Theological Theses: Containing the Chief Heads of the Christian Doctrine, Deduced from Axioms; Composed and Publickly Defended in Presence and Under the Direction of the Very Reverend and Most Judicious John Henry Ringier, V.D.M. and Professor of Controversial Divinity in the Academy at Bern. By Isaac Sigfrid, of Zoffingen in Bern, and Daniel Wyttenbach, of Bern, in Order to Obtain the Honour of the S. Ministry. 1747. (Translated from Latin.) To which is Added a Discourse by Gerrit Lydekker. A.B.Samuel Brown at the foot of Potbaker's-Hill, between the New-Dutch Church and Fly-Market, 1766 - 173 pages |
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... happy , Yea , to be perfect , even as God himself , is perfect ; I fay this infinitely excellent , this most divinely holy Law of God , which only enjoins us to be perfectly happy , cannot poffibly be the Rule of our most holy Faith and ...
... happy , Yea , to be perfect , even as God himself , is perfect ; I fay this infinitely excellent , this most divinely holy Law of God , which only enjoins us to be perfectly happy , cannot poffibly be the Rule of our most holy Faith and ...
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... happy Mortals , who call Ignorance the Mother , or Source of Devotion and Piety , vainly ftudying to please God by à blind Obedience ? Mistaken Zealots thefe ! Who lay a most violent stress upon a Atrict Obfervance of a great Round of ...
... happy Mortals , who call Ignorance the Mother , or Source of Devotion and Piety , vainly ftudying to please God by à blind Obedience ? Mistaken Zealots thefe ! Who lay a most violent stress upon a Atrict Obfervance of a great Round of ...
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... happy , and contrarily evi ! Actions by their own Effence render him mifera- ble or wretched , and confequently were fuch in an ideal State , before God decreed the Existence of this World , or Univerfe , the Decree of God can not be ...
... happy , and contrarily evi ! Actions by their own Effence render him mifera- ble or wretched , and confequently were fuch in an ideal State , before God decreed the Existence of this World , or Univerfe , the Decree of God can not be ...
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... happy through the Actions , by which we serve him ; we are in Duty bound to perform those Actions , or Deeds because they are founded in the erer- nal Law [ of Nature ] , and in our own Felicity : ( §.xvi . xvii . ) , therefore we are ...
... happy through the Actions , by which we serve him ; we are in Duty bound to perform those Actions , or Deeds because they are founded in the erer- nal Law [ of Nature ] , and in our own Felicity : ( §.xvi . xvii . ) , therefore we are ...
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... happy for ever and ever ! Much more might be faid here with Refer- ence to the abfolute omnipotence of God . But as finite Beings cannot poffibly traverse the infi- infinite Kingdom , or Region of all poffibilities even to ( 21 )
... happy for ever and ever ! Much more might be faid here with Refer- ence to the abfolute omnipotence of God . But as finite Beings cannot poffibly traverse the infi- infinite Kingdom , or Region of all poffibilities even to ( 21 )
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Page 14 - Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Page 9 - I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Page 76 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours ; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things prefent, or things to come\ all are yours, and ye are CbriJPs, andChriftis God's.