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... rule , by which to judge of the nature of religion . 5. The scriptures do represent true rcligion , as being sum- marily comprehended in love , the chief of the affections , and fountain of all other affections . So our blessed Saviour ...
... rule , by which to judge of the nature of religion . 5. The scriptures do represent true rcligion , as being sum- marily comprehended in love , the chief of the affections , and fountain of all other affections . So our blessed Saviour ...
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... rule to judge of things of this nature , that there are religious affections which are very high , that are not spir- itual and saving . The apostle Paul speaks of affections in the Galatians , which had been exceedingly elevated , and ...
... rule to judge of things of this nature , that there are religious affections which are very high , that are not spir- itual and saving . The apostle Paul speaks of affections in the Galatians , which had been exceedingly elevated , and ...
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... rule any have to determine , that gracious and holy affections , when raised as high as any natural affections , and have equally strong and vigorous exercises , cannot have a great effect on the body . No such rule can be drawn from ...
... rule any have to determine , that gracious and holy affections , when raised as high as any natural affections , and have equally strong and vigorous exercises , cannot have a great effect on the body . No such rule can be drawn from ...
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... rule , instead of the holy scripture . Though the scripture be full of rules , both how we should judge of our own state , and also how we should be conducted in our opin- ion of others ; yet we have no where any rule , by which to ...
... rule , instead of the holy scripture . Though the scripture be full of rules , both how we should judge of our own state , and also how we should be conducted in our opin- ion of others ; yet we have no where any rule , by which to ...
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... rule , as that if any affections or expe- riences arise with promises , and comfortable texts of scrip- ture , unaccountably brought to mind , without their recollec- tion , or if a great number of sweet texts follow one another in a ...
... rule , as that if any affections or expe- riences arise with promises , and comfortable texts of scrip- ture , unaccountably brought to mind , without their recollec- tion , or if a great number of sweet texts follow one another in a ...
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Page 171 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things- Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Page 426 - Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 304 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 306 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 303 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Page 476 - Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Page 31 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 390 - In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Page 425 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
Page 236 - I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.