The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 8 |
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... tion , which was , to know , love , and serve his God , according to his will ; nay , he could not be created otherwise , for he must either be conformed to the law in his powers , principles , and inclinations , or not if he was , then ...
... tion , which was , to know , love , and serve his God , according to his will ; nay , he could not be created otherwise , for he must either be conformed to the law in his powers , principles , and inclinations , or not if he was , then ...
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... tion of mankind - all are flesh ! Not that all are frail , though that is a sad truth too : yea , and our natural frailty is an evidence of our natural corruption ; but that is not the sense of the text : the meaning of it is - all are ...
... tion of mankind - all are flesh ! Not that all are frail , though that is a sad truth too : yea , and our natural frailty is an evidence of our natural corruption ; but that is not the sense of the text : the meaning of it is - all are ...
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... tion of your own nature and if you were to do so , you would , with a heart truly touched , thank God , and not yourselves , indeed , that you are not as other men in your lives ; seeing the corruption of nature is the same in you as in ...
... tion of your own nature and if you were to do so , you would , with a heart truly touched , thank God , and not yourselves , indeed , that you are not as other men in your lives ; seeing the corruption of nature is the same in you as in ...
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... tion of the mind or understanding more particularly , let these fol- lowing things be considered : 1. There is a natural weakness in the minds of men with respect to spiritual things . The apostle determines concerning every one that is ...
... tion of the mind or understanding more particularly , let these fol- lowing things be considered : 1. There is a natural weakness in the minds of men with respect to spiritual things . The apostle determines concerning every one that is ...
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... tion , which he communicates to his family , Genesis xviii . 19 ; yet the natural darkness wears it out at length , save that it was preserved among the posterity of Jacob . They being carried down into Egypt , that darkness so ...
... tion , which he communicates to his family , Genesis xviii . 19 ; yet the natural darkness wears it out at length , save that it was preserved among the posterity of Jacob . They being carried down into Egypt , that darkness so ...
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Page 155 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 155 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Page 188 - Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Page 460 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 64 - Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Page 64 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 290 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him : thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him : the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Page 308 - Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 349 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 364 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. " Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.