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61 Not An Eternal Salvation Text
Third. That this is not an eternal salvation text is further evident, (1) Because it is not individual as eternal salvation is; but collective, as of the whole city and nation at once. (2) Because if this text, and such like to the Jews, were eternal salvation texts, then 'their unbelief would make the faith of God to them of…
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62 Re-statement Of The Covenants
Fourth, to make our text and many more like it plain and clear to every reader, as to the real premises they occupy, and which is the only way of coming at the truth intended by what is said, it should always be borne in mind with special regard, that there are three covenant economies which God hath set up,…
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63 The Covenants Have Separate Natures And Must Be Kept Distinct
Fifth, the fact that the above three covenant economies are recorded and set forth in the word of God, I suppose no Bible reader will for one moment pretend to dispute; but it is their perfectly distinct and separate nature and constitution, and the fact that the Lord himself and his servants by his commission through the sacred scriptures, do…
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64 ’For We Are Unto God A Sweet Savour Of Christ, In Them That Are Saved, And In Them That Perish…’
'For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish; to the one we are the savour of death unto death, and to the other of life unto life,' 2 Cor. 2:15,16. This text has often been explained to say, that the ministration of the gospel of salvation and of…
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65 ‘And This Is The Condemnation, That Light Is Come Into The World, And Men Loved Darkness Rather Than Light…”
'And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil,' John 3:19. We should have thought this text and its connections to be too plain to involve any difficulty, and to be such a plain statement of mere facts, on the hardened, sinful, condemned, and yet…
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66 The Lord’s Sermon On The Mount
Our Lord's sermon on the mount, recorded in Matt v, vi vii, does not afford the least shade of example or authority by one single word for universal invitations or of duty faith, for the dead in sin of themselves to believe unto eternal life, nor to have the things and blessings of eternal life, nor to do the spiritual…
