Views in Theology, Volumes 1-2s.l., 1824 |
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... consistent with that in which he treats them in other parts of his word . How then does he treat them in other parts of his word ? as though a defect existed in their physical constitutions by which they are rendered totally incapable ...
... consistent with that in which he treats them in other parts of his word . How then does he treat them in other parts of his word ? as though a defect existed in their physical constitutions by which they are rendered totally incapable ...
Page 78
... consistency with the na- ture of God's moral government . It has been seen that all the means which he employs as a legislator to lead men to holiness , exert their influence solely as motives ; and that a vast portion of those means ...
... consistency with the na- ture of God's moral government . It has been seen that all the means which he employs as a legislator to lead men to holiness , exert their influence solely as motives ; and that a vast portion of those means ...
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... consistency ? The rejection of the position that men are the efficient causes of their actions , is , of course , also at equal variance with the views which have been presented respecting the capacity of mankind , -the influence of the ...
... consistency ? The rejection of the position that men are the efficient causes of their actions , is , of course , also at equal variance with the views which have been presented respecting the capacity of mankind , -the influence of the ...
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... consistent for him -while thus supremely desiring them always to act in ac- cordance with his law - not to go any farther than the use of his present system of means to lead them to it . He may have the best reasons for it . It plainly ...
... consistent for him -while thus supremely desiring them always to act in ac- cordance with his law - not to go any farther than the use of his present system of means to lead them to it . He may have the best reasons for it . It plainly ...
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... consistent - to employ such a system of means as shall infallibly persuade them to it invariably ? May not their knowledge and goodness unite in leading them to prefer to leave them in many instances to transgress , rather than to ...
... consistent - to employ such a system of means as shall infallibly persuade them to it invariably ? May not their knowledge and goodness unite in leading them to prefer to leave them in many instances to transgress , rather than to ...
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Page 72 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children, and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 330 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 310 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Page 31 - Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.
Page 9 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe according to the working of his mighty power...
Page 311 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 62 - Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 9 - The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 72 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18.
Page 8 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam...