A Vindication of Some Truths of Natural and Revealed Religion:: In Answer to the False Reasoning of Mr. James Foster, on Various Subjects; Viz. On Mysteries. On the Light of Nature, Or Reason. On Miracles. Rules of Interpreting the Holy Scripture. On Heresy. On Schism. On the Image of God in Man. Of Regeneration. On God, No Respecter of Persons. On God, Not an Arbitrary Being. Of Justification. On the Mediation of Christ. To which is Added, a Dialogue Between a Calvinist, a Socinian, an Arminian, a Baxterian, and a Deist. Wherein the Chief Arguments, for the Support of Each Scheme, are Advanced: and the Most Material Objections, Against Calvinism, are Answered. In this Dialogue, the Reader May Clearly Discover the Small Difference There is Between Baxterianism, and Arminianism; and how Arminianism Leads to Socinianism, and that to DeismAaron Ward, at the King's-Arms in Little-Britain., 1746 - 406 pages |
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Page 383 - ... how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him ; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
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