An Exposition of the Creed: With an Appendix, Containing the Principal Greek and Latin Creeds |
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... properly faith ; and therefore those words make not the definition complete . For he that sees an action done , knows it to be done , and therefore assents unto the truth of the performance of it because he sees it : but another per ...
... properly faith ; and therefore those words make not the definition complete . For he that sees an action done , knows it to be done , and therefore assents unto the truth of the performance of it because he sees it : but another per ...
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... properly to be credible ; and an assent unto this , upon such credibility , is in the proper notion faith or belief . Having thus defined and illustrated the nature of faith in general , so far as it agreeth to all kinds of belief ...
... properly to be credible ; and an assent unto this , upon such credibility , is in the proper notion faith or belief . Having thus defined and illustrated the nature of faith in general , so far as it agreeth to all kinds of belief ...
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... properly belonging to the promises of God , yet are as true in his respect of his asser- tions ; neither should he more deny himself in violating his fidelity , than in contradicting his veracity . It is true , that God willing more ...
... properly belonging to the promises of God , yet are as true in his respect of his asser- tions ; neither should he more deny himself in violating his fidelity , than in contradicting his veracity . It is true , that God willing more ...
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... properly be termed matter of divine faith ; and so " the household of God is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets , " * ( Eph . ii . 20. ) who are continued unto us only in their writings , and by them alone convey ...
... properly be termed matter of divine faith ; and so " the household of God is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets , " * ( Eph . ii . 20. ) who are continued unto us only in their writings , and by them alone convey ...
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... properly to believe , which was our first consideration ; so to say I believe , is to make a confession or external expression of the faith , which is the second consideration propounded . 66 Faith is a habit of the intellectual part of ...
... properly to believe , which was our first consideration ; so to say I believe , is to make a confession or external expression of the faith , which is the second consideration propounded . 66 Faith is a habit of the intellectual part of ...
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Page 441 - For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Page 256 - And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord ; (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Page 425 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me : And I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My father which gave them me is greater than all ; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Page 222 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 333 - I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Page 65 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Page 194 - Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
Page 91 - But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 137 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 57 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.