The Christian Advocate, Volume 12A. Finley, 1834 |
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... reason can be assigned for its indulgence ? Do we in- tend by our rejoicing to express our grateful sense of the Divine goodness , by which we have been preserved through another year ? This , indeed , is both rational and pious ; and ...
... reason can be assigned for its indulgence ? Do we in- tend by our rejoicing to express our grateful sense of the Divine goodness , by which we have been preserved through another year ? This , indeed , is both rational and pious ; and ...
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... reason and Scripture , that the present is a probatory state ; a state in which preparation is to be made , and a character to be formed for the eternal world . All that we see of man is a riddle , unless he is to exist beyond the grave ...
... reason and Scripture , that the present is a probatory state ; a state in which preparation is to be made , and a character to be formed for the eternal world . All that we see of man is a riddle , unless he is to exist beyond the grave ...
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... Reason , also , confirms the same conclusion . To suppose the Deity either ignorant of any event , or changeable in regard to it , is to suppose him imperfect ; and this is to deny his essential cha- racter . How the absolute ...
... Reason , also , confirms the same conclusion . To suppose the Deity either ignorant of any event , or changeable in regard to it , is to suppose him imperfect ; and this is to deny his essential cha- racter . How the absolute ...
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... reason , teaches us that it is folly without a parallel , to reckon with certainty on length of days . We see that ... Reasons not fully known to us , but doubtless wise and sufficient in themselves , decide that one shall have a longer ...
... reason , teaches us that it is folly without a parallel , to reckon with certainty on length of days . We see that ... Reasons not fully known to us , but doubtless wise and sufficient in themselves , decide that one shall have a longer ...
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... reason holds its throne , from carrying it to the horrid lengths that have just been mentioned . The cares , and burdens , and perplexities , and fatigue of worldly busi- ness , or of relative duties , may sometimes urge them to this ...
... reason holds its throne , from carrying it to the horrid lengths that have just been mentioned . The cares , and burdens , and perplexities , and fatigue of worldly busi- ness , or of relative duties , may sometimes urge them to this ...
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Page 260 - 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 51 - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 269 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 76 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows ... he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities : the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Page 224 - Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 126 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with' violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 18 - And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, "I have offended ; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear.
Page 3 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 432 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die, "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 28 - As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath he, by the eternal and most free purpose of his will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore they who are elected being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ; are effectually called unto faith in Christ by his Spirit working in due season ; are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power through faith unto salvation. Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the...