A Discourse Concerning I. The True Import of the Words Election and Reprobation, and the Things Signified by Them in the Holy Scripture. II. The Extent of Christ's Redemption. III. The Grace of God ... IV. The Liberty of the Will in a State of Trial and Probation. V. The Perseverance Or Defectibility of the Saints ...: To which is Added a Postscript, in Answer to Some of Doctor Edwards's Remarks |
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... tion has apparently been to qualify them for quibbling on the oracles of God , and for controverting his plainest and most gracious decla- rations . Ashamed of speaking out as distinctly as Father Calvin had done , they invent a new ...
... tion has apparently been to qualify them for quibbling on the oracles of God , and for controverting his plainest and most gracious decla- rations . Ashamed of speaking out as distinctly as Father Calvin had done , they invent a new ...
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... tion is not proved ( 1. ) from those words of Solomon , that " God made all things for himself , even the wicked for the day of wrath . " Prov . xvi . 4. III . Nor ( 2. ) from those words of St. John xii . 38. " Therefore they could not ...
... tion is not proved ( 1. ) from those words of Solomon , that " God made all things for himself , even the wicked for the day of wrath . " Prov . xvi . 4. III . Nor ( 2. ) from those words of St. John xii . 38. " Therefore they could not ...
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... tion to enjoy the means of grace tendered in the gospel , than to a certainty of salvation by those means . ( 3. ) That it is a condi- tional election to be made sure by good works . II . This is pro- ved ( 1. ) from the import of the ...
... tion to enjoy the means of grace tendered in the gospel , than to a certainty of salvation by those means . ( 3. ) That it is a condi- tional election to be made sure by good works . II . This is pro- ved ( 1. ) from the import of the ...
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... tion to any by the gospel dispensation but the elect , the absurdities of which assertion are discovered . II . Hence it follows that Christ never died with an intention to do any good to the souls of others , which contradicts his own ...
... tion to any by the gospel dispensation but the elect , the absurdities of which assertion are discovered . II . Hence it follows that Christ never died with an intention to do any good to the souls of others , which contradicts his own ...
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... tion in it , as representing God wishing somewhat which he would not accomplish . III . That if Christ died for all , and all are not saved , the wisdom of God must be defective and imperfect ; for to fall short of our intentions shews ...
... tion in it , as representing God wishing somewhat which he would not accomplish . III . That if Christ died for all , and all are not saved , the wisdom of God must be defective and imperfect ; for to fall short of our intentions shews ...
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Page 270 - 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 363 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name ; those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled...
Page 33 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive ; and hearing they may hear, and not understand ; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Page 383 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 218 - I have greater witness than that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me.
Page 384 - God ; and I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them : and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good ; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 127 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Page 351 - But ye beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Page 341 - Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Page 151 - For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.