Christian Essays: To which is Added an Essay on the Influence of a Moral Life on Our Judgment in Matters of Faith |
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... hand , is not your very consciousness of guilt the best hope of safety , the brightest omen of pardon ? Has it not bowed you down in contrition ? Has it not taught you the inestimable value of the Re- deemer's sacrifice and death ? You ...
... hand , is not your very consciousness of guilt the best hope of safety , the brightest omen of pardon ? Has it not bowed you down in contrition ? Has it not taught you the inestimable value of the Re- deemer's sacrifice and death ? You ...
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... danger , may leave the world with a false tranquillity , and enter the presence of our Creator " with a lie in our right hand . " All this , however , is our misfortune , and ought not to be our boast ; for if 26 TRUE AND FALSE.
... danger , may leave the world with a false tranquillity , and enter the presence of our Creator " with a lie in our right hand . " All this , however , is our misfortune , and ought not to be our boast ; for if 26 TRUE AND FALSE.
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... hand . ' With that he did lift up his hand and stretched it forth on high , which we thought he could scarce have moved ; which caused the beholders to cry out with joy that his understanding should still be perfect , and that the weak ...
... hand . ' With that he did lift up his hand and stretched it forth on high , which we thought he could scarce have moved ; which caused the beholders to cry out with joy that his understanding should still be perfect , and that the weak ...
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... hand which directs them to their destined end ! From the preceding remarks it will appear that the acknowledged necessity of the influences of the Holy Spirit as the illuminator of the understanding , is by no means a doctrine justly ...
... hand which directs them to their destined end ! From the preceding remarks it will appear that the acknowledged necessity of the influences of the Holy Spirit as the illuminator of the understanding , is by no means a doctrine justly ...
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... hand of the divine Enlightener , than a converted heathen , on whose mind Christianity , like the tropical sun , has burst with almost instantaneous effulgence . The silent removal of a doubt , the imperceptible sub- jugation of a ...
... hand of the divine Enlightener , than a converted heathen , on whose mind Christianity , like the tropical sun , has burst with almost instantaneous effulgence . The silent removal of a doubt , the imperceptible sub- jugation of a ...
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Page 95 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 38 - And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Page 51 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Page 202 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 218 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth.
Page 42 - Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Page 313 - Christian life; remembering always that baptism doth represent unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him; that as he died and rose again for us; so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness, continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.
Page 91 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings ; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 341 - 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 22 - To examine themselves, whether they repent them truly of their former sins, stedfastly purposing to lead a new life; have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of his death; and be in charity with all men.