The Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, with the Scripture-proofs at Large: Together with The Sum of Saving Knowledge Contain'd in the Holy Scriptures, and Held Forth in the Said Confession and Catechisms and Practical Use Thereof, Covenants, National and Solemn League, Acknowledgement of Sins and Engagement to Duties, Directories, Form of Church-government, &c of Public Authority in the Church of Scotland. With Acts of Assembly and Parliament, Relative To, and Approbative of the Same ...Robert Duncan, 1768 - 546 pages |
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... according to this word , ⚫it is because there is no light in them , ' If the reverend and learned compofers of these ensuing treatises were willing to take the pains of annexing fcripture proofs to every truth , that the faith of ...
... according to this word , ⚫it is because there is no light in them , ' If the reverend and learned compofers of these ensuing treatises were willing to take the pains of annexing fcripture proofs to every truth , that the faith of ...
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... according to their feveral capacities . And , if they once under- fand thefe grounds of religion , they will be able to read other books more understandingly , and hear fermons more profitably , and confer more judiciously , and hold ...
... according to their feveral capacities . And , if they once under- fand thefe grounds of religion , they will be able to read other books more understandingly , and hear fermons more profitably , and confer more judiciously , and hold ...
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... according to election might ftand , not of works , but of him that calleth . v . 13. As it is writ- ten , Jacob have I loved , but Efau have I hated . v . 16. So then , it is not of him that willeth , nor of him that runneth , but of ...
... according to election might ftand , not of works , but of him that calleth . v . 13. As it is writ- ten , Jacob have I loved , but Efau have I hated . v . 16. So then , it is not of him that willeth , nor of him that runneth , but of ...
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... According as he hath chofen us in him , before the foundation of the world , that we fhonld be holy , and without blame before him in love : v . 9. Having made known unto us the mystery of bis will , according to his good pleafure ...
... According as he hath chofen us in him , before the foundation of the world , that we fhonld be holy , and without blame before him in love : v . 9. Having made known unto us the mystery of bis will , according to his good pleafure ...
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... according to the unfearchable counsel of his own will , whereby he extend- eth or withholdeth mercy as he pleaseth , for the glory of his fovereign power over his creatures , to pafs by , and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for ...
... according to the unfearchable counsel of his own will , whereby he extend- eth or withholdeth mercy as he pleaseth , for the glory of his fovereign power over his creatures , to pafs by , and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for ...
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Page 368 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 341 - Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Page 351 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear : For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 338 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 316 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 358 - These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Page 303 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Page 337 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more ; and unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews...
Page 333 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 345 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.