... From my childhood up, my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty, in choosing whom he would to eternal life, and rejecting whom he pleased; leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell.... John Ruskin, Preacher, and Other Essays - Page 30by Lewis Herbert Chrisman - 1921 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Hopkins - 1804 - 408 pages
...fovereignty of .God, and his juftice in thus eternally difpofingof men, according to his fovereign pleafure. 'But never could give an account, how, or .by what means, I was thus convinced ; not in the leaft imagining, in the time of it, nor a long time after, that there was any extraordinary influence... | |
| Christianity - 1808 - 604 pages
...perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be...I was thus convinced ; not in the least imagining, in the time of it, nor a long time after, that there was any extraordinary influence of God's Spirit... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 532 pages
...perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used tp appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be...according to his sovereign pleasure. But never could give ah account, how, er by what means, I was thus convinced, not in the least imagining at the time, nor... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - Natural sin - 1815 - 290 pages
...perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be...disposing of men, according to his sovereign pleasure. But I never could give an account how, or by what means, I was thus convinced, not in the least imagining... | |
| Theology - 1821 - 694 pages
...as to this sovereignly of God, and bis justice in thus eternally disposing of men, according to bis sovereign pleasure. But never could give an account, how, or by what means, I wa? thus convinced, not in the least imagining at the time, nor a long lime after, that there was any... | |
| 1824 - 878 pages
...perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be...means, I was thus convinced, not in the least imagining in the time of it, nor a long time after, that there was any extraordinary influence of God's Spirit... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 844 pages
...perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be...disposing of men according to his sovereign pleasure. But neтег could give an account how, or by what means, 1 was thus convinced, not in the least imagining... | |
| Theology - 1824 - 400 pages
...perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell.— It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be convinced, and fully satisfied, as to the sovereignty of God, and his justice in thus eternally disposing of men, according to his sovereign... | |
| Congregational churches - 1830 - 684 pages
...he pleased ; leaving them eternally to perish. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be convinced, and fully satisfied, as to the sovereignty of God, and his justice in thus eternally disposing of men, according to his sovereign... | |
| Congregational churches - 1830 - 690 pages
...he pleased ; leaving them eternally to perish. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be convinced, and fully satisfied, as to the sovereignty of God, and his justice in thus eternally disposing of men, according to his sovereign... | |
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