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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... trial , he fell from this plat - form , and can never return to it again by any efforts of his own . he is ever brought up to the righteousness and holy nature of the law , it must be by the aid of another . For this pur- B If pose ...
... trial , he fell from this plat - form , and can never return to it again by any efforts of his own . he is ever brought up to the righteousness and holy nature of the law , it must be by the aid of another . For this pur- B If pose ...
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... trial . But the gospel is not designed to destroy the law , any more than the ma- king of a ladder to reach a plat - form , is designed to de stroy that plat - form . If a sinner would ascend to this desirable plat - form , he must ...
... trial . But the gospel is not designed to destroy the law , any more than the ma- king of a ladder to reach a plat - form , is designed to de stroy that plat - form . If a sinner would ascend to this desirable plat - form , he must ...
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... trial . The condition on which man was to be confirmed , was obedience to a pos- itive command founded on the moral law . His agency in this state of trial was tested in a very simple manner . God commanded him not to eat of the fruit ...
... trial . The condition on which man was to be confirmed , was obedience to a pos- itive command founded on the moral law . His agency in this state of trial was tested in a very simple manner . God commanded him not to eat of the fruit ...
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... trial . If they , during this state of probation , obtain a freedom from guilt , and a right to life eternal , then they are appointed to a state of glory . All mankind , by virtue of the atonement , have a per- sonal opportunity of ...
... trial . If they , during this state of probation , obtain a freedom from guilt , and a right to life eternal , then they are appointed to a state of glory . All mankind , by virtue of the atonement , have a per- sonal opportunity of ...
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... trial . Hence all Adams family were chosen in Christ from the founda- tion of the world , that they might , through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth , be made holy and be- come personally the elect of God , and ...
... trial . Hence all Adams family were chosen in Christ from the founda- tion of the world , that they might , through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth , be made holy and be- come personally the elect of God , and ...
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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...