A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.].1807 |
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... common Christianity , which is to be the common means of salvation to all men . If the writers upon Christian Perfection have fancied to themselves some peculiar degrees of piety , or extraordinary devotions which they call by that name ...
... common Christianity , which is to be the common means of salvation to all men . If the writers upon Christian Perfection have fancied to themselves some peculiar degrees of piety , or extraordinary devotions which they call by that name ...
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... common to all orders of Christians . It will , perhaps , be here objected , that this sup- poses that all people may be equally good , which seems as impossible in the nature of things , as to suppose that all people may be equally wise ...
... common to all orders of Christians . It will , perhaps , be here objected , that this sup- poses that all people may be equally good , which seems as impossible in the nature of things , as to suppose that all people may be equally wise ...
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... common to all states , and to which all orders of Christians are equally called . Again , there may be another difference of virtue founded in the different abilities of persons ; one may have a more enlightened mind than another , and ...
... common to all states , and to which all orders of Christians are equally called . Again , there may be another difference of virtue founded in the different abilities of persons ; one may have a more enlightened mind than another , and ...
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... common rule of perfection . Did not God pardon frailties and infirmities , the best of men could not be rewarded . But consider now , does God's pardoning of frailties and infirmi- ties , in the best of men , prove that the best of men ...
... common rule of perfection . Did not God pardon frailties and infirmities , the best of men could not be rewarded . But consider now , does God's pardoning of frailties and infirmi- ties , in the best of men , prove that the best of men ...
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... common to them all . It therefore plainly appears , that the different degrees of glory in another life , are no more a proof that God calls some persons to different and lower states of goodness than others , than his pardoning variety ...
... common to them all . It therefore plainly appears , that the different degrees of glory in another life , are no more a proof that God calls some persons to different and lower states of goodness than others , than his pardoning variety ...
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Page 79 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 16 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5.
Page 107 - And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Page 332 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 390 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire ; where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 346 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 63 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom...
Page 55 - Then Jesus beholding him, loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and come, take up the cross and follow me.
Page 155 - Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 22 - And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...