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... apostle Paul ex- pressly assures us , that " the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men , " that God our Saviour would " have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth . " " Look unto me ...
... apostle Paul ex- pressly assures us , that " the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men , " that God our Saviour would " have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth . " " Look unto me ...
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... apostle Paul , from the uni- versality of the fall ; and it appears to have been provided by the mercy and equity of God , that in both the extent and manner of their operation there should still be a correspondence between the disease ...
... apostle Paul , from the uni- versality of the fall ; and it appears to have been provided by the mercy and equity of God , that in both the extent and manner of their operation there should still be a correspondence between the disease ...
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... apostle Peter ? — " Of a truth I perceive , " said he , " that God is no respecter of persons ; but in every nation he that feareth him , and worketh righteousness , is accepted with him . " When the apostle used these words , the truth ...
... apostle Peter ? — " Of a truth I perceive , " said he , " that God is no respecter of persons ; but in every nation he that feareth him , and worketh righteousness , is accepted with him . " When the apostle used these words , the truth ...
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... apostle's argument plainly shews ; but the moral law of God , which was revealed to the Jews , and was with still ... apostle's obvious supposition ) were thereby ac- tually enabled to become doers of the law ; and , lastly , that these ...
... apostle's argument plainly shews ; but the moral law of God , which was revealed to the Jews , and was with still ... apostle's obvious supposition ) were thereby ac- tually enabled to become doers of the law ; and , lastly , that these ...
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... apostle ; and I would submit that they are , in fact , totally distinct . The law written on the heart is a divine illumination ; the conscience is a natural faculty , by which a man judges of his own conduct . It is through the ...
... apostle ; and I would submit that they are , in fact , totally distinct . The law written on the heart is a divine illumination ; the conscience is a natural faculty , by which a man judges of his own conduct . It is through the ...
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Page 29 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Page 3 - For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens ; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.
Page 116 - For I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread : and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat : this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me.
Page 201 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made, And all those things have been, saith the Lord: But to this man will I look, Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, And trembleth at my word.
Page 15 - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous...
Page 54 - Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 90 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 52 - For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Page 69 - Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances...
Page 226 - Answerest thou nothing? what is it which, these witness against thee ? 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ the Son of God.