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... represented as perfect , fitted to answer every necessary end - Ps . xix . 8 , 9 ; it is sufficient to make " the man of God perfect , " and able to make private Christians " wise unto salvation , through faith which is in Christ Jesus ...
... represented as perfect , fitted to answer every necessary end - Ps . xix . 8 , 9 ; it is sufficient to make " the man of God perfect , " and able to make private Christians " wise unto salvation , through faith which is in Christ Jesus ...
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... represented as necessary to enable us savingly to understand the things of God . John xiv . 26 ; Ps . cxix . 18 , & c . 48 SECTION VIII . — The Old Testament in Hebrew ( which was the native language of the people of God of old ) , and ...
... represented as necessary to enable us savingly to understand the things of God . John xiv . 26 ; Ps . cxix . 18 , & c . 48 SECTION VIII . — The Old Testament in Hebrew ( which was the native language of the people of God of old ) , and ...
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... represented as blind , to signify that she was guided by no fixed rule , and distributed her favours at random . Surely no person of common sense , not to say piety , will impute procedure so irrational to the Lord of universal nature ...
... represented as blind , to signify that she was guided by no fixed rule , and distributed her favours at random . Surely no person of common sense , not to say piety , will impute procedure so irrational to the Lord of universal nature ...
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... represents God as the author of sin . But the Confession expressly guards against this inference , by declaring that God has so ordained whatsoever comes to pass , as that he is not thereby the author of sin . The decree of God is ...
... represents God as the author of sin . But the Confession expressly guards against this inference , by declaring that God has so ordained whatsoever comes to pass , as that he is not thereby the author of sin . The decree of God is ...
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... represented as the effect of the former . Persons are said to be " called according to God's purpose , " and " whom he did predestinate , them he also called . " Rom . viii . 28-30 . Now , predestination and the purpose of God must be ...
... represented as the effect of the former . Persons are said to be " called according to God's purpose , " and " whom he did predestinate , them he also called . " Rom . viii . 28-30 . Now , predestination and the purpose of God must be ...
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Page 270 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 86 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 313 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 232 - Christ, to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known, by the church, the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord ; in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Page 82 - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 298 - For all things are yours ; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours ; and ye are Christ's ; and Christ is God's.
Page 314 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Page 189 - This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
Page 280 - And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
Page 230 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father : 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.