A Defence of Theron and Aspasio: Against the Objections Contained in a Late Treatise, Entitled, Letters on Theron and Aspasio : to which are Prefix'd, a Series of Letters from James Hervey, to the Author, Authenticating this Defence with His Intire Approbation, and Manifesting it to be the Only One that Can be Presented to the Public with that Authority to which is Added, a Farther Defence of Theron and Aspaso, Against the Objections of Joseph Bellamy in His Treatise Entitled, Theron, Paulinus, and Aspasio : with Some Directions to the Readers of Theron and Aspasio, and a Cautionary Postscript : the Whole Forming a Necessary Supplement to Hervey's Dialogues |
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Page 100
... commands me a guilty Sin- ner , without more , to believe on him , live by him , & c . Phrases evidently expreffive of the Ap- propriation , Truft , or Confidence we plead for . * Our Author fays , " That Chrift died , that he gave his ...
... commands me a guilty Sin- ner , without more , to believe on him , live by him , & c . Phrases evidently expreffive of the Ap- propriation , Truft , or Confidence we plead for . * Our Author fays , " That Chrift died , that he gave his ...
Page 108
... Command , and your Duty , not to wait to feel fome Power or Alteration in yourself as a Ground for your Confidence , but just as you are , in Obe- dience to the divine Command , receive or appro- priate Chrift , faying , He is mine ...
... Command , and your Duty , not to wait to feel fome Power or Alteration in yourself as a Ground for your Confidence , but just as you are , in Obe- dience to the divine Command , receive or appro- priate Chrift , faying , He is mine ...
Page 109
... Command he heard , or in Obedience to the Voice that quickened him ; and when we are made to hear the Divine Invitation and Command to live by this Righteousness , we appropriate in Obedience to him that makes us hear his Voice . The ...
... Command he heard , or in Obedience to the Voice that quickened him ; and when we are made to hear the Divine Invitation and Command to live by this Righteousness , we appropriate in Obedience to him that makes us hear his Voice . The ...
Page 113
... commands , authorifes , and thereby enables us to receive , appropriate , or be perfuaded of . And if we admit of his Character as a juft God and a Saviour , in justifying the Ungodly , why should we object thus giving him the Glory of ...
... commands , authorifes , and thereby enables us to receive , appropriate , or be perfuaded of . And if we admit of his Character as a juft God and a Saviour , in justifying the Ungodly , why should we object thus giving him the Glory of ...
Page 114
... Commands , and Declarations ; and are feeking a Reason of Hope more agreeable to themselves . " Afpafio maintains , that none have the proper fcriptural Faith , but those who are taught by " the enlightening Spirit to draw the ...
... Commands , and Declarations ; and are feeking a Reason of Hope more agreeable to themselves . " Afpafio maintains , that none have the proper fcriptural Faith , but those who are taught by " the enlightening Spirit to draw the ...
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abfolutely Affurance againſt alfo alſo Anſwer Apoſtles becauſe believe on Chrift believeth Bellamy Bleffings Cauſe Chriftian Comfort Confcience Confidence conſcious CUDWORTH Dear SIR Defign diſcover Diſcovery divine Declarations Divine Sovereignty Doctrine Enjoyment eternal everlaſting Evidence exhorted faid Faith Faithfulneſs fame faved fays feems felves fent fhall fhew fhould finiſhed firft firſt fome fomething freely Friend ftands fuch fufficient fuppofed fure Gift give given Goſpel Grace Grant Guilty hath Heart Hervey Hervey's himſelf holy Hope Ibid itſelf JAMES HERVEY Jefus Chrift juft juftified laft Letter live Lord Jefus Love manifeft moft moſt muſt neceffary nefs Obedience Obfervations Oppofition ourſelves Palamon Perfon perfuaded Perfuafion plead pleaſed prefent Promiſe Purpoſe Queſtion Reaſon receive Refpect Righteouſneſs Salvation Saviour ſay Scripture ſee Senfe ſhall Sinners ſpeak Spirit ſuch ſuppoſed thefe themſelves Theron and Afpafio theſe Thing thofe thoſe thro tion true Truft truſt Truth underſtand unleſs unto uſe Wefton Word
Popular passages
Page 68 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 96 - Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins : And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Page 150 - I count all things but lofs for the excellency of the knowledge of Chrift Jefus, my Lord. For whom I have fuffered the lofs of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Chrift...
Page 173 - And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Page 145 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 219 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 217 - He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. (23) But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Page 173 - ... other creature, fhall be able to feparate us from the love of God. which is in Chrift Jefus our Lord.
Page 168 - And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of bis Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father...
Page 153 - That by two immutable things, in which it was impoffible for God to lie, we might have a ftrong confolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope fet before us...