The Christian Advocate, Volume 12A. Finley, 1834 |
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... believe both ; be- cause , on proper evidence , I ought to believe , and do believe , a great variety of facts , the manner of whose agreement I can neither illustrate nor comprehend . From each class of these facts , I also deduce prac ...
... believe both ; be- cause , on proper evidence , I ought to believe , and do believe , a great variety of facts , the manner of whose agreement I can neither illustrate nor comprehend . From each class of these facts , I also deduce prac ...
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... believe ! I wish to believe the gospel as they do . But I cannot have that sincere and persevering piety which yields so many blessings in this world , and presents still greater in eternity . Here is the language ( if not the very ...
... believe ! I wish to believe the gospel as they do . But I cannot have that sincere and persevering piety which yields so many blessings in this world , and presents still greater in eternity . Here is the language ( if not the very ...
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... believe , and yet do nothing in order to believe , the conclusion is inevitable ; you have been hitherto , and you are yet , guilty of HYPOCRISY . May you reflect upon it seriously ! THE IMPORTANCE OF SUITABLE TRAINING FOR THE GOSPEL ...
... believe , and yet do nothing in order to believe , the conclusion is inevitable ; you have been hitherto , and you are yet , guilty of HYPOCRISY . May you reflect upon it seriously ! THE IMPORTANCE OF SUITABLE TRAINING FOR THE GOSPEL ...
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... believe that he is always exactly straight in doctrine . I cannot believe that all I hear from him is good and true , when what I see in him is false and bad . Take for example such a one as Pope Alexander 6th ; when he , the father of ...
... believe that he is always exactly straight in doctrine . I cannot believe that all I hear from him is good and true , when what I see in him is false and bad . Take for example such a one as Pope Alexander 6th ; when he , the father of ...
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... believe to be a scrip- tural view of the atonement ; but under the view to which I advert , it seems to me no more than a mere flourish of words , conveying no defi- nite meaning to the mind . And , I am constrained to say , I strongly ...
... believe to be a scrip- tural view of the atonement ; but under the view to which I advert , it seems to me no more than a mere flourish of words , conveying no defi- nite meaning to the mind . And , I am constrained to say , I strongly ...
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Page 260 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 51 - 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 269 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 76 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows ... he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities : the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Page 224 - Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 126 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with' violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 18 - And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, "I have offended ; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear.
Page 3 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 432 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die, "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 28 - As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath he, by the eternal and most free purpose of his will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore they who are elected being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ; are effectually called unto faith in Christ by his Spirit working in due season ; are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power through faith unto salvation. Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the...