An Explicatory Catechism; Or, An Explanation of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ...William Butler, 1805 - 300 pages |
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... fome things falfe , and difa- greeable to the word of God . 3. Because there is not that power and majefty in thofe books as in canonical fcrip- ture . 4. Because the author of Ecclefiafticus ( the choicest of all the apocryphal books ) ...
... fome things falfe , and difa- greeable to the word of God . 3. Because there is not that power and majefty in thofe books as in canonical fcrip- ture . 4. Because the author of Ecclefiafticus ( the choicest of all the apocryphal books ) ...
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... fome generations in their church , namely , in the ninth and tenth centuries , and afterwards ; through which fink of times , we cannot rationally expect to receive pure tra- ditions . 3. Because several of their traditions are contrary ...
... fome generations in their church , namely , in the ninth and tenth centuries , and afterwards ; through which fink of times , we cannot rationally expect to receive pure tra- ditions . 3. Because several of their traditions are contrary ...
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... fome power , but it is finite and limited power , such as may be taken away ; they may have power to do fome- thing dependingly upon God : but God is infinite in pow- er , he is omnipotent , and can do all things independently , without ...
... fome power , but it is finite and limited power , such as may be taken away ; they may have power to do fome- thing dependingly upon God : but God is infinite in pow- er , he is omnipotent , and can do all things independently , without ...
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... fome think higher than the earth , which are yet bounded and refrained from overflowing and drowning the land and its inhabitants , as once they did , when their limits were for a while removed . 4. The being of fuch various creatures ...
... fome think higher than the earth , which are yet bounded and refrained from overflowing and drowning the land and its inhabitants , as once they did , when their limits were for a while removed . 4. The being of fuch various creatures ...
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... fome of its operations . These , and all the works which our eye doth fee , or mind doth apprehend , do prove that there is a God , who hath given a being to them , and con- tinueth them therein . Q. 8. Wherein lieth the force of this ...
... fome of its operations . These , and all the works which our eye doth fee , or mind doth apprehend , do prove that there is a God , who hath given a being to them , and con- tinueth them therein . Q. 8. Wherein lieth the force of this ...
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Page 213 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 63 - And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Page 172 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 140 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 100 - 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.
Page 73 - Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Page 136 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church ; for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 125 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: "then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 195 - Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
Page 176 - 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.