A Collection of Sermons and Tracts ...: To which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life, Writing, and Character of the Author, Volume 2 |
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... speak as the oracles of God . He fhould be careful , that his doctrine has a place in the word of God , that it takes its rife from it , is confonant to it , and capable of being proved by it : To the law , and to the teftimony ; if ...
... speak as the oracles of God . He fhould be careful , that his doctrine has a place in the word of God , that it takes its rife from it , is confonant to it , and capable of being proved by it : To the law , and to the teftimony ; if ...
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... speak the things which become found do & trine ; that is , fuch things as are agreeable to it , and confiftent with it , and which are wholesom and healthful to the fouls of men . In his doctrine he ought to fhew uncorruptness , gravity ...
... speak the things which become found do & trine ; that is , fuch things as are agreeable to it , and confiftent with it , and which are wholesom and healthful to the fouls of men . In his doctrine he ought to fhew uncorruptness , gravity ...
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... Speak in Chrift . He ought to take heed that what he preaches is confiftent with itfelf ; that it has no yea and nay , no contra- diction in it , and does not deftroy itfelf ; and fo bring a reproach upon him , and he become ufelefs to ...
... Speak in Chrift . He ought to take heed that what he preaches is confiftent with itfelf ; that it has no yea and nay , no contra- diction in it , and does not deftroy itfelf ; and fo bring a reproach upon him , and he become ufelefs to ...
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... speak them boldly , as they ought to be spoken ; and when he has fo done , he ought to ad- here to them , abide by them , and continue in them ; even though a majority may be against them , for we are not to follow a multitude to do ...
... speak them boldly , as they ought to be spoken ; and when he has fo done , he ought to ad- here to them , abide by them , and continue in them ; even though a majority may be against them , for we are not to follow a multitude to do ...
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... speak not according to this word , it is because there is no light in them ' . The doctrinal part of the fcripture is more especially to be attended to , because that is the food with which the flock . and church of God is to be fed ...
... speak not according to this word , it is because there is no light in them ' . The doctrinal part of the fcripture is more especially to be attended to , because that is the food with which the flock . and church of God is to be fed ...
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Page 131 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 507 - And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more : and he went on his way rejoicing.
Page 129 - The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 215 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Page 123 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 127 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 187 - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 214 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 66 - But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 217 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.