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... excitement from God , and independently of excitement from men , are things so entirely different in themselves , that whilst the latter may be possible , still the former must be wholly impossible , because in both cases , and in all ...
... excitement from God , and independently of excitement from men , are things so entirely different in themselves , that whilst the latter may be possible , still the former must be wholly impossible , because in both cases , and in all ...
Page 158
... per- ceive the nice distinction between power to act , as im parted by the forementioned agency , and excitement to act by another kind of agency , wholly distinct from the foregoing ; so they are likely to be ensnared 158 DIVINE AGENCY .
... per- ceive the nice distinction between power to act , as im parted by the forementioned agency , and excitement to act by another kind of agency , wholly distinct from the foregoing ; so they are likely to be ensnared 158 DIVINE AGENCY .
Page 160
... excitement by the divine spirit operating directly on the heart and producing all its exercises of every description ; and for this reason , because he lays it down as a maxim , that , " mind can- not act any more than matter can move ...
... excitement by the divine spirit operating directly on the heart and producing all its exercises of every description ; and for this reason , because he lays it down as a maxim , that , " mind can- not act any more than matter can move ...
Page 171
... Excitement of this description , as taught by divine inspiration , is essentially different from that of Hopkin ... excitement to sin from invisible agency , is from satan and his emissaries alone . But Hopkinsianism , whilst it ascribes ...
... Excitement of this description , as taught by divine inspiration , is essentially different from that of Hopkin ... excitement to sin from invisible agency , is from satan and his emissaries alone . But Hopkinsianism , whilst it ascribes ...
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... excitement , I shall keep this point principally in view . And in order to do it the more explicitly , I shall concede irresistible excitement in the following cases . First , to evil , as exemplified in the case of wicked men , who ...
... excitement , I shall keep this point principally in view . And in order to do it the more explicitly , I shall concede irresistible excitement in the following cases . First , to evil , as exemplified in the case of wicked men , who ...
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Page 59 - Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Page 312 - Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play (also read Exodus 32:6).
Page 68 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 286 - How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit...
Page 261 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 150 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Page 182 - Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Page 281 - And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift : for the judgment was by one to condemnation ; but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Page 292 - ... tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile ; but glory, honour, and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: for there is no respect of persons with God.
Page 310 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.