The Treatise on Religious AffectionsAmer. Tract Soc., 1824 - 276 pages |
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... grace is in exercise , may be said to burn within them , like those of the disciples mentioned in Luke xxiv . 32 . Religion is frequently compared to those exer- cises in which the mind and strength are usually very much engaged and ...
... grace is in exercise , may be said to burn within them , like those of the disciples mentioned in Luke xxiv . 32 . Religion is frequently compared to those exer- cises in which the mind and strength are usually very much engaged and ...
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... grace : " The fruit of the Spirit is love , joy , " & c . Gal . v . 22 The Psalmist mentions this holy joy , as an evidence of his sincer- ity : " I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimo- nies , as much as in all riches . " Psa . cxxx ...
... grace : " The fruit of the Spirit is love , joy , " & c . Gal . v . 22 The Psalmist mentions this holy joy , as an evidence of his sincer- ity : " I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimo- nies , as much as in all riches . " Psa . cxxx ...
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... grace and holiness must , in a great measure , consist in our being easily susceptible of such impressions . Di- vines are generally agreed , that sin radically and fundamentally consists in what is negative or priva- tive , in a ...
... grace and holiness must , in a great measure , consist in our being easily susceptible of such impressions . Di- vines are generally agreed , that sin radically and fundamentally consists in what is negative or priva- tive , in a ...
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... grace . There may , indeed , be such means adopted , as have a powerful tendency to stir up the passions of weak and ignorant persons , which in reality are not adapted to benefit their souls ; for though they may have a tendency to ...
... grace . There may , indeed , be such means adopted , as have a powerful tendency to stir up the passions of weak and ignorant persons , which in reality are not adapted to benefit their souls ; for though they may have a tendency to ...
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... saving influences of the Spirit of God , while a diligent attention to the appointed means of grace is neglected , is unreasonable , presumptu- ous , and enthusiastical It is also undoubtedly true , 56 Part II . WHAT ARE NO SIGNS.
... saving influences of the Spirit of God , while a diligent attention to the appointed means of grace is neglected , is unreasonable , presumptu- ous , and enthusiastical It is also undoubtedly true , 56 Part II . WHAT ARE NO SIGNS.
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Page 277 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 185 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost ; in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 285 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 234 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 181 - And we have seen and do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Page 48 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: ' when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 100 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 222 - So the apostle exhorts the same persons " to put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; and be renewed in the spirit of their minds ; and to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness,
Page 262 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 270 - My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue ; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.