A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections [in Three Parts: Part I. Cocerning the Nature of the Affections, and Their Importance in Religion. Part II. Shewing what are No Certain Signs that Religious Affections are Gracious, Or that They are Not. Part III. Shewing what are Distinguishing Signs of Truly Gracious and Holy Affections.]Amer. tract. soc., 2017 M02 2 - 272 páginas Excerpt from A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: In Three Parts After religion has revived in the church of God, and ene mies appear, people that are engaged to defend its caufe, are commonly molt expofed, where they are lead fenfrble of danger. Vvhile they are wholly intent upon the oppolition that appears Openly before them, to make head againfl that, and do negleé't carefully'to look all round them, the devil comes behind them, and gives a fatal flab unfeen; and has opportunity to give a more home firoke, and wound the deeper, becaufe he firikes at his leifure, and according to his pleafure, being obfiruaed by no guard or refrftance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... kind ; and are of a nature far more excel- lent . And this is what I mean by supernatural , when I say that gracious affections proceed from supernatu- ral influence . From hence it follows , that in gracious affections there are new ...
... kind of such representa- tions can be any evidence of a divine and gracious in- fluence , for no higher kind of power is required to form in the brain one shape or color than ancther . It is evi- dent therefore , that if it is in the ...
... kind of belief . And though what is believed is un- spcakable better , that does not render the belief itself of a better kind ; for though what is believed happens to be true , yet the belief of it is not owing to its truth , but to ...
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Part I | 6 |
Trial by the manner in which men perform the | 7 |
That religion consists chiefly in the Affections shown | 13 |
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