Calvinistic predestination repugnant to the general tenour of Scripture. Repr1859 |
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... punished Pharaoh for demanding " the same tale of bricks while he withheld the straw , " a system of moral ... punish us , for the use or ne- glect of the powers already granted . + Vide Discourses , vii . and viii . Discourses , ix . x ...
... punished Pharaoh for demanding " the same tale of bricks while he withheld the straw , " a system of moral ... punish us , for the use or ne- glect of the powers already granted . + Vide Discourses , vii . and viii . Discourses , ix . x ...
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... punishment threatened against unrepented sin ; so on the other , every individual who is not thus obstinate and perverse , will with the call of Scripture , receive also such aid from the assisting grace of God , as to have it in his ...
... punishment threatened against unrepented sin ; so on the other , every individual who is not thus obstinate and perverse , will with the call of Scripture , receive also such aid from the assisting grace of God , as to have it in his ...
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... punishment , according to the merits of his wicked life . " * Thus " as faith without works is dead , it is not now faith , as a dead man is not a man ; this dead faith therefore is not that sure and substantial faith which saveth ...
... punishment , according to the merits of his wicked life . " * Thus " as faith without works is dead , it is not now faith , as a dead man is not a man ; this dead faith therefore is not that sure and substantial faith which saveth ...
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... punishment , or love of temporal reward , considering how clearly without our deservings we have received his mercy and pardon freely . " * I have chosen to quote thus fully from the Homilies the descriptions they give of the doctrines ...
... punishment , or love of temporal reward , considering how clearly without our deservings we have received his mercy and pardon freely . " * I have chosen to quote thus fully from the Homilies the descriptions they give of the doctrines ...
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... punishments , and executions of the civil magistrates . ' " It is to be presumed that Mr. Toplady rejoiced that this state of things has passed away ; but that those who hold pre- destination in such a sense , as to believe that " God ...
... punishments , and executions of the civil magistrates . ' " It is to be presumed that Mr. Toplady rejoiced that this state of things has passed away ; but that those who hold pre- destination in such a sense , as to believe that " God ...
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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.