A Vindication of Some of the Most Essential Doctrines of the Reformation: Being a Reply to Objections Raised Against These Doctrines in a Late Publication, Entitled: "The Errors of Hopkinsianism Detected and Refuted; in Six Letters, by Nathan Bangs ..." Addressed to the Author of the Present WorkAshbel Stoddard, 1817 - 264 pages |
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... purpose , if I made a reply , to publish in connexion with it a concise Harmo- ny of divine truth ; a contemplated work , which had lain with weight on my mind for several years . I finally entered upon , and went through the outlines ...
... purpose , if I made a reply , to publish in connexion with it a concise Harmo- ny of divine truth ; a contemplated work , which had lain with weight on my mind for several years . I finally entered upon , and went through the outlines ...
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... purpose I have now taken up my pen , " Do let contention alone : There are other things of more importance to engage the attention of the ministers of Christ at such a day as this . " I view this to be truly an extraordinary day , a day ...
... purpose I have now taken up my pen , " Do let contention alone : There are other things of more importance to engage the attention of the ministers of Christ at such a day as this . " I view this to be truly an extraordinary day , a day ...
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... purpose to blacken the character of God by the most vile misrepresentations , he could not have done it more effectually than you have done , I hope undesignedly , in your sermons , especially the first and third . " page 30 ,. From.
... purpose to blacken the character of God by the most vile misrepresentations , he could not have done it more effectually than you have done , I hope undesignedly , in your sermons , especially the first and third . " page 30 ,. From.
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... purpose of him , who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will . " After the apostle had spoken of their predesti- nation to such a blessed inheritance , as being according to the purpose of God , it was natural to protract ...
... purpose of him , who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will . " After the apostle had spoken of their predesti- nation to such a blessed inheritance , as being according to the purpose of God , it was natural to protract ...
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... purpose in every thing . The reason why the author of the Letters would wish this deter- mination to apply to Judas , rather than to God , is this ; that if it be referred to God , it will in his view impeach His character by ...
... purpose in every thing . The reason why the author of the Letters would wish this deter- mination to apply to Judas , rather than to God , is this ; that if it be referred to God , it will in his view impeach His character by ...
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Page 89 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Page 83 - What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto 'this day.
Page 182 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Page 79 - Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began...
Page 153 - Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Page 26 - And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
Page 54 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 156 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 142 - Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven.
Page 163 - Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath : that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us...