American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics - Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann by S. S. (Samuel Simon) Schmucker
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Note 3. John iii. 6, 2. Note 4. 1 Cor. i. 14-17. Note 5. See also 1 Pet. i. 23. Luke viii. 4, 11, 15. Here the whole process of conversion is described, and the grand instrumentality is the word or seed, but not a syllable is said of baptism. Also James i. 18. Note 6. 2 Tim. ii. 14. Note 7. Jer. xxiii. 29. Note 8. John xvii. 17. Note 9. Psalm cxix. 11. Note 10. 1 Tim. 4. Note 11. Verbum Dei est medium salutis _efficacissimum_, quippe cujus vis non est tantum objectiva, sed etiam effectiva. Hollazii Theol. Dog. II. p. 452. See the writer's Elemental Contrast, pp. 26, 27. Note 12. Mark i. 15. _Repent_ ye and _believe_ the gospel. James ii. 14-17 Even so _faith_, if it have not works is dead, being alone, &c. Note 13. Rom. v.1, 2; iii. 21, 22, 23. John iii. 18. Note 14. Rom. v. 5. |
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