Christianity had ever his most sacred attention and regard, and were strongly enforced as the necessary and inseparable consequence of true saving faith : For, though no man ever gloried more in the cross of Christ, or was more full and clear in maintaining... Private Thoughts on Religion - Page 45by Thomas Adam - 1824 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
| Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1803 - 666 pages
...love; and the first fruits of it are to appear, and to be manifested here. // is a faithful saying, that they who have believed in God, should be careful to maintain good works'^ ; and unfeigned love is to be the root of them : So that if you cannot stand this trial, your religious... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...love; and the first fruits of it are to appear, and to be manifested here. // is a faithful saying, that they who have believed in God, should be careful to maintain good worka\ ; and unfeigned love is to be the root of them : So that if you cannot stand this trial, your... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 738 pages
...those duties. They insist upon it with great spirit and earnestness, as a Faithful saying, that those who have believed in God, should be careful to maintain good works, and direct succeeding ministers to affirm it constantly ^ . They declared, that it was the very purpose... | |
| William Giles - Christian life - 1804 - 280 pages
...heirs according to the hope of eternal life, they zealously contend, and constantly declare, that those who have believed in God, should be careful to maintain good works. But then that love of holiness, and this zeal for the honour of God, arise, not from an expectation... | |
| John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pages
...word^ •which is undoubtedly required of every true believer. For we are taught by the Apostle, thatj 'they who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good Works ; and he also informs lis^ that the grace of God teaclieth us, to deny all ungodliness and every worldly... | |
| Religion - 1810 - 722 pages
...the world, and leaves the heart, all the time, unhumbled, and only more pleased with itself, because of this its supposed excellence ; but that true lowliness...smuggled or prohibited goods ; to neglect the duties of their station and calling ; to gratify their pride, at the expense of common honesty, by living... | |
| Religion - 1810 - 724 pages
...religious world, and esteemed the complaints and self-accusations of a broken and contrite heart, n far better evidence of a Christian state than the...smuggled or prohibited goods ; to neglect the duties of their station and calling ; to gratify their pride, at the expense of common honesty, by living... | |
| Religion - 1810 - 724 pages
...salvation are of little or no value. " They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick." the loudest pretensions of the bold and self-confident....unfavourable opinion of the religion of those who could sufier themselves to deal in smuggled or prohibited goods ; to neglect the duties of their station... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 608 pages
...Lest we should imagine, that faith supersedes this obligation, the gospel gives it in charge, •i that they who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works., because they are profitable to men." The Apostle with abhorrence repels the suggestion, that Christians,... | |
| Thomas Adam - Theology - 1822 - 516 pages
...righteousness as the only justification and hope of the soul, yet did he ever in the strongest tevms inculcate, that they who have believed in God should...smuggled or prohibited goods ; to neglect the duties of their station and calling; to gratify their pride, at the expense of common honesty, by living above... | |
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