PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Works of John Owen — Volume 16
John Owen · 342,880 words · 351 reading sections
Section 241
Sect. 40. Oh. 4. " Scriptura est litera mortua; Spiritus vivificat:" quis liter ce mortuce, nisi ipse sit mortuus adhcerere velit? Resp. ] . Falsissima est ista assertio : Scriptura est verbum Dei, quod vivum est et efiicax, Heb. iv. 12, neque uspiam litera esse mortua dicitur: occidit quidem, sed ideo viva est. 2. L…
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Sect. 4. Lumen creatum est vel naturale, sensibile, et proprium, seu tnetaphoi^icum. De lumine naturali, quo res visibiles in sensatam notitiam inferuntur, nobis nihil dicendum est. Sect. 5. Lumen metaphoricum duplex est, — conditionis et personse. EXERCITATIONES ADVERSUS FANATICOS, 467 Lvimen conditionis est Celebr…
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EXERCITATIONES AD VERSUS FANATICOS. 469 Hujus itaque expositionis Patris, seu revelationis voluntatis ejus de obeclientia atque salute peccatorum, respectu, fatemur Christum lucem esse mundi, omniumque adeo hominum; non tantum quia absque eo, nulla divina Veritas revelabatur unquam, sed quia lux ilia Scriptura sacra f…
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Sect. 19. 2. Non esse salutare, cilm sit naturale, nimis est mani- festum; quid enim natura sumus? " Filii irse," Eph. ii. 3 ; " Tenebrse," cap. V. 8, Job. i. 5; " Mortui in peccatis," [Eph. ii. 1.] Quid mens nostra? " Inimicitia adversus Deum," Rom. viii. 7; "Caro," Gal. v. 16; " Obscurata vanitate,"' Eph. iv. 1 8. It…
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(2.) Is est internge lucis seu illurainationis nostrEe finis, ob quern Deus earn nobis promisit, atque cujus gratia sancti homines earn a Deo indies augeri petunt: eum vero esse, ut voluntatem et mentem Domini in Scripturis revelatam, rite, salutariter et spiritualiter in- telligamus, infinitis allatis testimoniis faci…
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4. Nulla cum hie sit mentio lucis, nulla Christi, sed hominum a Christo penitus abalienatorum, difficile nimis erit fanaticis thesiu 476 PKO SACRIS SCRIPTURIS, ETC. suam hinc extorquere; nempe Christum esse lucem quandara omni- bus coramunem. 5. Fatemur quidem homnes omines aliquo sensu sibi ipsis legem esse, quateo…
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The first of these Oi'ations was delivered on the occasion of his entrance on the duties of the vice-chancellorship. The second, thii'd, and fourth, were the annual orations delivered at the academic comitia ; in which, according to the statutes, the events of the preceding year, and the benefits which had been conferr…
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Non qubd in reprimendis vitiis, repurgandis sordibus, ne sentibus, spinis, tribulisque obsita horreret academia, conatus satis laudabiles exseri non possunt. Imo, vos omnes, qui conscientiae proprige, qui famse publicae, qui perenni florentissimae academise saluti, qui rei- publicae hujusce, vso-iuKro-j Meet, sed ^eor£…
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Neque tamen hsec ideo a nobis dicuntur, quasi fautores nullos, nullos advocates invenisset grandaeva mater academia, qui,.ne, inter tumultuosi seculi dedecora, lit©rarum lapsus et ruina numeraretur, strenue praecaverunt. Habet etiam adhuc Deus O. M. qui honorem suum, habet academia, qui salutem suam pro virili tueri sa…
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" Prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit Deus ; Kidetque si mortalis ultra Fas trepidat. Quod adest memeuto Componere sequus." ' Quod officii ratio postulat, quod beneficia Dei O. M, flagitant, quod bonorum omnium vota expetunt, quod aliorum casus et ruina (quos perdendos dementavit divina Nemesis),…
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' KvhpiZ^fGk ergo, academici, nee amceni recessus sopore perfusi, dul- cedine exitio vicina, prsesertim cum uto iravri Xldui axop'jriog utoBCstui, sinite ut ineptos, indoctos, /3aif^oX6y^ovg, vaniioquos, plus contra veri- tatem, quam pro veritate vos posse, sentiat Christianus orbis. Vic- torias quas reportarunt, quos …
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ORATIO III. 493 Quoniam vero eos, qui fecerunt, proxime excepisse, qui prseclara eorum facinora celebrarunt, semper asstimati sunt, ne res academise, per se satis amplse et magnificse, vero minores appareant, alicui, qui qu£e sentit polite et copiose possit eloqui, et velit, provinciam banc delegatam cuperem. Sed prou…
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Quot vero hucusque habuit inimicos academia, tot habuit et tri- umphos: neque famam nostram vexarunt ulli sine certissimo suae dispendio. Non autem Vulcanium scutum, non murum aliquem aheneum adepti, non amuletis nescio quibus instructi, sed puri aeterni numinis favoris praesidiis septi, omnium propulsavimus in- jurias…
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VOL. XVL 32 498 ORATIO III. mique, turn nostratium, turn exterorum in academia conversi sint. Quod a seculi peste et supplicio, errorum teterriraorum, qui ubique psene grassantur, tabe et sanie integros et sanos custodivit filios alma mater, vestrje in concionando sedulitati, exhortando fervori, dispu- tando qua opus…
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Est etiam unde sororise academias vel curam et diligentiam desi- derare, vel vices dolere cogimur; nempe quod impuros nebulones moriones erudites, non tantiim alios, quos non nisi Aristophanis ffimulis in scenam producere fas esset, dicteriis petulantissime agi- tare; sed et quia magis aperte dicendum est, mendaciis at…
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Quae anno abhinc decimo, aut eo plus minus, psene deserta jacuit academia, quos jam, propitii in Christo numinis favore freta, atque irrigata coelitus, doctissimos oratores, subtiles philosophos, discepta- tores acerrimos, egregios mathematicos, pios, acres, vehementes verbi divini praicones, felices criticos e grege s…
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506 ORATIO IV. Non defuere interea, quibus vel propria malitia ductis, vel aliorum libidiui morem gerentibus, dum quas ipsi meruere, poenas dederunt, non sine surarna infamia, nee minore scelere, volupe fuerit non tan- tum tranquillam academic conditionem sollicitare, sugillare gloriam, antiques ritus evertere, sed et…
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Neque magistratum nostrum celebraturus adsum, quem tamen seque suscepisse pudet, ac jam deposuisse dolet; a quo utroque tantiim absum, ut ab omni indecoro aut inlionesto longius abesse nollem. Veriim enimvero nisi paulo iniquius comparatum esse exis- timassem, ut qui magistratum deponerent, suarum laudum essent prsecon…
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ORATIO V. 511 quotidie videre, et sine fine laudare posseni. Habet, Deo gratias, academia, qui inter literates primas obtinent, quorum illibata pietas laudis nostrjB beneficio Laudquaquam indiget ; sed nisi coram, et in OS amicos celebrare moribus nostris nimis esset absonum, celeberrimos doctissimosque viros psene in…
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ORATIO AD V. A. RTCHARDUM CROMWELLUM.^ Minora ilia sceptra, vir amplissime! quae manibus, quibus ipsam psene librat Europam, portasse magnus parens vester non erubuit, insurgentis glorise et decoris non contemnenda omina, ad pedes tuos provolvit academia Oxoniensis. Si tibi ingentiori spiritu se gerere, quam pro cond…
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ism, and author of catechisms ... 62 Binning, Hugh, a Scottish minister, confounds Owen in discussion 45 Boyd, Zacbary, thunders against the Lord-Ge- neral in Glasgow Cathedral ... 45 Boyle, Hon. Robert, fled to Oxford . • 65 Bunyan, John, Owen's influence in behalf of, and character of his preaching . . 92 Extract…
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the founder of the greatest school of Eng- lish metaphysics, at Oxford ... 65 Lockyer, a divine who officiated at the inaugu- ration of the Protector .... 67 Lovelace, Lord, of Hurly, Owen chaplain to 29 Owen leaves the family of ... 29 Manton, Dr, a divine who officiated at the in- auguration of the Protector ... 67 …
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espouses the cause of Nonconformists 88 Toleration, Owen's efforts in the cause of . 41 Trevor, Sir John, Owen's friend ... 91 Triers, The committee of . . . .59, 60 Twisse, Dr, of Newbm-y, prolocutor of the West- minster Assembly 55 Vaughan's sentiments concerning Bates and Owen Ill compares modern Pantheists with …
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Arminius, his history and opinions, x. 3. Articles, Thirt3'-nine, of the Church of England, were not Arminiau, x. 4. .4sW«i/, a general in the interest of Charles I., re- mark of, to his victors, viii. 2. Asty, information regarding Owen by, viii. 2. His explanation of Owen's preaching on the death of Charles I., vi…
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Calvin, " Institutes" of, Owen's " Christologia" com- pared with, i. 2. Tendered an admonition to Lailius Socinus, ii. 392. Reproached for the death of Servetus, ii. 393. Whether he held the possi- bility of forgiveness without an atonement, x. 482. Pronounced much of the Ignatian Epistles to be spurious, xi. 75. Came…
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Communion controversy, history of, ii. 276. Concomitance, P.omish doctrine of, xiv. 147. "Confession, Savoy," whence so called, xiii 314; its doctrine, xiii. 314. Conquest, Norman, date of the, viii. 265. Constitutions, Clementine, opposed by Owen, xi. 75. Controversy, Quinquarticular, Owen's intention to discuss …
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Eusebius, specific allusion to the Epistles of Igna- tius by, xi. 75. Quoted regarding the introduc- tion of Christianity into Britain, xiv. 96. Eutychc.s, a presbyter and abbot at Constantinople, his history and opinions, i. 229. Evelyn, Sir John, patron of Long Ditton, county of Surrey, x. 14S. Everard, a disbande…
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Holland, influence of Arminian controversy in, on British theology, x. 3. Homerton, Loudon, academical institution at, v. 404. Hook, Kichard, D.D., vicar of Halifax, work of, in defence of Stilling-fleet, xiii. 304. Hooker, Thomas, au Independent, contended for the office of ruling elder, xvi. 2. Hopton, a general …
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Maccovius, or Makowski, several works by, x. 471. Said to have been the first among the reformed that restored the scholastic treatment of theo- logy, X. 471. Magmis, St, near London Bridge, Caryl appointed to the charge of, ix. 256. Caryl ejected from, in 1662, ix. 256. Mainwaring, Major, conversion of, ascribed to …
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Ostorodius, a Polish Socinian, x. 3. Overbwy, Sir Thomas, junior, supposed to be the "person of honour" to whom Owen addressed his letter on " Indulgence and Toleration Con- sidered," xiii. 618. Oxford, Charles I. left, in disguise, viii. 2. Parlia- ment met at, on account of the plague In Lon- do:), xiv. 522. Oath i…
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Rota, the, an important ecclesiastical court at Rome, XV. 275. Royalists, gallant defence of Colchester by, viii. 72. Rule, Mr Gilbert, " The Rational Defence of Non- conformity" by, xiii. 304. Rumford, thanksgiving for deliverance at, viii. 72. Rupert, Prince, di;feated Iretoa at the battle of Naseby, viii. 342. …
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Transylvania, divisions among the reformers of, ii. 393. Prince of, his cruel intolerance, ii. 393. Trent, council of, influence of the Jesuits in, x 3. Triers, commission of, Caryl acted on the, ix. 256. Trinity, controversy on tho subject of the, in Eng- land, i. 2. The Second Person of the, treatise of Owen relat…
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York, James, Duke of, opposition to his accession to tlie throne, viii. 594. Marriage with the Prin- cess of Modena condemned, xiv. 482 ZacJiary, Pope, crown of France transfeiTed to Pepin by the sanction of, viii. 265. Zebedee, James the son of, said by some to have been the first to introduce Christi;inity into ou…
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Testament, ........... 1667 XVI. 7. Church Government, continued. True Nature of a Gospel Church, ........ 1689 A Letter concerning the Matter of the Present Excommunications, . . . 1667 ? A Discourse concerning the Administration of Church Censures, ... ? An Answer to Two Questions, with Twelve Arguments against …
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XIV. 482 IV. 352 n. 2 n. 276 XVI. 240 X. 140 X. 430 xiii.' 676 vn. 600 xin. 52 XV. 58 XVI. 210 XVL 424 VI. 324 I. 274 V.'4b2 VI. 154 xm. 518 X. 482 V. 2 xm. 576 XV. 2 XVL 240 VI. 2 XIL 3 XVL 480 XVL 282, 296 Xin. 2 Xin. 542 XL 2 I. 2 XVL 477 XIII. 508 IV. 236 IV. 4 XVI. 270 XIII. 90 xm. 208 XnL 278 vm…
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Absence of Christ, impatience of the, ii. 126. Bodily, of Christ supplied by the Spirit, iii. 193. Of God from the soul, vi. 619. Absolute, perfection of God, ii. 90. Authority pos- sessed by God, iii. 609. Power of God, what he can do by it, v. 369. Judgments, viii. 616. The purposes of God are, xi. 142. And supreme …
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Adaptation of the gospel to all nations, viii. 20. Addition, no, can be made to God, i. 368, vi. 4S2. Additions, of, to divine institutions, xv. 467. Addresses to Christ, how to malce, ix. .376. Adduction of sacrifices, iii. 177. Adherence of defilement and guilt to our nature, i. 199. And assimilation, effects of…
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Alliance between Christ and the church, i. 87. Of words in Scripture, iv. 215. Alpha a.nd Omega, a title of Christ, ii. 393. Alteration in the state of the church, xv. 202. No further, under the gospel in the worship of God, XV. 452. Ambition of the clergy, xv. 198. Amendment, one end of punishment, xii. 437. Ampl…
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Appointment of Christ to death, x. 607. Apprehending Christ, v. 111. Apprehension of eternal danger from the law, be- fore conversion, iii. 359. Assent of the mind on its first, of things, iv. 82. Of the evil of tempta- tion to be cherished, vi. 123. Apprehensions of divine operations to be tried by the word of God,…
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Attempts, vain, for the mortification of sin, iii. 544. Attendance on the word of God, iii. 230. Attention, how awakened to the gospel, iv. 484. To particular actions necessary, vi. 217. Attractive, how the sufferings of Christ are, ix. 595. Power of the love of Christ, ix. 608. Attributes of God, i. 471; goodness,…
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Belial, who are designated by that word, ix. 411. Belief of the gospel, how prevented by sin, vi. 306. Believers, pi'ivileges of, i. 489. Their estimation of Christ, ii. 136. Alone receive the Spirit, iii. 108. Often unacquainted with the nature of holiness, and their interest in it, iii. 373. The only object of sanc…
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Business, a fre(iuent hinderance to religion, i. 430. And trade, how it should be governed by the au- 538 INDICES. thority of God, iii. 615. Proper, how we are di- verted from, vi. 36. And society, when to be avoided, vii. 3S6. Spiritual mindedness to be car- ried into, vii. 390. Buxtorf, character of his writings,…
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INDICES. 539 His relation to the church as his house, viii. 291. The owner of the church, viii. 297. The builder of_tlie church, viii. 300. The watchman of the church, viii. 302. The indweller of the church, viii. 303. His presence lost by grieving the Spirit, viii. 306. The avenger of the enemies of his church, viii…
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And threatenings conditional, xi. 646. Commission of the apostles, iv. 439. Committing our souls to Christ in death, i. 2S0. Ourselves wholly to God for protection from sin, vi. 175. Common-prayer, lawfulness of joining in worship by the, xvi. 248. Communication, mutual, of the natures of Christ, i. 232, 233. Of Chris…
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Confirmation of the moral law by Christ, i. 136. Episcopal, its natui'e, viii. 587. Of faith, ix. 527. Conflict against sin, i. 461. Between corruptions and convictions, iii. 354. Spiritual success of, iii. 646. Of sin and conscience, vii. 101. Spiritual, continual, vii. 171. With sin, vii. 530. With sin, continuance …
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Contemplative power of the mind, iii. 280. Prayer, what so called, iv. 334. ContemiJt cast on God by sin, i. 184. And reproach of the Spirit of God, ii. 254, viii. 613. Of regene- ration, iii. 242. Of the gospel, iii. 265. Of the world from the consideration of electing love, iii. 600. Of danger, vi. 209. Of the thing…
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Course and custom of sin, how produced, iii. 224. And purpose of the soul opposed by sin, vi. 196. In sin to be avoided, vii. 230. Courts, human, the management of punishment in, from divine appointment, x. 607. Of review, xvi. 195. Covenant, old, commands of, iii. 606. Of grace and that of works, difference between …
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Debasing spiritual things, vii. 473. Debt of sin, how discharged, i. 209. Sin a, xii. 514. Right of, X. 567. Debts, how sins are, x. 574. Decay, recovery from, i. 432. In grace and holi- ness, iii. 404. Spiritual, vi. 282, Of holiness, causes of, vii. 196. Spiritual, to be guarded against, vii. 354. In spiritual afl…
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Depravity of the affections, vii. 411. Depths on account of sin, what they are, vL 332. Desertion, Christ to be invoked in seasons of, i. 113. Spiritual, its nature, iii. 121. Penal, caused the agony of Christ, ix. 534, 587. Designation of the apostles, iv. 442. Desire of union and enjoyment the first vital act of …
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Discharge of the mediatory office in heaven, i. 252. Of the mediatory ofiBce, glory of Christ in, i. 3:38. From the punishment of sin, v. 9. From sin in forgiveness, vi. 407. Discijjle, the constitution of a true, i. 169. Disciplinary means of understanding the Scrip- tures, iv. 126. Means of interpreting the Scrip- …
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185. Diversion of sin not mortification, vi. 26. Of the thoughts of men designed to prevent sin, vi. 206. Of sin different from its conquest, vi. 318. U.'wrSiYto of spiritual gifts, iv. 424. Diversity of gifts an occasion of differences in the churches, iii. 21. Dividing as he will, the Holy Spirit, ii. 234. Tlie word…
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Ecdesiastical dignity, use of, iv. 186. Helps in the interpretation of Scripture, iv. 226. Rulers, xii. 488. Power assigned by Papists and Protestants to kings, xiv. 378. Economy of the Trinity, iii. 107. Ecstasies, prophetical, iii. 138. Enthusiaslical, not the work of the Spirit, iii. 224. Edification, how promote…
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Endeavour for mortification, when it proceeds from a corrupt principle, vi. 41. Endeavours, giving over, ruinous, L 428. After re- formation, iii. 354. To understand the mind of God necessary, iv. 12. Endowment of Christ for the discharge of his work, ix. 482. Endowments, ministerial, iv. 495. The work of the Spirit…
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Eternity ascribed to the Holy Spirit, iii. 91. Of God, vi. 622. Of the decrees of God, x. 14. Ethico-physical, what is, xi. 567. Ethiopian translation of the New Testament, xvi. 418. EuchaHstical, the Lord's supper is, ix. 527. Euctical or declarative blessing of the congregation, ix. 456. Europe, balance of power…
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455. Expiation of sin, xii. 426. Expiatory sacrifices confirmed the promise of Christ's incarnation, i. 121 ; unfolded the doc- trine of imputation, v. 34. ExjMsitors of Scripture, why they so frequently fail of success, iv. 205. Expostulation: declarative of our duty, not of God's desires, x. 401. Expressions in p…
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Fault, the saying of Gregory about the happy, ii. 89, viii. 35. Favour, free, of Christ, ii. 47. Of God, continuance of, xi. 235. Fear excited in sinners by a knowledge of their state, i. 210. Of not being received by Christ groundless, i. 423. And dread attending convic- tion of sin, iii. 358. Inseparable from guilt…
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spiritual, falling into, vii. 538. Fraud used by our enemies, vi. 189. Free, the love of God is, ii. 33. From sin, Christ is, ii. 63. The Holy Spirit, as given to believers, ii. 228. The operation of the Spirit is, ii. 238. Pardon, ii. 427. Spiritual gifts, in what sense, iv. 422. Acknowledgment of sin, vi. 372. Mercy,…
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Glass, present sight of Christ in a, i. 375. Of life, xiii. 5. Glorification of the human nature of Christ, i. 238. Inseparable connection betwen calling, justificar tion,and, xi.l71. Glorified body of Christ the pattern of ours, iii. 183. God i.s, by worship, vi. 461. Glwify God, what it is to, iii. 65 ; by worship…
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Gospellers, who they were, iv. 445. Governing/ the world, the providence of God, x. 30. Government of the church, iv. 514, viii. 49. Of the Spirit renounced, vi. 208. Rights of the divine, X. 567. Church, xv. 489. Governoi; supreme, of the Jewish polity, God the, X, 592. Grace, of union, as it respects the person o…
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Gust and relish of spiritual things, vii. 270, 471. Habit, supernatural, iii. 469. Of holiness necessai-y to every act, iii. 474. How preserved, iii. 475. Permanency of, iii. 487. Of grace infused, v. 310. Of grace in believers, xi. 97. Habits, vicious, how best counteracted, i. 307. In- tellectual, nature of, iii. 4…
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