The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone ...Prited by J. Hughs, for J. Dodsley, 1765 - Grace (Theology) |
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... Jefus answered and said unto him , Verily , ve- rily , I fay unto thee , Except a man be born again , he cannot fee the kingdom of God . INTRODUCTION . HE condition on which ministers of the gospel hold their office , is extremely awful ...
... Jefus answered and said unto him , Verily , ve- rily , I fay unto thee , Except a man be born again , he cannot fee the kingdom of God . INTRODUCTION . HE condition on which ministers of the gospel hold their office , is extremely awful ...
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... Jefus by night . Convinced he feems to have been of the power which attended his ministry , but , un- der a still stronger attachment to his worldly in- tereft , he durft not openly avow his conviction . Our Lord , at once to enlighten ...
... Jefus by night . Convinced he feems to have been of the power which attended his ministry , but , un- der a still stronger attachment to his worldly in- tereft , he durft not openly avow his conviction . Our Lord , at once to enlighten ...
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... Jefus answered , Verily I fay unto thee , Ex- " cept a man be born of water and of the Spirit , " he cannot enter into the kingdom of God . " I am fenfible that regeneration or the new- birth is a subject , at prefent , very ...
... Jefus answered , Verily I fay unto thee , Ex- " cept a man be born of water and of the Spirit , " he cannot enter into the kingdom of God . " I am fenfible that regeneration or the new- birth is a subject , at prefent , very ...
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... Jefus unto good works , which God " hath before ordained that we fhould walk in them . " It is ftill a figure of the fame kind * Titus iii . 5 . ii , 10 . † 2 Cor , v , 17 . Ephef . that that is used when we are exhorted " to put 12 A ...
... Jefus unto good works , which God " hath before ordained that we fhould walk in them . " It is ftill a figure of the fame kind * Titus iii . 5 . ii , 10 . † 2 Cor , v , 17 . Ephef . that that is used when we are exhorted " to put 12 A ...
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... Jefus , and made new creatures . Does not this still teach us the greatness of the change ? We must be en- tirely different from what we were before , as one creature differs from another , or as that which begins to be at any time , is ...
... Jefus , and made new creatures . Does not this still teach us the greatness of the change ? We must be en- tirely different from what we were before , as one creature differs from another , or as that which begins to be at any time , is ...
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Page 265 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,
Page 159 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 58 - And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love ; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Page 206 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 153 - Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Page 228 - Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the book it is written of me ; I delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, thy law is within my heart.
Page 245 - Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Page 171 - In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats ; to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Page 276 - Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things that are •written in the book of the law, to do them.
Page 241 - Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without Me ye can do nothing.