A Treatise on Atonement: In which the Finite Nature of Sin is Argued, Its Cause and Consequences as Such; the Necessity and Nature of Atonement; And, Its Glorious Consequences, in the Final Reconciliation of All Men to Holiness and HappinessS. Wright, 1805 - 216 pages |
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... evil , and infinite in its confequences , as an evil , not only all created beings must suffer endlessly by it , but God himself can never cease to experience the torment - giving power of that which he is unable to avoid ! I fay ...
... evil , and infinite in its confequences , as an evil , not only all created beings must suffer endlessly by it , but God himself can never cease to experience the torment - giving power of that which he is unable to avoid ! I fay ...
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... evil is obtained by compari- fon . We call an action evil by comparing it with one which we call good . Were it in our power to embrace all the con- fequences that are connected with our actions in our inten tions , our meanings would ...
... evil is obtained by compari- fon . We call an action evil by comparing it with one which we call good . Were it in our power to embrace all the con- fequences that are connected with our actions in our inten tions , our meanings would ...
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... evil , but God meant it unto good . " It will be granted , on all fides , that no action unconnected with defign ought to be confidered fin ; it is then an evil intention that conftitutes an evil action . For inftance , a man exerting ...
... evil , but God meant it unto good . " It will be granted , on all fides , that no action unconnected with defign ought to be confidered fin ; it is then an evil intention that conftitutes an evil action . For inftance , a man exerting ...
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... evil , by the confequences which follow , but only by the difpofition , or intention , which the actor poffeffes when the act is done . Then , in order for the fin to be infinite , the intention of the tranfgreffor must be infinite ...
... evil , by the confequences which follow , but only by the difpofition , or intention , which the actor poffeffes when the act is done . Then , in order for the fin to be infinite , the intention of the tranfgreffor must be infinite ...
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... evil exists in moral beings , and when the effects of that knowledge will ceafe , I cannot imagine . If it is objected , that , to call that a fin which produces an infinite continuance of good effects , it must be abfurd ; I fay , in ...
... evil exists in moral beings , and when the effects of that knowledge will ceafe , I cannot imagine . If it is objected , that , to call that a fin which produces an infinite continuance of good effects , it must be abfurd ; I fay , in ...
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Adam againſt alfo Almighty anfwer apoftle argued aſk atonement becauſe believe bleffed cafe caft carnal mind caufe cauſe Chrift chriftian cometh confequences contend creatures death defign defire difpute divine doctrine earth endleſs endless mifery eternal evil exift exiſtence faid faith falvation fame Father fatisfaction fatisfied faved fcriptures fenfe ferve fhall fhould fhow finite finner finners fire firft firſt fome foul fpeak fpirit fpoken ftands ftate fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport fyftem glory God's gofpel hath heaven heavenly himſelf holiness and happineſs infinite Jefus juft juftice lefs Lord mankind moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity nefs never obferve object oppofe opponent paffage paffions parable perfon poffeffed poffible prove puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reader reafon reconcile reft reprefented righteoufnefs ſhall ſtate thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thoufand tion torments tranfgreffion truth underſtanding univerfal unto veffel verfe wicked wifdom worship
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Page 135 - If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or -in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
Page 112 - For he hath put all things under his feet! "But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him.
Page 142 - For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven ; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble ; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 56 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 27 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the most High.
Page 193 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 185 - Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Page 198 - Wherefore God alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name; that at the name of Jefus every knee fhould bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue fhould confefs that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the glory of ,God the Father.
Page 109 - Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Page 81 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.