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... mean to pay what you have vowed unto the Lord . So says the wise man , " When thou vow- est a vow unto God , defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : Pay that which thou hast vow- ed . Better is it that thou shouldest ...
... mean to pay what you have vowed unto the Lord . So says the wise man , " When thou vow- est a vow unto God , defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : Pay that which thou hast vow- ed . Better is it that thou shouldest ...
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... means whereby we receive the same , and a pledge to assure us thereof . " Sacraments , then , according to these several de- finitions , are signs and seals of God's grace , ordain- ed by Christ ; in the reception of which the Christian ...
... means whereby we receive the same , and a pledge to assure us thereof . " Sacraments , then , according to these several de- finitions , are signs and seals of God's grace , ordain- ed by Christ ; in the reception of which the Christian ...
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... means whereof God worketh in us by the power of the Holy Ghost . " Such , then , is the nature of sacraments . They are sensible confirmations of divine goodness , and visible pledges of offered blessings . The reception of the pledges ...
... means whereof God worketh in us by the power of the Holy Ghost . " Such , then , is the nature of sacraments . They are sensible confirmations of divine goodness , and visible pledges of offered blessings . The reception of the pledges ...
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... mean precisely the same thing , -viz . the renewal of our nature by the operation of divine grace . " Paul then declares , a believer's sanctifi- cation , in virtue of union with Christ , to be repre- sented by both circumcision and ...
... mean precisely the same thing , -viz . the renewal of our nature by the operation of divine grace . " Paul then declares , a believer's sanctifi- cation , in virtue of union with Christ , to be repre- sented by both circumcision and ...
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... mean not that this conveys the right of admission ; for it pre- supposes the right and the qualification or relation , in which the right by divine institution is founded : but that it declares the right , and thus introduces to visible ...
... mean not that this conveys the right of admission ; for it pre- supposes the right and the qualification or relation , in which the right by divine institution is founded : but that it declares the right , and thus introduces to visible ...
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Page 207 - After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Page 165 - Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a. trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Page 34 - And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you...
Page 185 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 236 - Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, 'Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Page 243 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 175 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 361 - The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 45 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Page 353 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.