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... appears to me the plain doctrine of Scripture and the Church of England . Though we are re- peatedly assured by the word of God , that of ourselves we can do no good thing ; yet we are never represented as mere machines , subjected to ...
... appears to me the plain doctrine of Scripture and the Church of England . Though we are re- peatedly assured by the word of God , that of ourselves we can do no good thing ; yet we are never represented as mere machines , subjected to ...
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... appear foolishness in his eyes . " Let us then , " as we are well exhorted by the Church in one of her homilies ; " Let us meekly call upon the bountiful Spirit , the Holy Ghost , to inspire us with his presence , that we may be able to ...
... appear foolishness in his eyes . " Let us then , " as we are well exhorted by the Church in one of her homilies ; " Let us meekly call upon the bountiful Spirit , the Holy Ghost , to inspire us with his presence , that we may be able to ...
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... appear to have been so much destroyed , as per- verted , at the time of the fall . When man came pure and perfect from the hands of his Maker , the passions were directed to their pro- per objects . God , and holiness , were loved ; sin ...
... appear to have been so much destroyed , as per- verted , at the time of the fall . When man came pure and perfect from the hands of his Maker , the passions were directed to their pro- per objects . God , and holiness , were loved ; sin ...
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George Stanley Faber. propensities is ever active ; the first not unfre- quently appears for a season to lie dormant . This lurking enmity towards God slumbered in the hearts of the Jews for some ages previ- ous to the advent of the ...
George Stanley Faber. propensities is ever active ; the first not unfre- quently appears for a season to lie dormant . This lurking enmity towards God slumbered in the hearts of the Jews for some ages previ- ous to the advent of the ...
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... appears the most agree- able to Scripture . With the Calvinistic view of the sub- ject I am by no means satisfied : but the Pelagian view of it is yet more exceptionable . It is certain , that the free - will ( that is , of course the ...
... appears the most agree- able to Scripture . With the Calvinistic view of the sub- ject I am by no means satisfied : but the Pelagian view of it is yet more exceptionable . It is certain , that the free - will ( that is , of course the ...
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Page 95 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 113 - Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it but "sin
Page 69 - Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Page 204 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone ; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Page 161 - When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Page 113 - 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 198 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 17 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 218 - But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is the love of GOD perfected : hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.
Page 35 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the...