The Absurdities of MethodismE. Bliss and E. White, 1822 - 268 pages |
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... saved . The Pelagians , the Roman Catholics , the Armenians , the Methodists , and all who deny the doctrines of Election , Decrees , Perseve- rance , & c . , have ever been building upon this foundation . This fact Mr. Wesley appears ...
... saved . The Pelagians , the Roman Catholics , the Armenians , the Methodists , and all who deny the doctrines of Election , Decrees , Perseve- rance , & c . , have ever been building upon this foundation . This fact Mr. Wesley appears ...
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... saved , or that I should be damned . That is to say : God has foreseen from all eternity , that I should ei- ther make a good use of the graces imparted to me ; that I should live and persevere in the constant practice of virtue , and ...
... saved , or that I should be damned . That is to say : God has foreseen from all eternity , that I should ei- ther make a good use of the graces imparted to me ; that I should live and persevere in the constant practice of virtue , and ...
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... saved us , -- [ his name shall be called Jesus , because he shall save his people from their sins , ] — " and called us with a holy calling ; " - [ a calling which not many wise men , not many mighty have , * ] — " which was not ...
... saved us , -- [ his name shall be called Jesus , because he shall save his people from their sins , ] — " and called us with a holy calling ; " - [ a calling which not many wise men , not many mighty have , * ] — " which was not ...
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... saved . Therefore , to say that he was not willing that all men should be saved , is to represent him as a mere hypocrite and dissembler . " Again , " to say that he did not intend to save all sinners , is to represent him as a gross ...
... saved . Therefore , to say that he was not willing that all men should be saved , is to represent him as a mere hypocrite and dissembler . " Again , " to say that he did not intend to save all sinners , is to represent him as a gross ...
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... saved , let me do what I please , I shall be saved . But if , on the contrary , I am to be damned , let me do what good I will , nay , if I become the greatest saint in existence , I shall inevitably be damned . Thus , my lot is already ...
... saved , let me do what I please , I shall be saved . But if , on the contrary , I am to be damned , let me do what good I will , nay , if I become the greatest saint in existence , I shall inevitably be damned . Thus , my lot is already ...
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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.