The Christian Doctrine of Sanctification Considered in Eight Sermons: Preached Before the University of Oxford, at the Bampton Lecture, for the Year MDCCCXLVIII.Seeleys, 1848 - 283 pages |
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... perfect knowledge , which had been thus instan- taneously bestowed upon a creature , who but an hour before had no existence , which corresponds in some measure to the picture , furnished so long afterwards by the apostle in the words ...
... perfect knowledge , which had been thus instan- taneously bestowed upon a creature , who but an hour before had no existence , which corresponds in some measure to the picture , furnished so long afterwards by the apostle in the words ...
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... perfect enjoyment . But in Adam there was nothing of this kind . As there was nothing without , so was there nothing within him , to discompose that perfect satisfac- tion , with which he regarded all the dispensations of his maker ...
... perfect enjoyment . But in Adam there was nothing of this kind . As there was nothing without , so was there nothing within him , to discompose that perfect satisfac- tion , with which he regarded all the dispensations of his maker ...
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... perfect of beings , whose goodness can never disappoint any , that trust to it , any more than his power can fail , or his wisdom become subject to decay ? Love desires the good or the honour of its ob- ject , not its own . When ...
... perfect of beings , whose goodness can never disappoint any , that trust to it , any more than his power can fail , or his wisdom become subject to decay ? Love desires the good or the honour of its ob- ject , not its own . When ...
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... perfect creature must ever rest upon his creator . His perfections indeed are infinite ; and the development of them to the un- derstanding of a finite creature may engage his faculties to eternity . Thus the holy angels , for example ...
... perfect creature must ever rest upon his creator . His perfections indeed are infinite ; and the development of them to the un- derstanding of a finite creature may engage his faculties to eternity . Thus the holy angels , for example ...
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... perfect love of God , which casteth out fear , or of that confiding and unmingled love to his partner in sin and sorrow , which their common guilt had clouded with painful recollections . The similitude of God was gone ; and one act had ...
... perfect love of God , which casteth out fear , or of that confiding and unmingled love to his partner in sin and sorrow , which their common guilt had clouded with painful recollections . The similitude of God was gone ; and one act had ...
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Page 131 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 179 - Jesus : that ye put off, concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind ; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Page 123 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 129 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 130 - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ; and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations...
Page 135 - But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Page 126 - For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 83 - I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Page 145 - I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Page 79 - Then shall it be for a man to burn ; for he will take thereof and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and faileth down thereto.