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... John . For so Tertullian .gives us the word Logos ; and the Divine Reason is one in all ; that lamp of God which lights our candle , and en- lightens our darkness , and is the measure and test of our know- ledge . " - Quoted by Richard ...
... John . For so Tertullian .gives us the word Logos ; and the Divine Reason is one in all ; that lamp of God which lights our candle , and en- lightens our darkness , and is the measure and test of our know- ledge . " - Quoted by Richard ...
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... John i . 12 . + John iii . 3 . of the holiness of the saint , as distinguished from B 3 17.
... John i . 12 . + John iii . 3 . of the holiness of the saint , as distinguished from B 3 17.
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... ( John iii . 8. ) , the Holy Spirit operates upon the human mind , in im- parting to it the spiritual discernment of the truth , excellence , suitableness , and glory , of the testimony of the Gospel contained in the Scriptures ; -so oper ...
... ( John iii . 8. ) , the Holy Spirit operates upon the human mind , in im- parting to it the spiritual discernment of the truth , excellence , suitableness , and glory , of the testimony of the Gospel contained in the Scriptures ; -so oper ...
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... John Gurney ; but in the mean time , let us hear him who has , for so long a period , been appealed to as the Oracle of your Society . In the statement of Proposition II . entitled " Of immediate revelation , " after referring to the ...
... John Gurney ; but in the mean time , let us hear him who has , for so long a period , been appealed to as the Oracle of your Society . In the statement of Proposition II . entitled " Of immediate revelation , " after referring to the ...
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... John- " Ye need not that any man teach you ? " I must answer , after the manner of some old divines , in the first place , negatively ; and the negative answer , indeed , should , in such a case , be sufficient . Whatever it does mean ...
... John- " Ye need not that any man teach you ? " I must answer , after the manner of some old divines , in the first place , negatively ; and the negative answer , indeed , should , in such a case , be sufficient . Whatever it does mean ...
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Page 201 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 149 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon. they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 100 - Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Page 257 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 243 - But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see : and they that have not heard shall understand.
Page 60 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 302 - O send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Page 64 - THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us...
Page 160 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 148 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind.