The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher, Late Vicar of Madeley, Volume 6John Mason, 1859 |
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... commandment . The apostle shows this by observing , Rom . vii . 7 , & c . , how the law makes a sinner - or , if you please , made him - pass from the unawakened to the awakened state : " I had not known sin , " says he , " but by the ...
... commandment . The apostle shows this by observing , Rom . vii . 7 , & c . , how the law makes a sinner - or , if you please , made him - pass from the unawakened to the awakened state : " I had not known sin , " says he , " but by the ...
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... commandments , " & c . " The love of God will open the contracted heart , enlarge the selfish , warm the cold , and bring liberality out of the covetous . When the Holy Spirit teaches brotherly love , he overcomes all oppo- sition to it ...
... commandments , " & c . " The love of God will open the contracted heart , enlarge the selfish , warm the cold , and bring liberality out of the covetous . When the Holy Spirit teaches brotherly love , he overcomes all oppo- sition to it ...
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John Fletcher. God's commandments . Happy are the people that are in such a case . " Now such a case is what we call " the state of Christian perfection , " to the obtaining of which , Mr. Romaine excites his own soul by the following ...
John Fletcher. God's commandments . Happy are the people that are in such a case . " Now such a case is what we call " the state of Christian perfection , " to the obtaining of which , Mr. Romaine excites his own soul by the following ...
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... commandments , and in walking as Christ walked ; nay , he asserts that Christ's blood , through the faith which is our victory , purifies " from all sin , and cleanses from all unrighteousness . " To make him , there- fore , plead for ...
... commandments , and in walking as Christ walked ; nay , he asserts that Christ's blood , through the faith which is our victory , purifies " from all sin , and cleanses from all unrighteousness . " To make him , there- fore , plead for ...
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... commandments " and " doing what pleases him " is sinning : therefore , when St. John professed to " keep God's commandments , " and " to do what is pleasing in his sight , " he professed what our opponents call " sinless perfection ...
... commandments " and " doing what pleases him " is sinning : therefore , when St. John professed to " keep God's commandments , " and " to do what is pleasing in his sight , " he professed what our opponents call " sinless perfection ...
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