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... represent these small matters , and the discussions to which they have given rise , as distinctively charac- teristic of English Puritans and Scottish Presbyterians ; whereas , in all their intrinsic littleness and paltriness , they are ...
... represent these small matters , and the discussions to which they have given rise , as distinctively charac- teristic of English Puritans and Scottish Presbyterians ; whereas , in all their intrinsic littleness and paltriness , they are ...
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... representing themselves as liberal and enlightened , and the generality of those around them as narrow - minded and bigoted ; and at present , the greatest credit in theological matters is to be gained , it seems , by taking as little ...
... representing themselves as liberal and enlightened , and the generality of those around them as narrow - minded and bigoted ; and at present , the greatest credit in theological matters is to be gained , it seems , by taking as little ...
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... represented as implying that the church , as a visible society , has virtually the same power and authority , the same rights and pre- rogatives , as its Master in heaven . The general principle about the church , understood in this ...
... represented as implying that the church , as a visible society , has virtually the same power and authority , the same rights and pre- rogatives , as its Master in heaven . The general principle about the church , understood in this ...
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... represented in some of its features or accompanying circumstances . 2d , When the real facts of the case are once ascertained , the next step should be to form a fair and reasonable estimate of what they really involve or imply , taking ...
... represented in some of its features or accompanying circumstances . 2d , When the real facts of the case are once ascertained , the next step should be to form a fair and reasonable estimate of what they really involve or imply , taking ...
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... represented as having been directed not against the gross corruptions and errors which prevailed when they began the conflict , but against the modified exposition of Romish doctrine , drawn up with such singular adroitness at the semi ...
... represented as having been directed not against the gross corruptions and errors which prevailed when they began the conflict , but against the modified exposition of Romish doctrine , drawn up with such singular adroitness at the semi ...
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Page 489 - GOD from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Page 32 - God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the word : and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God and government of the church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature, and christian prudence, according to the general rules of the word, which are always to be observed.
Page 587 - As the godly consideration of predestination and our Election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members and drawing up' their mind to high and heavenly things...
Page 243 - Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord's.
Page 263 - BAPTISM is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible church, but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life : which sacrament is, by Christ's own appointment, to be continued in his church until the end of the world.
Page 24 - God effectually calleth he also freely justifieth ; not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous : not for any thing wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ's sake alone : not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience, to them as their righteousness ; but by imputing the obedience and satisfaction of Christ unto them, they receiving and resting on him and his righteousness...
Page 193 - God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they through Grace obey the calling : they be justified freely : they be made sons of God by adoption : they be made like the image of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ : they walk religiously in good works, and at length, by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity.
Page 381 - The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity, all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression.
Page 559 - And now I exhort you to be of good cheer ; for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
Page 576 - The doctrine of this high mystery of predestination, is to be handled with special prudence and care, that men attending the will of God revealed in his word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election.