 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth : 14 Whereunto He called you by our Gospel, to...  The Spirit of the Pilgrims - Page 4141828Full view - About this book
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 pages
...of him that willeth nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth meroy ' (Rom. ix. n, 15, 16). 'God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation...Spirit, and belief of the truth ' (2 Thess. ii. 13). ' Then 1 was by Him, as one brought up with Him : and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before... | |
 | William Mason - 1765 - 522 pages
...in the love of God," Jude 21. " Let the peace of God rule in your hearts," Col. iii. 15. OCT. 9. — God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation...Spirit and belief of the truth.— 2 Thess. ii. 13. We live in a day when pride reigns, the creature is exalted, the Holy Ghost resisted, and truth trampled... | |
 | Robert Hawker - 1801 - 276 pages
...say as he did, we are bound to giue thanks always to God for you brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. § In pursuit of the first object I proposed, which is to prove the truth... | |
 | William Huntington - 1802 - 522 pages
...world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. 2 Thess. iL -13, 14; " Because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of the... | |
 | 1832 - 852 pages
...save the soul. It is in this sense that Saint Paul speaks of it, when he says to the Thessalonians, "God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth :" where it is not merely an honest disposition to abide by that which is true,... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 400 pages
...youf•elves in the love of God."....Jude xxi. " Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. "... .Col. iii. 15. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation,...Spirit, and belief of the truth. ...2 Thess. ii. 13. WE live in a day when pride reigns, the creature is exalted, the Holy Ghost resisted, and truth is... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...life, believed." Rom. viii. 30, " Whom he did predestinate, them he also called." And 2 Thes. ii. 13, " God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth." In vain do any expect to find hereafter their names written in heaven, unless... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1803 - 476 pages
...designation and enrolment of the heirs of eternal salvation . or as Paul speaks i Thes. ii. i 3. by which " God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth." VI. For this purpose tbe look of life is so frequently mentioned in Scripture... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1806 - 308 pages
...renew ourselves. 2. Sanctification is the work of God, which is wrought by his Spirit, 2 Thess. ii. 23. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spiiit. Q. 3. Is there no desert of the gruce of sanctifkation in any of the children ofrnen before... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 514 pages
...13. " But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation,...sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth." § 2. It is the proper act of the soul towards God as faithful. Rom. iii. 3, 4. " For what if some did not... | |
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