The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 2 |
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... matter . As the watchmaker takes down the watch , and sets every piece in its pro- per place , so can God man's body . 2. God has positively told us , that he will do it , John v . 28 , 29 . vii . 39 . Secondly , I proceed to shew , who ...
... matter . As the watchmaker takes down the watch , and sets every piece in its pro- per place , so can God man's body . 2. God has positively told us , that he will do it , John v . 28 , 29 . vii . 39 . Secondly , I proceed to shew , who ...
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... matter very congruous to discover it . For if the prohibition had been grounded on any moral internal evil in the nature of the thing itself , there had not been so clear a testi- mony of God's dominion , nor of Adam's subjection to it ...
... matter very congruous to discover it . For if the prohibition had been grounded on any moral internal evil in the nature of the thing itself , there had not been so clear a testi- mony of God's dominion , nor of Adam's subjection to it ...
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... matter it be not , yet it is sin to him ; e . g . a man taking his own goods , which yet he thinks are another man's , is guilty of theft before God : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin . So is it in this case . ( 4. ) As these ...
... matter it be not , yet it is sin to him ; e . g . a man taking his own goods , which yet he thinks are another man's , is guilty of theft before God : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin . So is it in this case . ( 4. ) As these ...
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... matter are mere affectation , and most unaccountable . 2. What matter of regret is it , that in a land of light , where the Bible is , which contains in it this rule of obedience , and enforces it with the strongest motives , people ...
... matter are mere affectation , and most unaccountable . 2. What matter of regret is it , that in a land of light , where the Bible is , which contains in it this rule of obedience , and enforces it with the strongest motives , people ...
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... matter and to the manner . As to the matter , this likeness lies chiefly in three things . ( 1. ) That we neither wish evil , nor do evil to our neighbour , more than to ourselves . ( 2. ) That we wish all good to our neighbour as to ...
... matter and to the manner . As to the matter , this likeness lies chiefly in three things . ( 1. ) That we neither wish evil , nor do evil to our neighbour , more than to ourselves . ( 2. ) That we wish all good to our neighbour as to ...
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Popular passages
Page 387 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 420 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 425 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 359 - The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy ; He will rest in His love, He -will joy over thee with singing.
Page 397 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 602 - Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Page 29 - But unto you that fear my name Shall the Sun of righteousness arise With healing in his wings ; And ye shall go forth, And grow up as calves of the stall.
Page 641 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 44 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction : repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 189 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.