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Page 47
... observation , we have to remark , first , that in the very same epistle to the Romans in which St Paul says , that the just shall live by faith , ' not only in the same epistle , but in the same sentence , St Paul tells us that the ...
... observation , we have to remark , first , that in the very same epistle to the Romans in which St Paul says , that the just shall live by faith , ' not only in the same epistle , but in the same sentence , St Paul tells us that the ...
Page 48
... observation applies to the epistle to the Galatians ; in which epistle , it is true , that the apostle hath used concerning faith these very strong terms ; Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law , but by the faith ...
... observation applies to the epistle to the Galatians ; in which epistle , it is true , that the apostle hath used concerning faith these very strong terms ; Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law , but by the faith ...
Page 49
... observation , namely , that the apostle hath spoken strong things concerning faith , yet hath at the same time , and in the same writing , most absolutely insisted upon a virtuous life , and most positively declared that a life of sin ...
... observation , namely , that the apostle hath spoken strong things concerning faith , yet hath at the same time , and in the same writing , most absolutely insisted upon a virtuous life , and most positively declared that a life of sin ...
Page 53
... observe days and months , and times and years . ' The truth was , that in St Paul's absence , his Gala- tian converts had been going fast into Judaism , which he con- sidered as an undoing of every thing which he had THE EFFICACY OF THE ...
... observe days and months , and times and years . ' The truth was , that in St Paul's absence , his Gala- tian converts had been going fast into Judaism , which he con- sidered as an undoing of every thing which he had THE EFFICACY OF THE ...
Page 63
... observation . But still I am afraid , that both in principle and execution our performances are not only defective , but defective in a degree which we are not sufficiently aware of . The rule laid down for us is this ; to love our ...
... observation . But still I am afraid , that both in principle and execution our performances are not only defective , but defective in a degree which we are not sufficiently aware of . The rule laid down for us is this ; to love our ...
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