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Page 55
And , first , the most general mark , by which this may be known , is , that " if any
man be in Christ , he is a new creature ; old things are passed away : behold , all
things are become new , 2 Cor . y . 17 . That he is renewed in the spirit of his ...
And , first , the most general mark , by which this may be known , is , that " if any
man be in Christ , he is a new creature ; old things are passed away : behold , all
things are become new , 2 Cor . y . 17 . That he is renewed in the spirit of his ...
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Faith is by the apostle described , “ the substance of things hoped for , and the
evidence of things not seen ; " that which brings eternal things into a near view ,
and represents them unto the soul as undoubted realities . Whence it is , that the
...
Faith is by the apostle described , “ the substance of things hoped for , and the
evidence of things not seen ; " that which brings eternal things into a near view ,
and represents them unto the soul as undoubted realities . Whence it is , that the
...
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The word impute or imputation is not indeed found in these texts ; but the thing
intended by it is plainly found there . ... God , and made righteous ; -let these
things be owned , and it will not be of so great importance whether you consent to
the ...
The word impute or imputation is not indeed found in these texts ; but the thing
intended by it is plainly found there . ... God , and made righteous ; -let these
things be owned , and it will not be of so great importance whether you consent to
the ...
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Labour to evidence your union to Christ , by having your heart purified by faith ,
and your affections spiritual and heavenly . Then may you know that you are
risen with Christ , when you seek those things which are above , where Christ
sitteth ...
Labour to evidence your union to Christ , by having your heart purified by faith ,
and your affections spiritual and heavenly . Then may you know that you are
risen with Christ , when you seek those things which are above , where Christ
sitteth ...
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Jonathan Dickinson. You will readily allow , if it be impossible , from the nature of
things , that one who is truly united to Jesus Christ , should be habitually careless
and at ease , indifferent and indolent in a way of sinning , that your objections ...
Jonathan Dickinson. You will readily allow , if it be impossible , from the nature of
things , that one who is truly united to Jesus Christ , should be habitually careless
and at ease , indifferent and indolent in a way of sinning , that your objections ...
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Page 246 - And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Page 128 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Page 156 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 38 - THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL EAT, BUT YE SHALL BE HUNGRY; BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL DRINK, BUT YE SHALL BE THIRSTY; BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL REJOICE, BUT YE SHALL BE ASHAMED; BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL SING FOR JOY OF HEART, BUT YE SHALL CRY FOR SORROW OF HEART, AND SHALL HOWL FOR VEXATION OF SPIRIT.
Page 283 - ... but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ : From whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.
Page 107 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Page 33 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 320 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Page 245 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Page 283 - Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
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| Title | Familiar Letters to a Gentleman: On Several Important Subjects in Religion ... |
| Author | Jonathan Dickinson |
| Contributor | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) |
| Publisher | Religious tract society, 1835 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 349 pages |
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