The Gospel Adapted to the Wants of the World: A Sermon, Preached in Providence, R.I., Sept. 9, 1840, Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at Their Thirty-first Annual Meeting |
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... religions from those who have long been under the influence of this system , has been rebuked and put to silence . The religion of the Bible is just such a scheme as is demanded , in order to accomplish the great objects 7.
... religions from those who have long been under the influence of this system , has been rebuked and put to silence . The religion of the Bible is just such a scheme as is demanded , in order to accomplish the great objects 7.
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... accomplish the great objects which it proposes . As it is designed for a world , so it is suited to the exigencies of a world . It has a universality of purpose , and a universality of character , in order to carry out and perfect that ...
... accomplish the great objects which it proposes . As it is designed for a world , so it is suited to the exigencies of a world . It has a universality of purpose , and a universality of character , in order to carry out and perfect that ...
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... accomplished . This fallen world needs an infallible guide , and that guide is to be found alone in a written revelation . No decrees of popes or councils can supply its place . No tradition , though it were to descend from heaven , and ...
... accomplished . This fallen world needs an infallible guide , and that guide is to be found alone in a written revelation . No decrees of popes or councils can supply its place . No tradition , though it were to descend from heaven , and ...
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... accomplished . Its truths may be tinged or obscur- ed by a false philosophy , or by human specula- tions , but this effect is local and temporary . These things are no part of the system . The Bible remains the same ; and , at another ...
... accomplished . Its truths may be tinged or obscur- ed by a false philosophy , or by human specula- tions , but this effect is local and temporary . These things are no part of the system . The Bible remains the same ; and , at another ...
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... accomplished . For the renovation of this world , we are not to forget that God has adopted a system of agencies suited to the object to be accomplished . The Gospel is not a dead letter , but " the power of God , and the wisdom of God ...
... accomplished . For the renovation of this world , we are not to forget that God has adopted a system of agencies suited to the object to be accomplished . The Gospel is not a dead letter , but " the power of God , and the wisdom of God ...
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Page 4 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 12 - And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 8 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 4 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 5 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 7 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 20 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Page 8 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 31 - Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 22 - 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?