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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 1, Verse 3
“We are bound to thank God, &c.” Since all blessings, temporal and spiritual, come from him: and that always: seeing he is ever giving out fresh favours, or continuing former ones; and because those, especially which are of a spiritual nature, always abide, such as faith and love; which the apostle particularly takes notice of, the members of this Church…
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February 3—Morning Devotion
"Who loved me, and gave himself for me."—Galatians 2:20 See, my soul, how Paul is for ever using Jesus, and feasting for ever upon him. Oh! seek grace to do the same. He saith, Jesus loved him; Jesus, the Son of God, loved Paul. Now love from any object is valuable, but from the first, and best, and greatest of…
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124 Augsburgh Or Augustan Confession
AUGSBURGH OR AUGUSTAN CONFESSION A celebrated confession of faith drawn up by Luther and Melancthon on behalf of themselves and other ancient reformers, and presented in 1550 to the emperor Charles V, at the diet of Augusta, or Augsburgh, in the name of the evangelic body. This confession contains twenty-eight chapters, of which the greatest part is employed in representing…
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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 1, Verse 2
“Grace be unto you, and peace, &c.” (See Gill on “Romans 1:7”). “To all that be in Rome, etc..]” These words contain both the inscription of the epistle, and the apostle's usual salutation, as in all his epistles, The inscription of it is not to the Roman emperor; nor to the Roman senate, nor to all the inhabitants in…
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Book 2: Chapter 1, Through The Fall And Revolt Of Adam, The Whole Human Race Made Accursed And Degraded Of Original Sin
I. How necessary the knowledge of ourselves is, its nature, the danger of mistake, its leading parts, sect. 1, 2, 3. II. The causes of Adam’s fearful fall, sect. 4. III. The effects of the fall extending to Adam’s posterity, and all the creatures, sect. 5, to the end of the Chapter, where the nature, propagation, and effect of original…
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Chapter 1—On Baptism, Answering The Charge Of Flippancy
Dear Sir,—Your letter came to hand Oct. 21, or the day following the date thereof. At first sight I thought of giving a short and private answer only, but in looking it over again, I feel convinced that justice to you, to myself, to the truth, and to the denomination to which I have the honor to belong, demands an…
