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... Regeneration . * IF we call to mind the powerful effects of faith upon the soul , where it is duly culti- tivated and improved ; how it enlightens the understanding , regulates the affections , and re- stores the freedom of the will ...
... Regeneration . * IF we call to mind the powerful effects of faith upon the soul , where it is duly culti- tivated and improved ; how it enlightens the understanding , regulates the affections , and re- stores the freedom of the will ...
Page 115
... Regeneration proceeds from the Holy Spirit as from its source , and is our translation from a state of wrath and condemnation into a state of grace and favor . Hence , though we may be often renewed , we can be but once regenerated ...
... Regeneration proceeds from the Holy Spirit as from its source , and is our translation from a state of wrath and condemnation into a state of grace and favor . Hence , though we may be often renewed , we can be but once regenerated ...
Page 116
... regeneration . And then we shall discern , Secondly , how naturally it leads us to the practice of good works : that being the grand aim of the whole christian institution ; that being the very end and design , as we are ex- pressly ...
... regeneration . And then we shall discern , Secondly , how naturally it leads us to the practice of good works : that being the grand aim of the whole christian institution ; that being the very end and design , as we are ex- pressly ...
Page 120
... regeneration implied the ac- tual creation and infusion of a new soul . An opinion which a moment's reflection will show to be alike rejected by reason and revelation . For if this idea were just , and if a christian were a new creature ...
... regeneration implied the ac- tual creation and infusion of a new soul . An opinion which a moment's reflection will show to be alike rejected by reason and revelation . For if this idea were just , and if a christian were a new creature ...
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... regeneration there were real- ly the infusion of a new soul , as they who con- tend for the literal acceptation of ... regenerate , and which can neither be reconciled with the experience of the best christians , nor with the continual ...
... regeneration there were real- ly the infusion of a new soul , as they who con- tend for the literal acceptation of ... regenerate , and which can neither be reconciled with the experience of the best christians , nor with the continual ...
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Page 50 - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee.
Page 17 - 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 48 - Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Page 42 - And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
Page 56 - And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
Page 45 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 47 - Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Page 40 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 45 - And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to...
Page 46 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.