Six Letters Addressed to a Congregation of Independent Dissenters Upon Separating from Their Communion |
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... existence from Scripture , we contemplate God as a spirit , he must be one for spirit cannot have parts , bounds , proportions , or form . It was doubtless to guard against the growth of contrary notions of the divine nature and existence ...
... existence from Scripture , we contemplate God as a spirit , he must be one for spirit cannot have parts , bounds , proportions , or form . It was doubtless to guard against the growth of contrary notions of the divine nature and existence ...
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... existence ; yet , that the Son is begotten of the Father , and that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and the Son ; that these three persons are each of them God , and yet that there are not three Gods , but one God . If by the ...
... existence ; yet , that the Son is begotten of the Father , and that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and the Son ; that these three persons are each of them God , and yet that there are not three Gods , but one God . If by the ...
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... existence of a plurality of per- sons in the Godhead from the works of creation . In considering the consequences that flow from our ascribing to three persons the attributes that are inseparable from the divine nature , we encounter at ...
... existence of a plurality of per- sons in the Godhead from the works of creation . In considering the consequences that flow from our ascribing to three persons the attributes that are inseparable from the divine nature , we encounter at ...
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prejudice and passion from acquiring sound and rational notions of the divine nature and existence ; while the timid and uninformed , unable to penetrate the mystery , or to decide between two equally bold pretensions , are driven in ...
prejudice and passion from acquiring sound and rational notions of the divine nature and existence ; while the timid and uninformed , unable to penetrate the mystery , or to decide between two equally bold pretensions , are driven in ...
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... existence of the Deity , as may be more reconcilable with reason , and at the same time more consistent with the plain and intelligible language of sacred writ . Having for the sake of truth , and by no means for my personal ...
... existence of the Deity , as may be more reconcilable with reason , and at the same time more consistent with the plain and intelligible language of sacred writ . Having for the sake of truth , and by no means for my personal ...
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Page 12 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page 8 - Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever.
Page 38 - And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Page 12 - ... and then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming : even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish : because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 40 - But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Page 12 - Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Page 33 - And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Page 42 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 17 - Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Page 32 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ.