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If , then , that system of divinity , which we believe God has taught in his word , contains mysteries in it which are incomprehensible to us , this is but a mark of himself ; yet , when it is rightly understood , we can see nothing in ...
If , then , that system of divinity , which we believe God has taught in his word , contains mysteries in it which are incomprehensible to us , this is but a mark of himself ; yet , when it is rightly understood , we can see nothing in ...
Page 138
God says he hath made all things for bim . self ; “ yea , even the wicked for the day of evil . ... If these sinners had been willing to come and be reconciled unto God whenever they were invited , the mercy would not appear so great .
God says he hath made all things for bim . self ; “ yea , even the wicked for the day of evil . ... If these sinners had been willing to come and be reconciled unto God whenever they were invited , the mercy would not appear so great .
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Even provided we should be mistaken -would it not be manifest that our mistake arose from an excessive love , or estimation of the ... We repeat our old assertion , that it is not belief , but truth , must at last stand the test .
Even provided we should be mistaken -would it not be manifest that our mistake arose from an excessive love , or estimation of the ... We repeat our old assertion , that it is not belief , but truth , must at last stand the test .
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We commonly find , that those who are the subjects of those wonderful things which are seen at camp - meetings ... be manifest , would that be any proof that they were right , or that the power displayed was by the Spirit of God !
We commonly find , that those who are the subjects of those wonderful things which are seen at camp - meetings ... be manifest , would that be any proof that they were right , or that the power displayed was by the Spirit of God !
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Page 211 - His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Page 54 - 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 156 - So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness : and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Page 211 - 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 21 - GOD from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Page 120 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Page 259 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Page 211 - If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Page 244 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man : but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 78 - He answered and said unto them, 'Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
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| Title | The Absurdities of Methodism |
| Author | Samuel Pelton |
| Publisher | E. Bliss and E. White, 1822 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 268 pages |
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