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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... agency of creatures . In the preface of his book , Mr. B. says , 66 any system which eclipses the glory of the divine attributes , and exculpates man from blame in his wicked conduct , .must be unfriendly to the interests of religion ...
... agency of creatures . In the preface of his book , Mr. B. says , 66 any system which eclipses the glory of the divine attributes , and exculpates man from blame in his wicked conduct , .must be unfriendly to the interests of religion ...
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... agency . Our opposition to the free agency of man , is not then taken from our concessions , but is , by our opponents , supposed to be inferrable from the other doctrines which we hold . But what are the doctrines that we hold , which ...
... agency . Our opposition to the free agency of man , is not then taken from our concessions , but is , by our opponents , supposed to be inferrable from the other doctrines which we hold . But what are the doctrines that we hold , which ...
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... agency , as we could desire ? Let us now see what proof there is of our entire de- pendence on God ; I mean dependence on him when considered as free moral agents ; i . e . that our will is dependent on his agency . The scripture ...
... agency , as we could desire ? Let us now see what proof there is of our entire de- pendence on God ; I mean dependence on him when considered as free moral agents ; i . e . that our will is dependent on his agency . The scripture ...
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... agency of man , by representing him as altogether de pendent on God for his exercises of heart , while he acknow- ledges some of this dependence , and yet believes in man's en- tire freedom . If divine influence upon the will of man had ...
... agency of man , by representing him as altogether de pendent on God for his exercises of heart , while he acknow- ledges some of this dependence , and yet believes in man's en- tire freedom . If divine influence upon the will of man had ...
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... Agency in executing the Decrees , appear to be glaring- ly absurd , by introducing a criminal who stands trembling be- fore the bar of a stern judge , expecting to be condemned for committing a murder , which the judge himself had ...
... Agency in executing the Decrees , appear to be glaring- ly absurd , by introducing a criminal who stands trembling be- fore the bar of a stern judge , expecting to be condemned for committing a murder , which the judge himself had ...
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Page 87 - 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 79 - Hath not the potter power over the clay; of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Page 147 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles...
Page 180 - 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 149 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and he was numbered with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 52 - 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 66 - Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Page 69 - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 72 - But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 151 - 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.