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... higher state than this , till something supernatural is found in it ; and this supernatural something , called in scripture the woRd , or SPIRIT , or INSPIRATION of GoD , is that alone , from which man can have the first good thought ...
... higher state than this , till something supernatural is found in it ; and this supernatural something , called in scripture the woRd , or SPIRIT , or INSPIRATION of GoD , is that alone , from which man can have the first good thought ...
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... higher dispensation to come , which stood in such an opening of the divine life in their hearts , as could not be effected from an outward instruction of Christ himself . For though he had sufficiently told his disciples the necessity ...
... higher dispensation to come , which stood in such an opening of the divine life in their hearts , as could not be effected from an outward instruction of Christ himself . For though he had sufficiently told his disciples the necessity ...
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... higher and more blessed state , than that of his bodily presence with them . For he adds , If I go not away , the Comforter will not come ; therefore the comfort and blessing of Christ to his fol- lowers could not be had , till ...
... higher and more blessed state , than that of his bodily presence with them . For he adds , If I go not away , the Comforter will not come ; therefore the comfort and blessing of Christ to his fol- lowers could not be had , till ...
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... higher , nor be any thing else in themselves , but as temples , habitations , or instruments , in which the supernatural God can , and does manifest himself in various degrees ; bring- ing forth creatures to be good with his own ...
... higher , nor be any thing else in themselves , but as temples , habitations , or instruments , in which the supernatural God can , and does manifest himself in various degrees ; bring- ing forth creatures to be good with his own ...
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... higher , than he can live to self . For self is the fullness of atheism and idolatry , it is nothing else but the crea- ture broken off from God and Christ ; it is the power of Satan living and working in us , and the sad con- tinuance ...
... higher , than he can live to self . For self is the fullness of atheism and idolatry , it is nothing else but the crea- ture broken off from God and Christ ; it is the power of Satan living and working in us , and the sad con- tinuance ...
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Page 39 - O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee ; mercifully grant that thy HOLY SPIRIT may in all things direct and rule our hearts, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
Page 93 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire...
Page 130 - But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Page 130 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Page 60 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Page 100 - Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Page 123 - But when he had turned about, and looked on his disciples, he "rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, 'Satan ; for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
Page 6 - His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel : his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life ; and many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame ; and a philosopher must allow that he exposes, with equal severity and truth, the strange contradiction between the faith and practice of the Christian world.
Page 89 - God with all his heart, with all his soul, with all his mind, and with all his strength...
Page 8 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental errors of a late book, called, A plain account of the nature and end of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.