The Sacred Classics: Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity, Volume 23J. Hatchard&Son, 1835 |
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... godliness , be his person never so holy , unless he derive wis- dom in order to such mysteries ; so , be he never so instructed by the assistance of art or infused know- ledge , yet unless he also have derived power as well as skill ...
... godliness , be his person never so holy , unless he derive wis- dom in order to such mysteries ; so , be he never so instructed by the assistance of art or infused know- ledge , yet unless he also have derived power as well as skill ...
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... godliness which dis- tinguishes Christian from a word and an empty name . And the word is now the same , and the arguments greater , ( for some have been growing ever since , as the prophecies have been fulfilled , ) and the sermons ...
... godliness which dis- tinguishes Christian from a word and an empty name . And the word is now the same , and the arguments greater , ( for some have been growing ever since , as the prophecies have been fulfilled , ) and the sermons ...
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... godly in this present world ; ' — that is , lead a whole life in the pursuit of universal holiness . ' ( Sobriety , jus- tice , and godliness being the proper language to signify our religion and respects to God , to our neighbours ...
... godly in this present world ; ' — that is , lead a whole life in the pursuit of universal holiness . ' ( Sobriety , jus- tice , and godliness being the proper language to signify our religion and respects to God , to our neighbours ...
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... godliness ? ' the same severity and perfection : Every one that hath this hope ( that is , every one who either does not , or hath no reason to despair , ) purifieth himself , even as God is pure ; ' meaning , that he is pure by a ...
... godliness ? ' the same severity and perfection : Every one that hath this hope ( that is , every one who either does not , or hath no reason to despair , ) purifieth himself , even as God is pure ; ' meaning , that he is pure by a ...
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... godliness , and to godliness brotherly kindness , and to brotherly kindness charity . " All this is an evident prosecution of the first design ; the holiness and righteousness of a whole life , the being clear from all spots and ...
... godliness , and to godliness brotherly kindness , and to brotherly kindness charity . " All this is an evident prosecution of the first design ; the holiness and righteousness of a whole life , the being clear from all spots and ...
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Page 6 - fountain of holiness and of plenty, as expecting a derivation from him either of discourses or miracles. But Jesus answered her, ' Woman, what have I to do with thee ? mine hour is not yet come.' By this answer, intending no denial to the purpose of his mother's intimation, to whom he always bore a religious and pious reverence;
Page 199 - still retaining the old appellative for Judaical mercy, [righteousness:] ' For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure for a good man some will even dare to die.' * So that the Christian mercy must be a mercy of the whole man; the heart must
Page 217 - and godliness. And therefore St. Paul, commending the grace of universal charity, says, that ' love worketh no ill to his neighbour, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law;'' implying, that the prime intention of the law was, that every man's right be secured, that no man receive wrong. And indeed all the Decalogue consisting of prohibitions rather than precepts,
Page 177 - and as it is in the case of penitents never mending their lives till their lives be done:) that goodness is fatal, and the prologue of an eternal death. 50. I conclude this point with the words of St. Paul: God ' will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who, by patient continuance in well-doing, seek^for glory and honour and immortality,
Page 154 - they fasted, they covered them in sackcloth, they cried mightily unto God; yea, they turned every one from his evil way, and from the violence that was in their hands.' And this was it that appeased God in that instance. ' God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; and God repented of the evil, and did it not.
Page 154 - 33. The same character of repentance we find in the prophet Ezekiel : ' When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doth that which is lawful and right;'*
Page 81 - John, and they went after him. And with this family he goes up and down the whole Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom, healing all manner of diseases, curing demoniacs, cleansing lepers, and giving strength to paralytics and lame people. 9. But when ' the people pressed on him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
Page 139 - money. Concerning him St. Peter pronounced, ' Thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity : yet repent, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Page 189 - Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep,'' that is, in penitential mourning; for he adds, ' Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Page 122 - relate principally and properly to the abolition of sins committed before baptism : for we are 'justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ; whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past: to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness :'* and this is that which