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Soul of Prayer by Forsyth, Peter Taylor (1848-1921)
CHAPTER V The Ceaselessness of Prayer Prayer as Christian freedom, and prayer as Christian life--these are two points I would now expand. I. First, as to the moral freedom involved and achieved in prayer.
Body of Divinity by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
Q-12: I proceed to the next question, WHAT SPECIAL ACT OF PROVIDENCE DID GOD EXERCISE TOWARDS MAN IN THE ESTATE WHEREIN HE WAS CREATED? A: When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him upon condition of perfect obedience, forbidding him to eat of the tree of knowledge upon pain of death.
Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 09. by Tillotson, John (1630-1694)
And to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.—Acts xx. 36. The whole verse runs thus: I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Discourse of God's being the Author of Reconciliation by Charnock, Stephen (1628-1680)
his reconciliation. 1. That God must needs be the author of this work. Reconciliation in all the parts and degrees of it, in all the model and frame of it, is his act.
History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Of all the forms of Gnosticism, that of Valentinus was the most popular and influential, more particularly in Rome. He had a large number of followers, who variously modified his system.
Body of Practical Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Having treated of the object of worship, and distinguished worship into internal and external; and having considered internal worship as it lies in the exercise of various graces; I now proceed to consider external worship, both public and private: and first public worship; and as public worship is carried on socially in a church state, I shall begin with considering the nature of a gospel church,…
Centuries of Meditations by Traherne, Thomas, (1636?-1674)
1 THE Services which the world doth you, are transcendent to all imagination. Did it only sustain your body and preserve your life and comfort your senses, you were bound to value it as much as those services were worth: but it discovers the being of God unto you, it opens His nature, and shews you His wisdom, goodness and power, it magnifies His love unto you, it serves Angels and men for you,…
Pneumatologia by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Chapter III. Work of the Holy Spirit with respect unto the head of the new creation - the human nature of Christ. The especial works of the Holy Spirit in the new creation — His work on the human nature of Christ — How this work could be, considering the union of the human nature unto and in the person of the Son of God — Assumption of the human nature into union,…
Inquiry into the Original, Nature, Institution, Power, Order, and Communion of Evangelical Churches by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Having declared who are the rulers of the church, something must be added concerning the rule itself which is to be exercised therein. Hereof I have treated before in general; that which I now design is what in particular respects them who are called unto rule only, whereunto some considerations must be premised:— 1.
System of Doctrines, contained in Divine Relation, Explained and Defended. Shewing Their Consistence and Connexion with Each Other. Vol. I. by Hopkins, Samuel (1721-1803)
MAN, who was placed in a happy and honourable situation, did not continue in it; but by transgressing the divine command, and violating the holy covenant, plunged into a state of infinite guilt and wretchedness, under the curse and threatened penalty of the law of God.