A Collection of Sermons and Tracts ...: To which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life, Writing, and Character of the Author, Volume 2 |
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... taken care of . Now , a minister of the gospel fhould take heed to his gifts , that he does not lose them . The gifts and calling of God are without repentance . Gifts of special and faving grace are irreverfible ; God never repents of ...
... taken care of . Now , a minister of the gospel fhould take heed to his gifts , that he does not lose them . The gifts and calling of God are without repentance . Gifts of special and faving grace are irreverfible ; God never repents of ...
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... taken by a minifter of the gofpel , that his doctrine be the doctrine of Chrift ; that is , fuch as Chrift himfeif preached , which he has delivered out by revelation to others , and of which he is the fum and fubitance . We preach ...
... taken by a minifter of the gofpel , that his doctrine be the doctrine of Chrift ; that is , fuch as Chrift himfeif preached , which he has delivered out by revelation to others , and of which he is the fum and fubitance . We preach ...
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... taken , that this work is done confiftently ; that the ministry is uniform , and all of a piece ; that there is no contradiction , no yea and nay in it ; otherwise great confufion will be created in the minds of hearers , and they will ...
... taken , that this work is done confiftently ; that the ministry is uniform , and all of a piece ; that there is no contradiction , no yea and nay in it ; otherwise great confufion will be created in the minds of hearers , and they will ...
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... taken that no cafe in difference , of a private nature , be brought into the church , before the rule is obferved , which Chrift has given in reference to fuch a cafe ; that the offended brother fhould first tell the offender of his ...
... taken that no cafe in difference , of a private nature , be brought into the church , before the rule is obferved , which Chrift has given in reference to fuch a cafe ; that the offended brother fhould first tell the offender of his ...
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... taken away ; for gifts are not like grace ; grace , though it may decline as to exercife , can never be loft ; but gifts may , as appears from the parable of the talents , by which I understand ministerial gifts ; the man that had one ...
... taken away ; for gifts are not like grace ; grace , though it may decline as to exercife , can never be loft ; but gifts may , as appears from the parable of the talents , by which I understand ministerial gifts ; the man that had one ...
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Page 131 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 507 - And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more : and he went on his way rejoicing.
Page 129 - The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 215 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Page 123 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 127 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 187 - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 214 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 66 - But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 217 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.