 | Lorenzo Dow - Christian life - 1814 - 666 pages
...well as he knew how : — hence the propriety of the words, < This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.' Man is a rational agent, actuated by motives ; his actions are deliberate, and his... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 664 pages
...recollect how his master was received, and that he testified, This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. Consider such a Minister coming to bring men from their state of apostacy back to God.... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...salvation of the Gospel, and the wilful obstinacy of your unbelief. " This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil." vou. i. ISO SERMON IX. THE GOD OF SALVATION. PSALM Ixviii. 20. He that is our God... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Christian literature, American - 1817 - 630 pages
...observe, " This is the condemnation," (the reason of the condemnation) of those who perish, " that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, their deeds being evil." They " rejected the counsel of God against themselves ;" they neglected the... | |
 | Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1820 - 660 pages
...is thus clearly explained by the Searcher of all Hearts:— -" This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.'' You call the Pope iny brother— I will not disclaim him as such, notwithstanding,... | |
 | Willis Harris - Methodist Church - 1821 - 344 pages
...fully justified in offering salvation to all, and in stating this as the condemnation, " that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light." The principle of religion is a principle of true faith; which, while it is the gift of God, is also... | |
 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1821 - 574 pages
...the works of darkness, and be afraid of that great condemnation ; This is the condemnation that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light. You that are indeed partakers of this happy. change, let your hearts be hahitations of light. Have... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1822 - 340 pages
...you, and shall be in you. Christ is the light of the world ; but this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil :' they do not love the light, because their deeds will be made manifest, that they... | |
 | Henry Kollock - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 510 pages
...come ?" A sufficient answer to this question is given in our Saviour's words to Nicodemus : " Light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil." It is the very excellence of the gospel, not any defect in it, that causes men to... | |
 | Arminianism - 1813 - 998 pages
...performances and endeavours, are the sole banes of mankind. " This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil," (John in. 19.) " These things I say, that ye might be saved, but ye will not come... | |
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And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. 
