 | John Whitehead - 1805 - 570 pages
...I think (says he) it was about five this morning, that I opened "my Testament on these words, There are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises,...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature. 2 Pet. i. 4. Just as I went out, I opened it again on those words, Thou art not far from the kingdom... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...hearing by the word of God." § 6. Faith includes a knowledge of God and Christ. 2 Pet. i. 2, 3. " Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the...knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue." John xvii. 3. " And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...hearing by the word of God." § 6. Faith includes a knowledge of God and Christ. 2 Pet. i. 2, 3. " Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the...knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue." John xvii. 3. " And this is life eternal, that they might know, thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 520 pages
...of. The words in this verse and the foregoing, run thus : " According as his divine power hath given us all things that pertain unto life and godliness,...by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature l having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." Divine nature and lust are evidently... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1803 - 572 pages
...of. The words in this verse and the foregoing, run thus : " According as his divine power hath given us all things that pertain unto life and godliness,...the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory arid virtue ; whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1811 - 476 pages
...of Chrift, we muft depend for all our hopes of everlafting falvation. SERMON XXL 2 PETER, i. 4. IX. WHEREBY ARE GIVEN UNTO US EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS...THESE YE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE. TTAVING, in my two laft difcourfes, treated •*••*• on the conditions which are enjoined on... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...slothful, but followers of them who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises. 2 Pet. i. 3. According as his divine power hath given unto us all...knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. Ver. 5. And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge.... | |
 | Benjamin Seth Youngs - Second Advent - 1810 - 672 pages
...deliverance from the reigning power of sin. 53. And hence are the words of St. Peter verified; . " According as his divine power hath given unto us all...knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue." And hence also those of St. John : " We know that we are of God, iind that the whole world lieth in... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pages
...Testament under the names of a new heart and a new spirit, is that which Peter alludes to when he says, " Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature," 2 Peter i. 4. The apostle says that this new man is created after the image of him that created him;... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me." On this account. Peter says that God hath given unto us exceeding great and precious promises,...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, 2 Peter i. 4. And by this divine nature he means the grace of life, and nothing else. But then Christ,... | |
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According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye... 
