Select Practical Writings of Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, Volume 2Durrie & Peck, 1844 |
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... give you a true excuse for its publication . I wrote it for myself , unre- solved whether any one should ever see it , but at last inclined to leave that to the will of my executors , to publish or suppress it when I am dead , as they ...
... give you a true excuse for its publication . I wrote it for myself , unre- solved whether any one should ever see it , but at last inclined to leave that to the will of my executors , to publish or suppress it when I am dead , as they ...
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... give . " All that ever must be done for salvation by us , must here be done . It was on earth that Christ himself wrought the work of our redemption , ful- filled all righteousness , became our ransom , and paid the price of our ...
... give . " All that ever must be done for salvation by us , must here be done . It was on earth that Christ himself wrought the work of our redemption , ful- filled all righteousness , became our ransom , and paid the price of our ...
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... give me a lordship , and send me a horse or coach to carry me to it , and I should only ride about the fields for my pleasure , and make no other use of it , should I not undervalue and lose the principal bene- fit of my horse or coach ...
... give me a lordship , and send me a horse or coach to carry me to it , and I should only ride about the fields for my pleasure , and make no other use of it , should I not undervalue and lose the principal bene- fit of my horse or coach ...
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... give them half a victory if we cast them off before we can answer them . And a faith that is not up- held by such evidence of truth as reason can discern and justify , is oft joined with much secret doubting , which men dare not open ...
... give them half a victory if we cast them off before we can answer them . And a faith that is not up- held by such evidence of truth as reason can discern and justify , is oft joined with much secret doubting , which men dare not open ...
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... give me that light which may satisfy the soul , and reach the end . 2. Yet man , being a rational wight , is not taught by mere in- stinct and inspiration , and therefore this effective teaching of God doth ordinarily suppose a rational ...
... give me that light which may satisfy the soul , and reach the end . 2. Yet man , being a rational wight , is not taught by mere in- stinct and inspiration , and therefore this effective teaching of God doth ordinarily suppose a rational ...
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Page 21 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write ; From henceforth blessed 'are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 444 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt ; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 269 - For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Page 289 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 476 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 593 - ... tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile ; but glory, honour, and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: for there is no respect of persons with God.
Page 424 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Page 567 - He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Page 434 - ... 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 77 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.