Calvinistic predestination repugnant to the general tenour of Scripture. Repr1859 |
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... earth do right ? " DISCOURSE II . JUSTICE OF GOD - NEW TESTAMENT . MATTHEW , xvi . 27 . " For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of his Father , with the holy angels , and then he shall reward every man according to his works ...
... earth do right ? " DISCOURSE II . JUSTICE OF GOD - NEW TESTAMENT . MATTHEW , xvi . 27 . " For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of his Father , with the holy angels , and then he shall reward every man according to his works ...
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... earth , as I sincerely hope and believe , it will not impede our union in a better world . But I feel it necessary to vindicate the word and the ways of God , from an imputation which , however it may originate in unintentional error ...
... earth , as I sincerely hope and believe , it will not impede our union in a better world . But I feel it necessary to vindicate the word and the ways of God , from an imputation which , however it may originate in unintentional error ...
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... earth do right ? " THE defenders of the predestinarian system have in general maintained , that any attempt to refer the divine conduct to the principles of justice , as apparent to human reason , is absurd , if not impious . " The ...
... earth do right ? " THE defenders of the predestinarian system have in general maintained , that any attempt to refer the divine conduct to the principles of justice , as apparent to human reason , is absurd , if not impious . " The ...
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... earth shall be blessed in him ? For * I know that he will command his children and his household after him , and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgment , that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath ...
... earth shall be blessed in him ? For * I know that he will command his children and his household after him , and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgment , that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath ...
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... earth ; the Deity adopts , as it were , this principle , and combines it with a principle of mercy far transcending any which human reason or human feeling would have con- nected with it , even that of extending pardon to a guilty ...
... earth ; the Deity adopts , as it were , this principle , and combines it with a principle of mercy far transcending any which human reason or human feeling would have con- nected with it , even that of extending pardon to a guilty ...
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Page 141 - I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it : for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Page 130 - But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 135 - And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks : and he was a Samaritan.
Page 201 - Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 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 123 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side...
Page 205 - ... and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come,) and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is...
Page 158 - 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 283 - Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
Page 140 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron ; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Page 167 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.