A Confession of Faith, Owned and Consented To, by the Elders and Messengers of the Churches in the Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, Assembled by Delegation at Saybrook, September 9th, 1708Lockwood & Backus, 1810 - 144 pages |
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... covenant of works and life thereupon , a with our first parents , and all their posterity in them they being seduced by the subtilty and temptation of Satan , did wilfully transgress the law of their crea- tion , and break the covenant ...
... covenant of works and life thereupon , a with our first parents , and all their posterity in them they being seduced by the subtilty and temptation of Satan , did wilfully transgress the law of their crea- tion , and break the covenant ...
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... covenant a a Isa . xl . 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17. Job ix . 32 , 33 . Ps . cxiii . 56 , and c . 2 , 3. Job xxii . 2 , 3 , and XXXV . 7 , 8. Luke xvii . 10 , Acts xvii . 24 , 25 .. II . The first covenant made with man , was a covenant of ...
... covenant a a Isa . xl . 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17. Job ix . 32 , 33 . Ps . cxiii . 56 , and c . 2 , 3. Job xxii . 2 , 3 , and XXXV . 7 , 8. Luke xvii . 10 , Acts xvii . 24 , 25 .. II . The first covenant made with man , was a covenant of ...
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... covenant , the Lord was pleased to make a second , e commonly called the covenant of grace ; wherein he freely of fereth : unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ , requiring of them Faith in him that they may be saved , f and ...
... covenant , the Lord was pleased to make a second , e commonly called the covenant of grace ; wherein he freely of fereth : unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ , requiring of them Faith in him that they may be saved , f and ...
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... covenant made between them both , to be the Mediator between God and man ,; a the prophet . b priest , c and king , d the head and saviour of his church , the heir of all things , fand judge of the world : g unto whom he did from all ...
... covenant made between them both , to be the Mediator between God and man ,; a the prophet . b priest , c and king , d the head and saviour of his church , the heir of all things , fand judge of the world : g unto whom he did from all ...
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... covenant of grace . i e John iv , 42. I Thess . ii , 13. I John v , 10 . Acts xxiv , 14. Rom . xvi , 26. g Isa . Ixvi . 2 . h Heb . xi , 13. I Tim . iv , 8. i John i , 12. Acts xvi , 31. Gal . ii , 20. Acts xv , 11 . III . This faith ...
... covenant of grace . i e John iv , 42. I Thess . ii , 13. I John v , 10 . Acts xxiv , 14. Rom . xvi , 26. g Isa . Ixvi . 2 . h Heb . xi , 13. I Tim . iv , 8. i John i , 12. Acts xvi , 31. Gal . ii , 20. Acts xv , 11 . III . This faith ...
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Page 12 - The supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture.
Page 50 - God commands, and of good use both to themselves and others: yet, because they proceed not from a heart purified by faith; nor are done in a right manner, according to the Word; nor to a right end the glory of God; they are therefore sinful, and cannot please God, or make a man meet to receive grace from God.
Page 35 - ... by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death, in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ...
Page 10 - Scripture, and the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole, (which is to give all glory to God,) the full discovery it makes of the only way of man's salvation, the many other incomparable excellencies, and the entire perfection thereof, are arguments whereby it doth abundantly evidence itself to be the word of God...
Page 84 - That doctrine which maintains a change of the substance of bread and wine, into the substance of Christ's body and blood (commonly called transubstantiation) by consecration of a priest...
Page 18 - The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or withholdetli mercy as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonor and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
Page 86 - The souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies...
Page 29 - The Son of God the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance, and equal with the Father, did, when the fulness of time was come, take upon him man's nature, with all the essential properties and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin...
Page 72 - And for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices, as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity, whether concerning faith, worship, or conversation; or to the power of godliness; or such erroneous opinions or practices, as, either in their own nature, or in the manner of publishing or maintaining them, are destructive to the external peace and order which Christ hath established in the Church; they may lawfully be called to account,...
Page 137 - While the Speaker is putting any question, or addressing the house, none shall walk out of or across the house ; nor in such case, or when a member is speaking, shall entertain private discourse ; nor while a member is speaking, shall pass between him and the chair.