Wilson's Plea in the Case of Lyman Beecher, D.D.: Made Before the Synod of Cincinnati, October, 1835R.P. Brooks., 1837 - 120 pages |
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... holds and teaches doctrines at variance with the Standards of the Presbyterian Church , and subversive of the fundamental doctrines of the christian religion , Therefore , Resolved , that be a committee to inquire into the facts in this ...
... holds and teaches doctrines at variance with the Standards of the Presbyterian Church , and subversive of the fundamental doctrines of the christian religion , Therefore , Resolved , that be a committee to inquire into the facts in this ...
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... hold it , is the legitimate product of New England divinity ! We have been told in their schools that sin lies wholly in the will , and that man as a free agent possesses adequate ability , independ- ent of gracious aid , to render ...
... hold it , is the legitimate product of New England divinity ! We have been told in their schools that sin lies wholly in the will , and that man as a free agent possesses adequate ability , independ- ent of gracious aid , to render ...
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... hold that man is perfect . " - No assertion could be more unfounded . And then , he puts the question , “ Do all men who are able to pay their honest debts , always pay them ? " I answer , no ; but men always pay their debts when they ...
... hold that man is perfect . " - No assertion could be more unfounded . And then , he puts the question , “ Do all men who are able to pay their honest debts , always pay them ? " I answer , no ; but men always pay their debts when they ...
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... holds them up by sophistry and misrepresentation and cari- cature , as eclipsing the sun of righteousness and obstructing truth , and opening the dykes and mounds to let in floods of heresy when he uses his broadly extended influence to ...
... holds them up by sophistry and misrepresentation and cari- cature , as eclipsing the sun of righteousness and obstructing truth , and opening the dykes and mounds to let in floods of heresy when he uses his broadly extended influence to ...
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... have said jocularly among friends , I can- not tell , and will not be answerable for . But I never uttered any such sentiment seriously , because I hold none such . " And yet he affirmed concerning the Confession of Faith , " ( 37 )
... have said jocularly among friends , I can- not tell , and will not be answerable for . But I never uttered any such sentiment seriously , because I hold none such . " And yet he affirmed concerning the Confession of Faith , " ( 37 )
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Page 68 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 72 - For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, GOD shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book : and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, GOD shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Page 76 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 68 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Page 103 - AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel : only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Page 26 - They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was IMPUTED, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation.
Page 20 - By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body.
Page 90 - Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Page 75 - They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Page 114 - Adam's sin, and in a hereditary depravity ; and this continued to be the received doctrine of the churches of New England until after the time of Edwards. He adopted the views of the Reformers on the subject of original sin, as consisting in the imputation of Adam's sin, and a depraved nature transmitted by descent. But, after him, this...