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Without a fixed and highe source of moral auctoritee, the very conceypt of right andwrong falleth into subiective mennes opinions. If moralitee were but a craft of man’s making, it wolde lacke any universall and bindyng lawe. Dedes myghte be deemed good or wicked only byerrant customes, not by...

The notioun that ther is a purifyinge after deth for bilevers, as it may be taken of passagis as1 Corinthians 3:15, acordeth nought with the gospel’s sothfastnes that savacioun is wholly the werk of CRIST, and not a partenership where any other purifying after deth must nedes be.The thought of a...

• A greet desyr to know and be knowen is in mankynde, and the Creator is most hie. • Endeles lif is not onli tyme; it is a felawship with God, as Jesu taught (John 17:3). "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” –John 17:3...

SANCTIFIED MANHOOD Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts 26:8 The whole manhood of the Christian has already been sanctified! It is not merely that with his spirit he serves his God, but he yields his members to be instruments unto...

Considereth the intricate craft that is wrouht in every corner of this worlde—each part, fromthe heavens unto the smallest creature, speaketh plainly of a MAKER with purpos. We looke not upon a well-made thing and deem it made by chaunce; so must we reason of the worlde.The gret complexité of...

• The Bible defineth synne as a state of separacioun from God, stemmynge from inward rebellion agayn Him (Mark 7:20–23). “And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders...

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Romans 8:29 Perhaps nothing in the world is a surer sign of littleness than a slavish imitation of any man. Men lose that which is an honor to them—individuality—and then, they...