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89 The next major omission in The Shorter Catechism is the question concerning perfection : " Q. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God ? A. No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the ...
89 The next major omission in The Shorter Catechism is the question concerning perfection : " Q. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God ? A. No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the ...
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Preston's insistence that a believer's " constant and ordinary work ” is " every day to make his heart perfect ” corresponds to Wesley's admonition to his followers to " go on to perfection . ” 31 This should not be misinterpreted as ...
Preston's insistence that a believer's " constant and ordinary work ” is " every day to make his heart perfect ” corresponds to Wesley's admonition to his followers to " go on to perfection . ” 31 This should not be misinterpreted as ...
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( 2 ) I believe there is no such perfection in this life as excludes these involuntary transgressions which I apprehend to be naturally consequent on the ignorance and mistakes inseparable from mortality .
( 2 ) I believe there is no such perfection in this life as excludes these involuntary transgressions which I apprehend to be naturally consequent on the ignorance and mistakes inseparable from mortality .
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Contents
Abbreviations | 11 |
Puritan Authors in Wesleys Publications | 31 |
Wesleys Abridgment of Puritan Literature | 47 |
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