Miscellaneous Thoughts on Several Subjects of Divinity: So Much Controverted in the World with a Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and of Its Progress to the Present Day |
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... AUTHORITY TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST . Faith in Christ is composed of two parts - assent and consent to be saved on gospel terms . But is every sinner authorised to do this ? I answer yes : every sinner to whom the gospel is preached , has ...
... AUTHORITY TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST . Faith in Christ is composed of two parts - assent and consent to be saved on gospel terms . But is every sinner authorised to do this ? I answer yes : every sinner to whom the gospel is preached , has ...
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... authority , would be act- ing presumptuously . Suppose , for example , twenty men were in a state of star- vation , and I were to make provision for one half of them , and send a message to inform them of it , without mentioning any ...
... authority , would be act- ing presumptuously . Suppose , for example , twenty men were in a state of star- vation , and I were to make provision for one half of them , and send a message to inform them of it , without mentioning any ...
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... authority to believe in Christ ; and every minister of Jesus is at liberty , nay , it is his duty to offer salvation to every sinner , and to urge him to accept of it . In doing so , he is in no danger of transcending his author- ity ...
... authority to believe in Christ ; and every minister of Jesus is at liberty , nay , it is his duty to offer salvation to every sinner , and to urge him to accept of it . In doing so , he is in no danger of transcending his author- ity ...
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... authority . A Nero may rage , and others may vent their spite , but all combined shall not be able to ef fect a separation between Christ and the christian . " Nor things present nor things to come . " I have often heard at- tempts made ...
... authority . A Nero may rage , and others may vent their spite , but all combined shall not be able to ef fect a separation between Christ and the christian . " Nor things present nor things to come . " I have often heard at- tempts made ...
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... the aid of those literary qualifications : and if granted that he might in one instance , why not in more ; yea , why not in many . Who will stmit the Holy one of Israel ? They moreover appealed to a higher authority , than ei- [ 62 ]
... the aid of those literary qualifications : and if granted that he might in one instance , why not in more ; yea , why not in many . Who will stmit the Holy one of Israel ? They moreover appealed to a higher authority , than ei- [ 62 ]
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Page 47 - 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 44 - IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Page 53 - I said unto you, my sheep hear my voice, and I know them ; and they follow me, and I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all : and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Page 53 - 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 46 - 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 50 - Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Page 44 - And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 55 - Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Page 31 - How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Page 31 - I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come he will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment...