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... fall hath disabled us ; but by Christ and his grace we may be strengthened to do it in some measure . Q. What is it to enjoy God ? * A. It is to possess God's love and favour , or to be blessed with his gracious presence . Q. And doth ...
... fall hath disabled us ; but by Christ and his grace we may be strengthened to do it in some measure . Q. What is it to enjoy God ? * A. It is to possess God's love and favour , or to be blessed with his gracious presence . Q. And doth ...
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... fall , of the world's destruction by the flood , and many signal trans- actions with respect to the church for above two thousand years before Moses was born . Q. If there were no writings before him , how OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES . Quest ...
... fall , of the world's destruction by the flood , and many signal trans- actions with respect to the church for above two thousand years before Moses was born . Q. If there were no writings before him , how OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES . Quest ...
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... fall out in time but according to these eternal decrees ? A. No ; Eph . i . 11 . Q. Would it not be blasphemy to say that God is the author of sin ? A. Yes . Q. Would it not make God the author of sin , to say that he had decreed sinful ...
... fall out in time but according to these eternal decrees ? A. No ; Eph . i . 11 . Q. Would it not be blasphemy to say that God is the author of sin ? A. Yes . Q. Would it not make God the author of sin , to say that he had decreed sinful ...
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... fall out in time to alter God's decrees ? A. No. Q. How does it appear that his decrees are unchangeable ? A. Because changing would import weakness , and that he did not foresee the letts and stops in the way of his purposes . Q. Do ...
... fall out in time to alter God's decrees ? A. No. Q. How does it appear that his decrees are unchangeable ? A. Because changing would import weakness , and that he did not foresee the letts and stops in the way of his purposes . Q. Do ...
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... fall . Since man hath rebelled against God , no wonder the creatures prove rebellious and disobedient to him . Quest . 11. What are God's works of providence ? Ans . God's works of providence , are , his most holy , wise , and powerful ...
... fall . Since man hath rebelled against God , no wonder the creatures prove rebellious and disobedient to him . Quest . 11. What are God's works of providence ? Ans . God's works of providence , are , his most holy , wise , and powerful ...
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Page 171 - That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Page 47 - Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
Page 64 - God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.
Page 70 - The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man, in two distinct natures, and one person for ever.
Page 105 - Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.
Page 89 - Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a Low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.
Page 158 - I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 145 - The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind ; and our neighbour as ourselves.
Page 53 - The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called Original Sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
Page 176 - The sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.