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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... moral inability to comply with divine requirements . Concluding Remarks . A Sermon on the goodness of God , manifested in governing the hearts of his enemies . 229 237 242 INTRODUCTION . PERHAPS some of my christian brethren would say.
... moral inability to comply with divine requirements . Concluding Remarks . A Sermon on the goodness of God , manifested in governing the hearts of his enemies . 229 237 242 INTRODUCTION . PERHAPS some of my christian brethren would say.
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... moral government , neither rewardable nor punishable , upon the principles of jus- tice and goodness . " It is here supposed , that the Calvin- istic system destroys free agency . p . 6. And in p . 16 , it is asserted : " But according ...
... moral government , neither rewardable nor punishable , upon the principles of jus- tice and goodness . " It is here supposed , that the Calvin- istic system destroys free agency . p . 6. And in p . 16 , it is asserted : " But according ...
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... moral agent ; and you hold that God has determined all his actions before he does them . It is acknowledged , that we hold to these doc- trines , and it is believed that we may continue to hold to them , and yet not renounce the ...
... moral agent ; and you hold that God has determined all his actions before he does them . It is acknowledged , that we hold to these doc- trines , and it is believed that we may continue to hold to them , and yet not renounce the ...
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... moral agents ; i . e . that our will is dependent on his agency . The scripture asserts this dependence , and reason can discover no other consist- ent way . Paul tells the Philippians , that it was God who worked in them both to will ...
... moral agents ; i . e . that our will is dependent on his agency . The scripture asserts this dependence , and reason can discover no other consist- ent way . Paul tells the Philippians , that it was God who worked in them both to will ...
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... moral quality , any more than the motion of the pen in his hand , or of the ship before the wind ; yet there is a place in his book , where he speaks of the grace of God as influencing the will . The place to which I refer is p .. 83 ...
... moral quality , any more than the motion of the pen in his hand , or of the ship before the wind ; yet there is a place in his book , where he speaks of the grace of God as influencing the will . The place to which I refer is p .. 83 ...
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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 149 - 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 81 - 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 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 151 - 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 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 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 68 - Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
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 74 - 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 : 14 Whereunto He called you by our Gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.