The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher, Late Vicar of Madeley, Volume 2John Mason, 1859 |
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... Merit , and the Reward- ableness of Good Works 448 IV . On Men's Sins displeasing God , but not their Persons .... 454 V. Finished Salvation - Dr . Crisp , and the Rev. W. Sellon 478 CONCLUSION : The present State of the Controversy ...
... Merit , and the Reward- ableness of Good Works 448 IV . On Men's Sins displeasing God , but not their Persons .... 454 V. Finished Salvation - Dr . Crisp , and the Rev. W. Sellon 478 CONCLUSION : The present State of the Controversy ...
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... merit before God , in the longest and most exact course of obedience , but infinite demerit in one , even the least , act of wilful disobedience . When we have done all that is commanded us , we are still unpro- fitable servants ; for ...
... merit before God , in the longest and most exact course of obedience , but infinite demerit in one , even the least , act of wilful disobedience . When we have done all that is commanded us , we are still unpro- fitable servants ; for ...
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... merit from its infinite object ; and rebellious , ungrateful , wretched man , who commits it a thousand times with a thousand aggravations , may , in the nervous language of our church , be said , in some sense , to " deserve a thousand ...
... merit from its infinite object ; and rebellious , ungrateful , wretched man , who commits it a thousand times with a thousand aggravations , may , in the nervous language of our church , be said , in some sense , to " deserve a thousand ...
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... merit ! Incredible as the asser- tion is , a thousand witnesses are ready to confirm it . Come forth , ye natural sons of virtue , who with scornful boasts attack the doctrine of man's depravity . To drown the whispers of reason and ...
... merit ! Incredible as the asser- tion is , a thousand witnesses are ready to confirm it . Come forth , ye natural sons of virtue , who with scornful boasts attack the doctrine of man's depravity . To drown the whispers of reason and ...
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... merit - mongers , they make a stock of their works of supererogation , set up shop with the righteousness they can spare to others , and expose to sale indulgences and pardons out of their pretended treasury . Nor are there wanting sons ...
... merit - mongers , they make a stock of their works of supererogation , set up shop with the righteousness they can spare to others , and expose to sale indulgences and pardons out of their pretended treasury . Nor are there wanting sons ...
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