Religious Cases of Conscience: Answered in an Evangelical Manner, at the Casuistical Lecture, in Little St. Helen's, Bishopgate-Street |
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... reason to doubt and question it ? S. PIKE , 88 CASE X .-- Is going to plays and other theat- rical performances consistent with the pro- fession and practice of Christianity ? S. HAYWARD , 95 CASE XI - How may a person , who is desi ...
... reason to doubt and question it ? S. PIKE , 88 CASE X .-- Is going to plays and other theat- rical performances consistent with the pro- fession and practice of Christianity ? S. HAYWARD , 95 CASE XI - How may a person , who is desi ...
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... reason to be suspicious of ourselves , and should not make this the rule to judge of the usefulness of an ordinance by ; but make a further inquiry , whether these motions within us , or these impressions upon us , are the workings of ...
... reason to be suspicious of ourselves , and should not make this the rule to judge of the usefulness of an ordinance by ; but make a further inquiry , whether these motions within us , or these impressions upon us , are the workings of ...
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... reason , I would farther observe , III . That the workings of natural affection may be a means , in the hands of the Divine Spirit , to excite and promote the ex- ercise of spiritual grace . God may bless a natural constitu- tion or ...
... reason , I would farther observe , III . That the workings of natural affection may be a means , in the hands of the Divine Spirit , to excite and promote the ex- ercise of spiritual grace . God may bless a natural constitu- tion or ...
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... reason is , because we are led hereby to a serious examination of our own hearts , state , and frame , and have our hopes or our fears excited upon this principle ? Thus , in all cases , inquire whether that which affects us in reading ...
... reason is , because we are led hereby to a serious examination of our own hearts , state , and frame , and have our hopes or our fears excited upon this principle ? Thus , in all cases , inquire whether that which affects us in reading ...
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... reason to question the operations of grace , because of the workings of nature ; but rather should bless God , that he is pleased to turn the natural affections into a spiritual channel , or to make them a means of promoting what is ...
... reason to question the operations of grace , because of the workings of nature ; but rather should bless God , that he is pleased to turn the natural affections into a spiritual channel , or to make them a means of promoting what is ...
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Page 365 - Christ; according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love ; having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved...
Page 147 - O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 323 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Page 189 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 66 - For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Page 351 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Page 325 - Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name ; for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Page 167 - Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Page 55 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
Page 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.