The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme, Volume 23J. Duncan, 1830 - Theology |
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... faith , as too many divines affirm.a This also I have proved before in opening the nature of as- surance , and in the Appendix of my Aphorisms of Justification ; and Mr. Wotton de Reconcil . , and very many learned divines of late ...
... faith , as too many divines affirm.a This also I have proved before in opening the nature of as- surance , and in the Appendix of my Aphorisms of Justification ; and Mr. Wotton de Reconcil . , and very many learned divines of late ...
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... faith , or of any faith at all . There is but one objection that seems to me to have any appearance of strength , to take with any reasonable man ; and that , some think , cannot be answered . And thus they argue : Whatsoever we ask of ...
... faith , or of any faith at all . There is but one objection that seems to me to have any appearance of strength , to take with any reasonable man ; and that , some think , cannot be answered . And thus they argue : Whatsoever we ask of ...
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... faith , neither of which any man breathing doth do ; cannot possibly be perfectly certain that he is justified , and shall be saved : for who can be perfectly certain of the conclusion , who is but imperfectly certain of the premises ...
... faith , neither of which any man breathing doth do ; cannot possibly be perfectly certain that he is justified , and shall be saved : for who can be perfectly certain of the conclusion , who is but imperfectly certain of the premises ...
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... faith and love and other graces in action , may comfortably perceive the sincerity of his graces , though he be so ignorant as not clearly and distinctly to know the nature of sincerity , or to give any just description of it ; even as ...
... faith and love and other graces in action , may comfortably perceive the sincerity of his graces , though he be so ignorant as not clearly and distinctly to know the nature of sincerity , or to give any just description of it ; even as ...
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... faith , knows he hath it ; and it is impossible to believe , and not to know we believe . This may , ordinarily , but not always , be true about this first truth , of the mere being of the act ; but is it no wonder that they should not ...
... faith , knows he hath it ; and it is impossible to believe , and not to know we believe . This may , ordinarily , but not always , be true about this first truth , of the mere being of the act ; but is it no wonder that they should not ...
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Page 322 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Page 360 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, Nor an old man that hath not filled his days: For the child shall die an hundred years old ; But the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Page 380 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Page 248 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee.
Page 109 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he *which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 78 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Page 349 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 92 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 446 - Happy are the people that are in such a case ; yea, blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God.
Page 92 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.