| Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 602 pages
...of his creatures,' James i. 18. St. Peter writes to the churches in Pontus, &c. ' Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ,' 1 Pet. i. 2. St. John says, ' I write unto you little children, because... | |
| Congregational churches - 1824 - 594 pages
...of God to choose out the heirs of salvation. The apostle Peter calls t em the " elect according to the fore-knowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ." It is the work of God to renew the hearts of his chosen. " To as many... | |
| Methodist Church - 1825 - 502 pages
...this does not touch his deity. All this is true ; we say that he was perfect God and perfect man. IV. 1 Pet. i. 2. " Elect according to the foreknowledge...sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ." In this text we clearly see a trinity of persons. God the Father approving,... | |
| George Townsend - Bible - 1825 - 810 pages
...Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the...sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ : Grace, unto you, and peace, be multiplied. §2. 1 PET. i. 3—12. TJte... | |
| George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the...sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ : Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. § 2. 1 PET. i. 3—12. The... | |
| Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson - Theology - 1825 - 556 pages
...in the inscription of these Epistles, are not true characters, or we are not true Christians. Vcr. 2. Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the...through sanctificAtion of the Spirit, unto obedience, nnd sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Clirist. IN this verse \ye have their condition and the causes... | |
| James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...by St Peter in his very concise, but very accurate map, of the way to heaven : " Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Christ," 1 Pet. i. 2. First, the everlasting and electing love of the Father ; then,... | |
| Daniel Wilson - Children's sermons - 1825 - 662 pages
...children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will 5 . Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ 6 . In this holy and cautious deduction of their election from the fruits... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...womb I sanctified thee ; and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations, Jer. ia Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ ; Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied, 1 Pet. i. 2. b According as... | |
| 950 pages
...which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. St. Peter also says, Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Other citations neither time allows, nor necessity demands. " Now, my... | |
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