitution ; as forgiving freely on repentance , and as dispensing mercy only after a satisfaction to his justice ; as punish- ing to correct ...
... misery ; as making us individually responsible , and as both condemning and saving by moral substitution ; as forgiving freely on repentance , and as dispensing mercy only after a satisfaction to his justice ; as punish- ing to correct ...
Page 138
... misery , of everlasting misery ! And suppose this much- desired conviction gained ; his eternal salvation is now secure ; he may , to use a favourite expres- sion , " fall foully , but not finally . " How immense the distance between ...
... misery , of everlasting misery ! And suppose this much- desired conviction gained ; his eternal salvation is now secure ; he may , to use a favourite expres- sion , " fall foully , but not finally . " How immense the distance between ...
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... misery of others , as are expressed in the following extract from the writings of one of the ablest defenders of Calvinism : " The saints in heaven will behold the tor- ments of the damned . The smoke of their torments ascendeth up for ...
... misery of others , as are expressed in the following extract from the writings of one of the ablest defenders of Calvinism : " The saints in heaven will behold the tor- ments of the damned . The smoke of their torments ascendeth up for ...
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Popular passages
Page 183 - Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains and exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it." (Micah iv.): 1 . " But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains...
Page 85 - Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God ; and there is none other but He : and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 34 - THEY also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Page 89 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 93 - I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Page 5 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron...
Page 5 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work ; only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his. coming...
Page 37 - The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death : insomuch, that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
Page 13 - And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Page 104 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.