A New Edition of Two Discourses, Delivered by Samuel Hopkins, A.M. Minister of the Gospel, in Great Barrington: Sermon I. On the Necessity of the Knowledge of the Law of God, in Order to the Knowledge of Sin. Sermon II. A Particular, and Critical Inquiry Into the Cause, Nature and Means of that Change in which Men are Born of God. From a Copy Revised and Corrected by the Author, Now Pastor of a Church in Newport, Rhode IslandPrinted in Boston, A.D. 1768. Reprinted by Anthony Haswell, in Bennington, (Vermont), 1793 - Regeneration (Theology) - 120 pages |
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... infinite authority ; even all the authority he has over his creatures to dictate and com- mand . It may be truly and fafely faid , that God cannot make a law which fhall be attended with lefs authority , lefs than even all the authority ...
... infinite authority ; even all the authority he has over his creatures to dictate and com- mand . It may be truly and fafely faid , that God cannot make a law which fhall be attended with lefs authority , lefs than even all the authority ...
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... infinite , then the authority itfelf is infinite : that is , it is fo great , that it is beyond all limits , and is infinitely more and greater than the author- ity of any finite being can poffibly be . AND hence the law of God becomes ...
... infinite , then the authority itfelf is infinite : that is , it is fo great , that it is beyond all limits , and is infinitely more and greater than the author- ity of any finite being can poffibly be . AND hence the law of God becomes ...
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... infinite authority ; his crime in dif- obeying , in this cafe , will also exceed all degrees or limits , and be really and properly infinite . THIS law , of which I am fpeaking , confifts in two main branches : one points out our duty ...
... infinite authority ; his crime in dif- obeying , in this cafe , will also exceed all degrees or limits , and be really and properly infinite . THIS law , of which I am fpeaking , confifts in two main branches : one points out our duty ...
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... infinite ; --the punish ment threatened to the finner , must be an infinite evil , fomething infinitely great and dreadful , as the dignity , majefty , and au- thority of the lawgiver are infinite . Any thing less than this , would be ...
... infinite ; --the punish ment threatened to the finner , must be an infinite evil , fomething infinitely great and dreadful , as the dignity , majefty , and au- thority of the lawgiver are infinite . Any thing less than this , would be ...
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... infinite evil , it must be eternal , as an in- finite evil cannot be inflicted on a finite sub- ject in any limited or finite duration . No lefs than this is comprised in the curfe of GOD which is denounced againft every one who does ...
... infinite evil , it must be eternal , as an in- finite evil cannot be inflicted on a finite sub- ject in any limited or finite duration . No lefs than this is comprised in the curfe of GOD which is denounced againft every one who does ...
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abfurd afferted againſt anfwered antece antecedent authority becauſe born cafe caufe cauſe character cife confequence confider confifts converfion curfe darkneſs depravity difcerning difpofed divine effential eternal excellence exer expreffed faid faith falvation fame faved fcripture fenfe fhall fhould finner finners firft fleſh fome fomething fovereign fpeaks fpeculative fpirit fpirit of God free grace ftate fubject fuch fuppofe give glory God's law gofpel goodneſs himſelf holinefs holiness ill defert impenitent impoffible increafe itſelf Jefus Chrift juft juſt knowledge of fin leaft degree leaſt lefs meaſure mind moft moral agent moſt muft muſt nature neceffary in order nefs obferved oppofing oppofition paffages perfect perfectly perfon poffible puniſhment racter raoh reafon refpect regeneration reprefented right difpofition ſay ſpeak ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion total depravity truth ture underſtanding unregenerate uſe of means views and exercifes virtue wholly corrupt word wrought
Popular passages
Page 97 - Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Page 90 - Then will I fprinkle clean " water upon you, and ye (hall be clean : from " all your filthinefs, and from all your idols, " will I cleanfe you. A new heart alfo will I *£ give you, and a new fpirit will I put within
Page 32 - For I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Page 90 - And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Page 95 - What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; as it is written, " There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 95 - Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 26 - Every man has a right to do what he will with his own...
Page 62 - It implies man's natural blindnefs and ignorance ; i Cor. ii. 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolifhnefs unto him ; neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned.
Page 80 - Chrift, and be found in him; not having mine own righteoufnefs, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Chrift, the righteoufnefs which is of God by faith