A System of Christian Theology: Containing an Explanation of the Doctrines, Duties, and Precepts, of the Christian Religion. By the Rev. Robert Woodward, ...T. Dicey and Company, 1791 - 211 pages |
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... reason and fcripture is more by way of reminding than convincing . Ift . In the 14th Pfalm , 1ft verse , the Pfalmift obferves , The fool hath said in his heart , there is no God . And furely if a perfon is capable of obfervation and ...
... reason and fcripture is more by way of reminding than convincing . Ift . In the 14th Pfalm , 1ft verse , the Pfalmift obferves , The fool hath said in his heart , there is no God . And furely if a perfon is capable of obfervation and ...
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... reason we come to the know- ledge of God , yet we have need of fuper- natural affiftance to direct us in the dif- charge of our duty towards him . We are no fooner convinced of God's existence , than we begin to be anxious to act and de ...
... reason we come to the know- ledge of God , yet we have need of fuper- natural affiftance to direct us in the dif- charge of our duty towards him . We are no fooner convinced of God's existence , than we begin to be anxious to act and de ...
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... reason , and agreeable to the notions we naturally form of the Deity . The Bible is acknowledged to be the oldest history in the world : it's very antiquity therefore merits veneration , That form of worship which God pre- fcribed the ...
... reason , and agreeable to the notions we naturally form of the Deity . The Bible is acknowledged to be the oldest history in the world : it's very antiquity therefore merits veneration , That form of worship which God pre- fcribed the ...
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... reason . Why should it be thought more difficult for God to raise and quicken a dead body , than at first to create it from the duft of the ground , and to inspire it with a living foul ? or why fhould he not as eafily perform this , as ...
... reason . Why should it be thought more difficult for God to raise and quicken a dead body , than at first to create it from the duft of the ground , and to inspire it with a living foul ? or why fhould he not as eafily perform this , as ...
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... Reason alone , without further aid , is fufficient to inform us , that we were de- figned for futurity ; and the gracious reve- lations of God have inftructed us how to prepare for it : in which he has prescribed laws and rules ufeful ...
... Reason alone , without further aid , is fufficient to inform us , that we were de- figned for futurity ; and the gracious reve- lations of God have inftructed us how to prepare for it : in which he has prescribed laws and rules ufeful ...
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2dly affift affured againſt alfo Almighty alſo angels anſwer apoſtle baptifm becauſe bleffed cæleftial cauſe chapter Chrift Chriftian command confider confideration covenant death defire devil diſcharge divine divine grace duty epiftle eternal everlaſting evil exiſtence facrifice faid faith falvation fame Father fays fcriptures felves fenfe fervice fhall fhew fhould fincerely firſt fleſh fome fons foul fpirit ftate fubject fuch fuffer Ghoft glory God's gofpel gracious greateſt happineſs hath heart heaven heavenly himſelf Holy Ghoſt Holy Spirit hope impoffible inftances inftitution Jefus joys kindneſs laſt live Lord manifeft mankind mercy mind moſt muft muſt neceffary neceffity neighbour obferve ourſelves paffion perfon Pfalm Pfalmift piety pleaſe pleaſures praiſe prayer precepts preferve preſent promiſes puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reaſon refpect refurrection religion repentance Saviour ſays ſhall ſpeak ſtate thankſgiving thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe things tion underſtand unto uſe verfe verſe virtue whofe wicked worſhip
Popular passages
Page 78 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Page 153 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 174 - Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
Page 86 - But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind whatsoever I shall have said to you.
Page 30 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 67 - Whither fhall I go from thy fpirit, or whither fhall I flee from thy prefence ? If I afcend up into heaven, thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermoft parts of the fea, even there fhall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand fhall hold me.
Page 17 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 99 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is. What has the dark, morbid, unhappy sensualist to do with it? Godliness hath the promise of the life "that now is," as well as "that which is to come.
Page 139 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive the things that God hath prepared for them that love him ;" and the eternal Father, who dwelleth in light unapproachable, no man hath seen or can see.
Page 138 - WHAT reward shall I give unto the LORD for all the benefits He hath done unto me ? I will receive the cup of salvation, and call upon the Name of the LORD.