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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... present the following report , -The grounds of difficulty alleged by the brethren of the Cincinnati Presby- tery in the interlocutory were , & c . " I shall now recite so much of this report as relates to the present subject . " 1 ...
... present the following report , -The grounds of difficulty alleged by the brethren of the Cincinnati Presby- tery in the interlocutory were , & c . " I shall now recite so much of this report as relates to the present subject . " 1 ...
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... present . The recep- tion and the recording of the charges evidently contained two admissions , first , that the matters of accusation involved " evils which discipline is intended to prevent . ” — ( dis . ch . i . sec . iv . , ) and ...
... present . The recep- tion and the recording of the charges evidently contained two admissions , first , that the matters of accusation involved " evils which discipline is intended to prevent . ” — ( dis . ch . i . sec . iv . , ) and ...
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... present state of the heart . Το suppose any constraint , is absurd ; for then it would not be volition , but constraint . The greatest conceivable liberty is to will according to our inclinations ; i . e . , to will as we please . If we ...
... present state of the heart . Το suppose any constraint , is absurd ; for then it would not be volition , but constraint . The greatest conceivable liberty is to will according to our inclinations ; i . e . , to will as we please . If we ...
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... of this second charge -namely , on the work of the Holy Spirit in effectual calling- is to present the specifications and leave them to the judgment of the court . 1st . That fallen man is utterly disabled , and ( 27 )
... of this second charge -namely , on the work of the Holy Spirit in effectual calling- is to present the specifications and leave them to the judgment of the court . 1st . That fallen man is utterly disabled , and ( 27 )
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... present state , is able and only unwil ling to do what God commands , and which , being done would save the soul . 2nd . That the more clearly the light of conviction shines , the more distinct is a sinner's perception that he is not ...
... present state , is able and only unwil ling to do what God commands , and which , being done would save the soul . 2nd . That the more clearly the light of conviction shines , the more distinct is a sinner's perception that he is not ...
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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...