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Page 38
... believe them ; especially if the affair be dark and intricate ; and if they are certain that the vir- tuous person could not propose to himself any profit or pleasure by the unbecoming action laid to his charge . To set this matter in a ...
... believe them ; especially if the affair be dark and intricate ; and if they are certain that the vir- tuous person could not propose to himself any profit or pleasure by the unbecoming action laid to his charge . To set this matter in a ...
Page 60
... believe , a difference , betwixt what God decreed to do him- self , and what he decreed to permit in others ; and though reasons of both may be unknown , yet we are obliged in reason to believe they are not unjust ; not only the reasons ...
... believe , a difference , betwixt what God decreed to do him- self , and what he decreed to permit in others ; and though reasons of both may be unknown , yet we are obliged in reason to believe they are not unjust ; not only the reasons ...
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... believe it , yet these considerations are useful , because , as was shown be- fore , many who profess to believe the Scriptures in general , are troubled with hurtful suggestions against this doctrine in particular ; and it is good for ...
... believe it , yet these considerations are useful , because , as was shown be- fore , many who profess to believe the Scriptures in general , are troubled with hurtful suggestions against this doctrine in particular ; and it is good for ...
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... believe , Christ crucified , is the wisdom of God and the power of God , 1 Cor . i . 24. The Jews thought Christ's crucifixion a demonstration of his want of power ; hence they upbraided him , that he who wrought so many mira- cles ...
... believe , Christ crucified , is the wisdom of God and the power of God , 1 Cor . i . 24. The Jews thought Christ's crucifixion a demonstration of his want of power ; hence they upbraided him , that he who wrought so many mira- cles ...
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... believe this doctrine more than any thing else . No wonder it should be so . No wonder that one who has transgressed the law , and is under the power of corruption , should have an aversion to believe the ne- cessity of the execution of ...
... believe this doctrine more than any thing else . No wonder it should be so . No wonder that one who has transgressed the law , and is under the power of corruption , should have an aversion to believe the ne- cessity of the execution of ...
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Page 62 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of CHRIST : for it is the power of GOD unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of GOD revealed from faith to faith : as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Page 109 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
Page 122 - ... filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding ; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness...
Page 236 - For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Page 111 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 122 - The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 107 - Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
Page 187 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Page 153 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 240 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost; in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them