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... turn to every thing , that nothing shall be left to contradict their opinions , or bear too hard on their passions and pursuits . Our reason , say they , is the directing and ruling power of our nature . By this , in matters of religion ...
... turn to every thing , that nothing shall be left to contradict their opinions , or bear too hard on their passions and pursuits . Our reason , say they , is the directing and ruling power of our nature . By this , in matters of religion ...
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... turn the truth of God into a lie , and to worship the creature , ' ra- ther than the Creator . ' Now nothing was easier than for the Scriptures to tell us , once for all , that although Christ and the Holy Ghost are set forth in very ...
... turn the truth of God into a lie , and to worship the creature , ' ra- ther than the Creator . ' Now nothing was easier than for the Scriptures to tell us , once for all , that although Christ and the Holy Ghost are set forth in very ...
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... turns alike on the Spirit , and on God , therefore so much of it as relates to the Spirit must be inconclusive , if the Spirit is not God . But St. Paul , quoting a small part of this passage from the Septuagint , saith , Rom . i . 34 ...
... turns alike on the Spirit , and on God , therefore so much of it as relates to the Spirit must be inconclusive , if the Spirit is not God . But St. Paul , quoting a small part of this passage from the Septuagint , saith , Rom . i . 34 ...
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... turning executioner on herself , she is infinitely more apt to shelter one sort of wickedness in having recourse to another . Drunkenness , of all vices , re- prieves the greatest number of criminals , and is very chari- table to the ...
... turning executioner on herself , she is infinitely more apt to shelter one sort of wickedness in having recourse to another . Drunkenness , of all vices , re- prieves the greatest number of criminals , and is very chari- table to the ...
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... turns us over to be rewarded or punished by others in consequence of our actions , that is , to future rewards and punishments , as if we were quite an- other sort of people . On his principles , God is not allowed the same privilege ...
... turns us over to be rewarded or punished by others in consequence of our actions , that is , to future rewards and punishments , as if we were quite an- other sort of people . On his principles , God is not allowed the same privilege ...
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Page 401 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in ; naked, and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 91 - Aan : that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 10 - Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Page 462 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes...
Page 476 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath 'chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 175 - Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Page 465 - What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Page 90 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 320 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 4 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast .done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee...