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... moral , and histo- rical , and , as such , of general use and appli- cation . The last Essay is rather of the phi- lological kind , and intended for those who are somewhat conversant with the classic writers and with the learned ...
... moral , and histo- rical , and , as such , of general use and appli- cation . The last Essay is rather of the phi- lological kind , and intended for those who are somewhat conversant with the classic writers and with the learned ...
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John Jortin. of human liberty and human power in the perform- ance of moral good and evil ; whilst others endeavour- ed to steer a middle course , and this our Church is thought by several learned persons to have intended in her articles ...
John Jortin. of human liberty and human power in the perform- ance of moral good and evil ; whilst others endeavour- ed to steer a middle course , and this our Church is thought by several learned persons to have intended in her articles ...
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... moral good and evil , and the wisdom and justice of God's government ? -Many causes concurred to lead them into these errors , namely : The difficulty of reconciling the foreknowledge of God with the liberty of man : The nature of human ...
... moral good and evil , and the wisdom and justice of God's government ? -Many causes concurred to lead them into these errors , namely : The difficulty of reconciling the foreknowledge of God with the liberty of man : The nature of human ...
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... moral virtues to which the Gospel excites us , and the practice of which recom- mends us to the favour of God . Thus , in the epistle to the Ephesians ; " Let no corrupt communication pro- ceed out of your mouth , but that which is good ...
... moral virtues to which the Gospel excites us , and the practice of which recom- mends us to the favour of God . Thus , in the epistle to the Ephesians ; " Let no corrupt communication pro- ceed out of your mouth , but that which is good ...
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... moral virtue : and all the good actions that Christians do are called : grace , because they are the effects which the Gospel , together with the assistances that God bestows upon his faithful servants , are wont to produce in well ...
... moral virtue : and all the good actions that Christians do are called : grace , because they are the effects which the Gospel , together with the assistances that God bestows upon his faithful servants , are wont to produce in well ...
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Page 201 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 30 - Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding : Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness ; And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Page 116 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only...
Page 110 - To what purpose is this waste ? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman ? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you ; but me ye have not always.
Page 238 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; They hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; And the servant is free from his master.
Page 31 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 132 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 12 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 136 - But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Page 11 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.