The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon...: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon Occasioned by His Death, Volume 1William W. Woodward, n.̊ 52, South second street., 1802 - 475 pages |
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... Scriptures reveal , and are we backward to " teftify the gofpel of the grace of God ? " All the works of God are capable of being abufed ; that this may be fo likewife the apoftle fup- pofes . It is , however , not the lefs ufeful or ...
... Scriptures reveal , and are we backward to " teftify the gofpel of the grace of God ? " All the works of God are capable of being abufed ; that this may be fo likewife the apoftle fup- pofes . It is , however , not the lefs ufeful or ...
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... Scripture throughout , is not merely de- nying the accufation , but establishing the contrary truth , the influence of this doctrine upon purity of heart and life , which we find the apofile also afferting in the middle of his reafoning ...
... Scripture throughout , is not merely de- nying the accufation , but establishing the contrary truth , the influence of this doctrine upon purity of heart and life , which we find the apofile also afferting in the middle of his reafoning ...
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... Scripture , which teaches us , that " by the law is the knowledge of fin ” — and that " the law is a schoolmafter to bring us to Chrift . " Those who have none at all , or a very imperfect sense of the obligation of the divine law ...
... Scripture , which teaches us , that " by the law is the knowledge of fin ” — and that " the law is a schoolmafter to bring us to Chrift . " Those who have none at all , or a very imperfect sense of the obligation of the divine law ...
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... Scripture , God's fending his own Son into the world to fave finners , is reprefented as the strongest proof poffible of his compaffion and love . The * 1 Pet . i . 18 . ( C nearness of the relation teaches us , as An Essay on ...
... Scripture , God's fending his own Son into the world to fave finners , is reprefented as the strongest proof poffible of his compaffion and love . The * 1 Pet . i . 18 . ( C nearness of the relation teaches us , as An Essay on ...
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... Scripture , might be fhewn at great length , where the putting their right to the favor of God and eter- nal life more and more beyond all doubt and queftion , is recommended to believers as an object of their care and diligence . Thus ...
... Scripture , might be fhewn at great length , where the putting their right to the favor of God and eter- nal life more and more beyond all doubt and queftion , is recommended to believers as an object of their care and diligence . Thus ...
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Page 243 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,
Page 155 - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 294 - I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Page 452 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another ; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 279 - I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 501 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 262 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 481 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 304 - And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Page 480 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.