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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... just as far as they are not fo , they are wrong and corrupt ; there being no medium in this cafe . between right and wrong , virtue and fin . MOREOVER , let it be particularly obferv- ed , that this rule is the law of God . It is the ...
... just as far as they are not fo , they are wrong and corrupt ; there being no medium in this cafe . between right and wrong , virtue and fin . MOREOVER , let it be particularly obferv- ed , that this rule is the law of God . It is the ...
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... just obser- ved that authority is effential to law , fo that where there is no authority , there can be no law ; and that the law must be cloathed and enforced with all the authority of the le- giflator . Now , this authority is ...
... just obser- ved that authority is effential to law , fo that where there is no authority , there can be no law ; and that the law must be cloathed and enforced with all the authority of the le- giflator . Now , this authority is ...
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... just ob , ferved ; and it is in this that the authority of the lawgiver is exhibited . Therefore , the greater and more facred the authority of the legiflator is , the greater and more dreadful must be the punishment threatened . And ...
... just ob , ferved ; and it is in this that the authority of the lawgiver is exhibited . Therefore , the greater and more facred the authority of the legiflator is , the greater and more dreadful must be the punishment threatened . And ...
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... just fo far to destroy the law , and even to contradi & t and efface the divine character , as has been shown . 66 JESUS CHRIST did not therefore come in- to this world and affume the character of mediator in order to get this law ...
... just fo far to destroy the law , and even to contradi & t and efface the divine character , as has been shown . 66 JESUS CHRIST did not therefore come in- to this world and affume the character of mediator in order to get this law ...
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... just in proportion to the degree of his ignorance of the law he is under . Sin is the tranfgreffion of the law there- fore where there is no law , there is no fin . And he who has no idea , no apprehenfion or knowledge of law , has no ...
... just in proportion to the degree of his ignorance of the law he is under . Sin is the tranfgreffion of the law there- fore where there is no law , there is no fin . And he who has no idea , no apprehenfion or knowledge of law , has no ...
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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
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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