The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme, Volume 21J. Duncan, 1830 - Theology |
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... Answ . As finis signifieth nothing but effectum , viz . , perfec- tionem operis , which is but finis terminativus , so it is not always at present attained ; and God may be said to use means , that is , subordinate efficients , or ...
... Answ . As finis signifieth nothing but effectum , viz . , perfec- tionem operis , which is but finis terminativus , so it is not always at present attained ; and God may be said to use means , that is , subordinate efficients , or ...
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... Answ . The finis cui , or personal end , is most properly the ulti- mate , to him for whose sake , or for whom the thing is done but this is God only , and therein he is both the act and object . He that did velle creaturas , did velle ...
... Answ . The finis cui , or personal end , is most properly the ulti- mate , to him for whose sake , or for whom the thing is done but this is God only , and therein he is both the act and object . He that did velle creaturas , did velle ...
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... Answ . All the antecedent part is granted , and is , anon , to be further asserted , but the last consequence is denied ; because there is another end besides the addition of good to himself , which God may intend , so far as he may be ...
... Answ . All the antecedent part is granted , and is , anon , to be further asserted , but the last consequence is denied ; because there is another end besides the addition of good to himself , which God may intend , so far as he may be ...
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... Answ . You see that they are such acts as are the more serious and prevalent in their lives , and can make them lay by other pleasures , and spend their days in seeking God , and lay down their lives in the exercise and hopes of love ...
... Answ . You see that they are such acts as are the more serious and prevalent in their lives , and can make them lay by other pleasures , and spend their days in seeking God , and lay down their lives in the exercise and hopes of love ...
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... Answ . It is natural to have the appetite , but it is the disease of nature that this appetite is inordinate , and no otherwise na- tural than the leprosy is to those to whom it is propagated by their parents ; but it is natural to you ...
... Answ . It is natural to have the appetite , but it is the disease of nature that this appetite is inordinate , and no otherwise na- tural than the leprosy is to those to whom it is propagated by their parents ; but it is natural to you ...
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Page 151 - And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased.
Page 200 - Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Page 164 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 201 - Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Page 164 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 335 - Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Page 156 - And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Page 281 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Page 269 - For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient. by word and deed, through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.