Sermons Preached by Mr. Elisha Bates, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio: With Extracts from His Writings, Containing a Further Exposition of His Doctrinal Views |
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... practices to the scripture to be tried by them as the judge and test . " They declared that our principles were to be found in the scripture , one by one ; that all our doctrines were expressed in scripture words , without addition or ...
... practices to the scripture to be tried by them as the judge and test . " They declared that our principles were to be found in the scripture , one by one ; that all our doctrines were expressed in scripture words , without addition or ...
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... practice ; what a watchful care is enjoined in our individual watchfulness one over another , and how are they exercising that care in a manner precisely in accordance with the precepts of Jesus Christ our Lord . But taking a more ...
... practice ; what a watchful care is enjoined in our individual watchfulness one over another , and how are they exercising that care in a manner precisely in accordance with the precepts of Jesus Christ our Lord . But taking a more ...
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... practice , it was seen and felt to be inconsistent with the simple plain precepts of the gospel , as contained in Holy Scripture . This idea was not only ex- pressed by individuals in ordinary intercourse , and sometimes in public ...
... practice , it was seen and felt to be inconsistent with the simple plain precepts of the gospel , as contained in Holy Scripture . This idea was not only ex- pressed by individuals in ordinary intercourse , and sometimes in public ...
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... practice of our religious duties ? nay verily , the obligations of the law of God rests upon us ; we know its solemn force and , in intimate connection with its manifest conse- quences , we are bound to come up in the practice of our ...
... practice of our religious duties ? nay verily , the obligations of the law of God rests upon us ; we know its solemn force and , in intimate connection with its manifest conse- quences , we are bound to come up in the practice of our ...
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... practices to the scriptures to be tried by them as the judge and test ; " and , they freely admitted that whatever was not according to their testimonies should there- fore be rejected as false . It is not my present engagement to trace ...
... practices to the scriptures to be tried by them as the judge and test ; " and , they freely admitted that whatever was not according to their testimonies should there- fore be rejected as false . It is not my present engagement to trace ...
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Page 63 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...
Page 48 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 11 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Page 92 - And hope maketh not ashamed ; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.
Page 7 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 72 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 8 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour ; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Page 17 - Israel as he strikes his heavenly lyre ! of sitting down under the tuition, successively, of all those holy men of old who spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost...
Page 12 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 12 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.