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... Scrip- tures . ' For we do esteem them the best System both of Faith and Morality , that ever was writ- ten , and do therefore juftly prefer them to all other Books whatsoever . We fhall now pass to < SECT 11 . Of the Light of Chrift ...
... Scrip- tures . ' For we do esteem them the best System both of Faith and Morality , that ever was writ- ten , and do therefore juftly prefer them to all other Books whatsoever . We fhall now pass to < SECT 11 . Of the Light of Chrift ...
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... Scrip- ture and outward Teaching . And yet these are fuch effential Truths of Chriftianity , that the whole Chriftian Faith and Religion , as it is distinguished from natural Religion depends thereupon . To prove which he perverts the ...
... Scrip- ture and outward Teaching . And yet these are fuch effential Truths of Chriftianity , that the whole Chriftian Faith and Religion , as it is distinguished from natural Religion depends thereupon . To prove which he perverts the ...
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... Scrip- ture . For The Light is God , and Christ , the eter- • nal Word , See John i . And that certainly is fuf- • ficient of it felf . For it was fo before any Scripture was extant , and why not now ? Doth the Being of Scripture ...
... Scrip- ture . For The Light is God , and Christ , the eter- • nal Word , See John i . And that certainly is fuf- • ficient of it felf . For it was fo before any Scripture was extant , and why not now ? Doth the Being of Scripture ...
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... Scrip- < tures . ' We fee no dangerous Confequence in it , unless to those who , unfent of Chrift , pretend to be his Minifters , whom his Light , if duly heeded , will discover . But ' tis fo far from mak- ing the outward Teaching of ...
... Scrip- < tures . ' We fee no dangerous Confequence in it , unless to those who , unfent of Chrift , pretend to be his Minifters , whom his Light , if duly heeded , will discover . But ' tis fo far from mak- ing the outward Teaching of ...
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... Scrip- ture , when they are made known to them by the Scriptures , but he fays , they must own them 6 as effential Truths . ' We think it enough , and as much as the Scripture requires of us , to believe the Truth therein declared of ...
... Scrip- ture , when they are made known to them by the Scriptures , but he fays , they must own them 6 as effential Truths . ' We think it enough , and as much as the Scripture requires of us , to believe the Truth therein declared of ...
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Page 172 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts...
Page 102 - As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.
Page 81 - GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Page 35 - If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Page 36 - If any man shall add unto these things, GOD shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book : and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, GOD shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things that are written in this book.
Page 265 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Page 234 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ ; neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or, as the...
Page 98 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 108 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Page 64 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.