The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall ...: With a Life of the Author, and a Collection of His LettersJ.H. Parker, 1844 - Sermons, English |
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... whatsoever , what a man shall will and what he shall not will , what he shall write and what he shall not write , to what purpose is this power ? God and nature never made anything in vain ; but " vain and frustraneous is that power ...
... whatsoever , what a man shall will and what he shall not will , what he shall write and what he shall not write , to what purpose is this power ? God and nature never made anything in vain ; but " vain and frustraneous is that power ...
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... Whatsoever the will chooseth , it chooseth under the notion of good , either honest or delight- n [ Below , T. H. at the end of Numb . vii . p . 44. ] sible . ] I. ful or profitable ; but there can be no 38 A VINDICATION OF TRUE LIBERTY.
... Whatsoever the will chooseth , it chooseth under the notion of good , either honest or delight- n [ Below , T. H. at the end of Numb . vii . p . 44. ] sible . ] I. ful or profitable ; but there can be no 38 A VINDICATION OF TRUE LIBERTY.
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... whatsoever obligation the understanding doth put upon the will , is by the consent of the will , and derived from the power of the will ; which was not necessitated to move the understanding to consult . So the will is the lady and ...
... whatsoever obligation the understanding doth put upon the will , is by the consent of the will , and derived from the power of the will ; which was not necessitated to move the understanding to consult . So the will is the lady and ...
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... whatsoever follow- eth the last appetite " is " voluntary , and where there is but one appetite , that is the last ; " and that " no action of a man can be said to be without deliberation , though never so sudden . " So , Numb . xxxiii ...
... whatsoever follow- eth the last appetite " is " voluntary , and where there is but one appetite , that is the last ; " and that " no action of a man can be said to be without deliberation , though never so sudden . " So , Numb . xxxiii ...
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... , " are as much necessitated as any thing else whatsoever ; " that we have no more power to forbear those actions which we do , 66 m [ Below , p . 707. fol . edit . ] I. the doc- than the " fire " hath power 62 A VINDICATION OF TRUE ...
... , " are as much necessitated as any thing else whatsoever ; " that we have no more power to forbear those actions which we do , 66 m [ Below , p . 707. fol . edit . ] I. the doc- than the " fire " hath power 62 A VINDICATION OF TRUE ...
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Page 427 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Page 316 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right...
Page 71 - Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour ? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction ; and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory...
Page 244 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 65 - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Page 489 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 286 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 311 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God...
Page 54 - And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Page 77 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.