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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... regeneration ? If there is now an old , and a new man within him , is there any thing in itself contradic- tory , that he should now tell what the nature or cha- racter of the old man is , though he should not , at the same breath , say ...
... regeneration ? If there is now an old , and a new man within him , is there any thing in itself contradic- tory , that he should now tell what the nature or cha- racter of the old man is , though he should not , at the same breath , say ...
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... regeneration we have any holiness of heart ? I have spoken of the sinner's having a knowl- edge of his depravity , and a conviction of sin , before his heart is changed . Mr. B. has made the words , knowl- edge and conviction ...
... regeneration we have any holiness of heart ? I have spoken of the sinner's having a knowl- edge of his depravity , and a conviction of sin , before his heart is changed . Mr. B. has made the words , knowl- edge and conviction ...
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... regeneration , I will not justify such a sentence , but will retract it as a dangerous error . Let us now see by what arguments the author of " The Errors of Hopkinsianism detected and refuted , " has sought to overturn this doctrine ...
... regeneration , I will not justify such a sentence , but will retract it as a dangerous error . Let us now see by what arguments the author of " The Errors of Hopkinsianism detected and refuted , " has sought to overturn this doctrine ...
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... regeneration , I drop the above distinction , " & c . p . 69 . But did Mr. B. " drop the above distinction ? " I think it likely that when he wrote the quoted sen- tence , he intended to do it ; but nothing is more evi- dent than that ...
... regeneration , I drop the above distinction , " & c . p . 69 . But did Mr. B. " drop the above distinction ? " I think it likely that when he wrote the quoted sen- tence , he intended to do it ; but nothing is more evi- dent than that ...
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... regenerating power of God is the very thing , which makes him become a penitent , and a believer.t Regeneration effects an alteration in the heart , and con- sequently in the character of the sinner ; while justifi- cation alters his ...
... regenerating power of God is the very thing , which makes him become a penitent , and a believer.t Regeneration effects an alteration in the heart , and con- sequently in the character of the sinner ; while justifi- cation alters his ...
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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.