On Protestant Nonconformity, Volume 1J.F. Dove, 1818 - Dissenters, Religious |
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... purely intellectual , nor perfect as a moral being ; his faculties , therefore , are not in all cases adequate to trace out the order and connexion in which things really subsist . Truth , however , is not the less certain , because ...
... purely intellectual , nor perfect as a moral being ; his faculties , therefore , are not in all cases adequate to trace out the order and connexion in which things really subsist . Truth , however , is not the less certain , because ...
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... purely spiritual nature , and it can be visible only in a moral sense . Con- sidering it , therefore , as a visible company , or a collection of visible companies of believers , we proceed to inquire upon what principles the ...
... purely spiritual nature , and it can be visible only in a moral sense . Con- sidering it , therefore , as a visible company , or a collection of visible companies of believers , we proceed to inquire upon what principles the ...
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... purely spiritual reality . There is , indeed , a period , at which this Church of which we speak , shall become visi- ble , when every creature which is in heaven , and on the earth , and under the earth , and such as are in the sea ...
... purely spiritual reality . There is , indeed , a period , at which this Church of which we speak , shall become visi- ble , when every creature which is in heaven , and on the earth , and under the earth , and such as are in the sea ...
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... purely spiritual worship of primi- tive Christianity . They viewed , with haughty derision , that novel sect , destitute of posses- sions and of the means of external splendour , without a temple or a priesthood , * whose very religion ...
... purely spiritual worship of primi- tive Christianity . They viewed , with haughty derision , that novel sect , destitute of posses- sions and of the means of external splendour , without a temple or a priesthood , * whose very religion ...
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... purely voluntary and spiritual , can be acceptable to the great Object of religious fear , and the production of this principle in the heart is the design of Christianity . If this obedience could be produced in any other way , it would ...
... purely voluntary and spiritual , can be acceptable to the great Object of religious fear , and the production of this principle in the heart is the design of Christianity . If this obedience could be produced in any other way , it would ...
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Page 275 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 136 - Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Page 162 - After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 179 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching ; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity ; he that ruleth, with diligence ; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Page 172 - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 174 - Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led ; wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed ; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Page 241 - For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Page 27 - I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Page 207 - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh...
Page 42 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves; who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever.