Selections from the World's Devotional Classics, Volume 7Robert Scott, George William Gilmore Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1916 - Devotional literature |
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... comes after union , justification , and the gift of the Holy Spirit . The comforts of the gos- pel enable performance of duty under law , and assurance of faith is also a necessity . joined to that excellent head ; living stones of that 3.
... comes after union , justification , and the gift of the Holy Spirit . The comforts of the gos- pel enable performance of duty under law , and assurance of faith is also a necessity . joined to that excellent head ; living stones of that 3.
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... come to Christ by believing ( John 6:45 ) . Everyone that receiveth it not despiseth God , maketh him a liar , and deserveth justly to perish for his unbelief . 4. Tho the Spirit worketh saving faith only in the elect , and others ...
... come to Christ by believing ( John 6:45 ) . Everyone that receiveth it not despiseth God , maketh him a liar , and deserveth justly to perish for his unbelief . 4. Tho the Spirit worketh saving faith only in the elect , and others ...
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... . It is certain that all that the Father hath given to Christ by the decrees of eternal election shall come to Christ ; and it is as really certain that Christ will in no- wise cast out any that cometh to him , whoso- 15 Walter Marshall.
... . It is certain that all that the Father hath given to Christ by the decrees of eternal election shall come to Christ ; and it is as really certain that Christ will in no- wise cast out any that cometh to him , whoso- 15 Walter Marshall.
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... come , you shall be accepted as well as any other in the world . You are to believe that great article of the creed , the remission of sins , in your own case , when you are principally con- cerned , or else it will little profit you to ...
... come , you shall be accepted as well as any other in the world . You are to believe that great article of the creed , the remission of sins , in your own case , when you are principally con- cerned , or else it will little profit you to ...
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... come unto Christ's vineyard at the eleventh hour of the day , you shall have your penny , as well as those that came early in the morning ; because the reward is of grace , and not of merit ( Matt . 10 : 9 , 10 ) . And here you must be ...
... come unto Christ's vineyard at the eleventh hour of the day , you shall have your penny , as well as those that came early in the morning ; because the reward is of grace , and not of merit ( Matt . 10 : 9 , 10 ) . And here you must be ...
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Page 112 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Page 128 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 28 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 128 - If we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin ; but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 108 - For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected : for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 140 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 192 - I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men...
Page 88 - Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil ; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage,
Page 95 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Page 164 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.