Remarks on the Rise, Use, and Unlawfulness of Creeds: And Confessions of Faith in the Church of God. In 2 Parts |
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... earth ; " but let him discuss the subject , not the man . Be the present writer what he may , or however his offended brethren may be pleased to estimate what he has written , the subject itself is of the most dignified and exalted kind ...
... earth ; " but let him discuss the subject , not the man . Be the present writer what he may , or however his offended brethren may be pleased to estimate what he has written , the subject itself is of the most dignified and exalted kind ...
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... earth , the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose ; when Jehovah shall solve all doubts , as he did by the dew on Gideon's fleece , afford a refreshing shadow , as he did by Jonah's gourd - and satisfy the hungry , as he did when ...
... earth , the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose ; when Jehovah shall solve all doubts , as he did by the dew on Gideon's fleece , afford a refreshing shadow , as he did by Jonah's gourd - and satisfy the hungry , as he did when ...
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... earth . He who does not reve- rence his fathers , and love their very shades , is out - stripped by barbarous Scythians in one of the most amiable qualities of the human heart . He is too parricidious , to estimate those exquisitely ...
... earth . He who does not reve- rence his fathers , and love their very shades , is out - stripped by barbarous Scythians in one of the most amiable qualities of the human heart . He is too parricidious , to estimate those exquisitely ...
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... earth , and converts human genius into so fearful an engine of satanic policy , if we did not know that Jehovah had promised the millen- nial extension of the gospel of peace ! There would be no relief but in a dire insensibility , from ...
... earth , and converts human genius into so fearful an engine of satanic policy , if we did not know that Jehovah had promised the millen- nial extension of the gospel of peace ! There would be no relief but in a dire insensibility , from ...
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... earth , are all reserved for divine inspection , at a divine tribu- nal . The righteousness of those who have gone before him cannot save him ; their iniqui- ties cannot condemn him ; and , that " the fathers have eaten a sour grape and ...
... earth , are all reserved for divine inspection , at a divine tribu- nal . The righteousness of those who have gone before him cannot save him ; their iniqui- ties cannot condemn him ; and , that " the fathers have eaten a sour grape and ...
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Page 232 - And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Page 217 - But be not ye called Rabbi : for One is your Master, even Christ ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for One is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters : for One is your Master, even Christ.
Page 178 - But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all : and thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest ; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Page 265 - The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, (whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures,) to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
Page 147 - But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Page 286 - Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law : but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Page 247 - Christ: that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive ; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ...
Page 242 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Page 221 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well.
Page 156 - But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.