Friendly Letters to a Universalist on Divine Rewards and PunishmentsBrown, Shattuck, and Company, 1833 - 356 pages |
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... death for the sins of this life . Our doctrine is and has been , that men will not be punished in the future world for the sins of this life . " " Universalists do maintain that pun- ishment in the future state is not threatened in the ...
... death for the sins of this life . Our doctrine is and has been , that men will not be punished in the future world for the sins of this life . " " Universalists do maintain that pun- ishment in the future state is not threatened in the ...
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... death itself would come suddenly and perhaps you would linger many years in wretchedness . All this suffering and loss I consider to be the divine punishment of your transgression . Now I believe it is as much a part of religion to obey ...
... death itself would come suddenly and perhaps you would linger many years in wretchedness . All this suffering and loss I consider to be the divine punishment of your transgression . Now I believe it is as much a part of religion to obey ...
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... death must increase your enjoyment in a purer and more spiritual region . And if you condemn yourself for your dishonest and fraudulent practices when standing on the brink of the grave , if you then suffer the most exquisite torments ...
... death must increase your enjoyment in a purer and more spiritual region . And if you condemn yourself for your dishonest and fraudulent practices when standing on the brink of the grave , if you then suffer the most exquisite torments ...
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... death and futurity . All this is the natural consequence of your iniquity ; the divine punishment for your diso- bedience of the laws of your Creator . And can these consequences cease with the death of the body ? Will you take delight ...
... death and futurity . All this is the natural consequence of your iniquity ; the divine punishment for your diso- bedience of the laws of your Creator . And can these consequences cease with the death of the body ? Will you take delight ...
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... affection and obe- dience you preserve an unfailing confidence in his unchangeable love . In hours of sickness and death you know that your friend and Father will be with you for your support and consolation . All this and much 20 LETTER I.
... affection and obe- dience you preserve an unfailing confidence in his unchangeable love . In hours of sickness and death you know that your friend and Father will be with you for your support and consolation . All this and much 20 LETTER I.
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Page 168 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Page 123 - For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them : but the word preached did not profit them , not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Page 153 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 111 - ... though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered, and, being made perfect, he became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him, called of God an high priest, after the order of Melchisedec.
Page 267 - Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son ; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake : but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Page 151 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 154 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 142 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 250 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 48 - Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute : that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation...