The Whole Works of the Reverend and Learned Mr. John Willison, Late Minister of the Gospel at Dundee. ...J. Moir, 1798 |
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... baptized ? A. ft , They understand as much of it as the Jewish infants did of circumcifion , at eight days of age ; and yet that ordinance behoved not to be longer delayed . Now there is the fame reason for adminiftrating the fa ...
... baptized ? A. ft , They understand as much of it as the Jewish infants did of circumcifion , at eight days of age ; and yet that ordinance behoved not to be longer delayed . Now there is the fame reason for adminiftrating the fa ...
Page 55
... baptism , though they understand not its meaning . The infants Christ took up in his arms , Luke xviii . knew not his mean- ing , yet they got his bleffing . An inheritance bequeath- ed to a poor child in the cradle , is of use to it ...
... baptism , though they understand not its meaning . The infants Christ took up in his arms , Luke xviii . knew not his mean- ing , yet they got his bleffing . An inheritance bequeath- ed to a poor child in the cradle , is of use to it ...
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... baptism ? A. It belongs properly to the parents , and not to thefe who are called god - fathers or god - mothers - becaufe children have a right to baptifm , only in and by their parents : and thefe only have a power , both by the law ...
... baptism ? A. It belongs properly to the parents , and not to thefe who are called god - fathers or god - mothers - becaufe children have a right to baptifm , only in and by their parents : and thefe only have a power , both by the law ...
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... baptism , as many do , argues both a contempt of Chrift's folemn or- dinance , which he hath inftituted for his church's good ; and want of charity to those who are to be baptifed , in that they decline to stay and pray for them , and ...
... baptism , as many do , argues both a contempt of Chrift's folemn or- dinance , which he hath inftituted for his church's good ; and want of charity to those who are to be baptifed , in that they decline to stay and pray for them , and ...
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... baptism . I have read of Lucian , a fcoffing Atheift , when he apof- tatized from the profeffion of Chriftianity , he mocked at his baptifm , faying He got nothing by it , but a fyllable to his name ; he was Lucius , before , and at ...
... baptism . I have read of Lucian , a fcoffing Atheift , when he apof- tatized from the profeffion of Chriftianity , he mocked at his baptifm , faying He got nothing by it , but a fyllable to his name ; he was Lucius , before , and at ...
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Page 505 - God: and I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 250 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 246 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father ; We are the clay, and thou our potter; And we all are the work of thy hand.
Page 310 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.
Page 401 - Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created ? A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him...
Page 458 - Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath -of God, and the cursed death of the cross ; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.
Page 684 - Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven," we pray that God by his grace would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things, as the angels do in heaven. Q. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth petition ? A. In the fourth petition, which is, " Give us this day our daily bread...
Page 491 - A. Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges of the sons of God.
Page 525 - The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind ; and our neighbour as ourselves.
Page 319 - After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.