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Page 14
... in tongues , that it might be life indeed , which , now undeclared to them , but
only had in the bare letter , does appear to many , rather death than life ; rather to
bring men into errors and 14 THE FATHERS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH .
... in tongues , that it might be life indeed , which , now undeclared to them , but
only had in the bare letter , does appear to many , rather death than life ; rather to
bring men into errors and 14 THE FATHERS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH .
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than life ; rather to bring men into errors and heresies , than into the truth and
verity of God ' s word , which , now undeclared , bringeth not so much the simple ,
rude , and ignorant people from their ignorant blindness , corrupt and backward ...
than life ; rather to bring men into errors and heresies , than into the truth and
verity of God ' s word , which , now undeclared , bringeth not so much the simple ,
rude , and ignorant people from their ignorant blindness , corrupt and backward ...
Page 39
As who should say , we that believed in Christ before the word was preached to
the Gentiles , our office is not only to glorify God in ourselves , but to bring all
others to glorify God with us , as much as shall lie in our power . This place
reproveth ...
As who should say , we that believed in Christ before the word was preached to
the Gentiles , our office is not only to glorify God in ourselves , but to bring all
others to glorify God with us , as much as shall lie in our power . This place
reproveth ...
Page 78
St . Paul here marvellously doth bring and get to hin the favour and the
benevolence of these Ephesians ; in that he saith , and truly saith , that he
suffered imprisonment , and was in stocks and in fetters for their sakes , and for
their health and ...
St . Paul here marvellously doth bring and get to hin the favour and the
benevolence of these Ephesians ; in that he saith , and truly saith , that he
suffered imprisonment , and was in stocks and in fetters for their sakes , and for
their health and ...
Page 85
But God may , by his grace , turn him from his sins and naughtiness , and bring
him to goodness , and make of an evil man a good man , and the true servant of
God ; and to condemn the old saying , “ once evil , always evil , ” which is an evil
...
But God may , by his grace , turn him from his sins and naughtiness , and bring
him to goodness , and make of an evil man a good man , and the true servant of
God ; and to condemn the old saying , “ once evil , always evil , ” which is an evil
...
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Page 328 - It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same.
Page 325 - 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...
Page 331 - Whosoever, through his private judgment, willingly and purposely, doth openly break the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church, which be not repugnant to the Word of God, and be ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly...
Page 324 - CHRIST did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature ; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day.
Page 324 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam...
Page 324 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 82 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...
Page 329 - Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened, but it is also a sign of Regeneration or new Birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the Church; the promises of forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed ; Faith is confirmed, and Grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God.
Page 326 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 621 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused.
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| Title | A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of England, Volume 2 A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of England, Legh Richmond |
| Author | Legh Richmond |
| Publisher | J. Hatchard, 1817 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2006 |
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