Amyntas and Philetus: Or, Christian Conversation; Illustrated in a Friendly Visit Into the Country, in Seven Dialoguesauthor, and sold, 1770 - 301 pages |
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Page iii
... appearing on the public theatre of the world . And as nothing but internal and vital religion , ( religion which has its foundation in the true grace of God in the heart , ) can expel the malignancy of fin , and heal the other- wife ...
... appearing on the public theatre of the world . And as nothing but internal and vital religion , ( religion which has its foundation in the true grace of God in the heart , ) can expel the malignancy of fin , and heal the other- wife ...
Page iv
... appear to me to have little or no foundation in the word of God , ) had not a fecond publication appeared , intended ... appears dry and barren , the iv PREFACE .
... appear to me to have little or no foundation in the word of God , ) had not a fecond publication appeared , intended ... appears dry and barren , the iv PREFACE .
Page v
... appears dry and barren , the reader must be told that writ ings of the polemical kind , feldom produce much food for à ... appear throughout the whole that I regard brotherly love , and the proper expreffions thereof , as fo principal a ...
... appears dry and barren , the reader must be told that writ ings of the polemical kind , feldom produce much food for à ... appear throughout the whole that I regard brotherly love , and the proper expreffions thereof , as fo principal a ...
Page ix
... the fun's departure from the northern climes . On the wifdom of God in the gradual declenfion of the fun . On Chrift's care for his difciples when leaving the the world . Nature appears fad when the fun begins CONTENTS . ix.
... the fun's departure from the northern climes . On the wifdom of God in the gradual declenfion of the fun . On Chrift's care for his difciples when leaving the the world . Nature appears fad when the fun begins CONTENTS . ix.
Page x
... appears fad when the fun begins to withdraw . Believers mourn under the abfence of God . The falling leaves indicate our mortal state . Inftruc- tion for youth . Reproof to impenitent fin- ners . The majefty of God manifeft in win- ter ...
... appears fad when the fun begins to withdraw . Believers mourn under the abfence of God . The falling leaves indicate our mortal state . Inftruc- tion for youth . Reproof to impenitent fin- ners . The majefty of God manifeft in win- ter ...
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againſt alfo Arminian becauſe believe beſt bleffed blood blood divine caufe chearful Chrift chriftian cife conceive converfation darkneſs dear Amyntas dear Philetus defign defire delightful divine earth eſteem everlaſting exercife eyes fafe faid faith falvation fave favour fcripture feem fenfe fent fervant ferve fhades fhall fhort fhould finners firſt fkies fome foul fpeak fpirit friendſhip fruit ftand ftate ftranger ftrength fubject fuch fuffered fuperior fuppofe fure glorious glory gofpel grace hath heart heaven himſelf honour houfe houſe inftitution itſelf juſt kindneſs labour lefs Lord Jefus Lord's Lord's Supper ment mercy mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs obferve perfon Philoxenus pious pleafing pleaſure pofe poffible poor prefent profeffing promife purpoſe reafon refpect rejoice righteoufnefs ſeem ſhall ſpeak ſtate thefe themſelves Theologos theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion unto uſeful whofe whoſe wife word
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Page 30 - He fwalloweth the ground with fiercenefs and rage : neither believeth he that it is the found of the trumpet. He faith among the trumpets, ha ! ha ! and he fmelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the Jfhouting.
Page 119 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 22 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows...
Page 85 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page vi - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft and on the unjuft.
Page 211 - Atheist, and still go to heaven." To such awful lengths may the principle be pushed, that there is no guilt in mental error. " Let those," says Dr. Priestley, " who maintain that the mere holding of opinions (without regard to the motives and state of the mind through which men may have been led to form them, will necessarily exclude them from the favour of God, be particularly careful with respect to the premises from which they draw so alarming a conclusion.
Page 49 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not, I searched out.
Page 4 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and fuch as are in the fea, and all that are in them, heard I, faying, Bleffing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto him that fitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 152 - Our foul is efcaped even as a bird out of the fnare of the fowler : the fnare is broken, and we are delivered. 7 Our help ftandeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.
Page 170 - And I faw a great white throne, and him that fat on it, from whofe face the earth and the heaven fled away ; and there was found no place for them.