Theology: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons, Volume 1T. Dwight & son, 1839 - 916 pages |
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... Scriptures , in the field of open and fair discussion . One of the questions presented by the first division was this : " Are the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament the Word of God ? " To their surprise the President selected it ...
... Scriptures , in the field of open and fair discussion . One of the questions presented by the first division was this : " Are the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament the Word of God ? " To their surprise the President selected it ...
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... Scriptures to be a plain intelligible revelation of the will of God ; and every man who has them , to be equally responsible for his faith as for his practice . No considera- tions would induce him to be civil to error , as such ; or to ...
... Scriptures to be a plain intelligible revelation of the will of God ; and every man who has them , to be equally responsible for his faith as for his practice . No considera- tions would induce him to be civil to error , as such ; or to ...
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... Scriptures , on this most important subject . The objections I endeavoured to prove unsound and nugatory , and the doctrines to be mere hypotheses , demonstrably false , and plainly impossible . Hence I concluded them to be the ...
... Scriptures , on this most important subject . The objections I endeavoured to prove unsound and nugatory , and the doctrines to be mere hypotheses , demonstrably false , and plainly impossible . Hence I concluded them to be the ...
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... Scriptures . 4thly . No account exists of any individual , who by the mere exer cise of his Reason discovered the existence of one God . Immense multitudes of great and learned men have , in different ages , employed themselves ...
... Scriptures . 4thly . No account exists of any individual , who by the mere exer cise of his Reason discovered the existence of one God . Immense multitudes of great and learned men have , in different ages , employed themselves ...
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... Scriptures . From this source , then , it cannot be necessary to adduce any fur- ther proofs of the doctrine . To this full evidence from the Scriptures , Reason subjoins her fullest attestations . That God existed before all things ...
... Scriptures . From this source , then , it cannot be necessary to adduce any fur- ther proofs of the doctrine . To this full evidence from the Scriptures , Reason subjoins her fullest attestations . That God existed before all things ...
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Page 264 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 245 - ... 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 471 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 331 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 141 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 511 - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 536 - But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
Page 543 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 406 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 553 - A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another.