Essay on the connexion between the doctrine of justification by the imputed righteousness of Christ, and holiness of life. The absolute necessity of salvation through Christ. The trial of religious truth by its moral influence. The charge of sedition and faction against good men, especially faithful ministers, considered and accounted for. Prayer for national prosperity and for the revival of religion inseparably connectedPrited by J. Hughs, for J. Dodsley, 1765 |
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... Thou art not yet fifty years old , and haft thou seen Abraham ? " The Ifa , lii . 14. liii , 5 , 5 . meaning meaning of this is hardly obvious , unless we fup- 28 ESSAY ON.
... Thou art not yet fifty years old , and haft thou seen Abraham ? " The Ifa , lii . 14. liii , 5 , 5 . meaning meaning of this is hardly obvious , unless we fup- 28 ESSAY ON.
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... thou " forfaken me ? " Let the Chriftian ftand at the foot of the cross , and there see the evil of fin , which required fo coftly an expiation . Let him there fee the holiness and juftice of God in its punishment . Let him hear the ...
... thou " forfaken me ? " Let the Chriftian ftand at the foot of the cross , and there see the evil of fin , which required fo coftly an expiation . Let him there fee the holiness and juftice of God in its punishment . Let him hear the ...
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... Thou shalt not covet , & c . " But let us now complete this argument , by fhewing , that a believer in Chrift is under the strongest obligations , from gratitude , to do the will of God . And how many confiderations concur in fhewing ...
... Thou shalt not covet , & c . " But let us now complete this argument , by fhewing , that a believer in Chrift is under the strongest obligations , from gratitude , to do the will of God . And how many confiderations concur in fhewing ...
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... Thou fhalt love the " Lord thy God , with all thy heart , and with all thy foul , and with all thy mind * ? " Is not this a never - failing fource of univerfal obedience ? as they love God , will they not love their bre- thren alfo the ...
... Thou fhalt love the " Lord thy God , with all thy heart , and with all thy foul , and with all thy mind * ? " Is not this a never - failing fource of univerfal obedience ? as they love God , will they not love their bre- thren alfo the ...
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... Thou fhalt love the " Lord with all thy heart , with all thy ftrength , " and with all thy mind . " So , upon a fair and just examination , the fupreme love of God will be found the most confiftent and rational account of the nature of ...
... Thou fhalt love the " Lord with all thy heart , with all thy ftrength , " and with all thy mind . " So , upon a fair and just examination , the fupreme love of God will be found the most confiftent and rational account of the nature of ...
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Page 105 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Page 244 - Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old.
Page 243 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 118 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Page 62 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 263 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 231 - When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 279 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 91 - What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; as it is written, " There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 73 - 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.