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and whatsoever the Saints, any of them doe possesse or enjoy of God in this life, is onely by faith.","proofs":["Ephesians 6:10–13"]}]},{"document":"flcf1644","id":"33.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/flcf1644/paragraphs/33.1","segments":[{"text":"That Christ hath here on earth a spirituall Kingdome, which is the Church, which he hath purchased and redeemed to himselfe, as a peculiar inheritance: which Church, as it is visible to us, is a company of visible Saints,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:1"]}]},{"document":"flcf1644","id":"34.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/flcf1644/paragraphs/34.1","segments":[{"text":"thither ought all men to come, of all estates, that acknowledge him to be their Prophet, Priest, and King, to be inrolled amongst his houshold servants, to be under his heavenly conduct and government, to lead their lives in his walled sheepfold, and watered garden; to have communion here with the Saints, that they may be made to be partakers of their inheritance in the Kingdome of God.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:19"]}]},{"document":"flcf1644","id":"35.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/flcf1644/paragraphs/35.1","segments":[{"text":"And all his servants are called thither, to present their bodies and soules, and to bring their gifts God hath given them; 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And is now entred within the vaile into the Holy of Holies, which is the presence of God. Also, he makes his people a spirituall House, an holy Priesthood, to offer up spirituall Sacrifice acceptable to God through him. Neither doth the Father accept, or Christ offer to the Father any other worship or worshippers.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:2","Ephesians 2:14–16"]}]},{"document":"flcf1646","id":"19.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/flcf1646/paragraphs/19.1","segments":[{"text":"Concerning his Kingly office, Christ being risen from the dead, and ascended into heaven, and having all power in heaven and earth, he doth spiritually governe his Church, and doth exercise his power over all Angels and men, good and bad, to the preservation and salvation of the elect, and to the over-ruling and destruction of his enemies. By this Kingly power he applieth the benefits, virtue, and fruits of his Prophesie and Priesthood to his elect, subduing their sinnes, preserving and strengthening them in all their conflicts against Satan, the World, and the Flesh, keeping their hearts in faith and filiall feare by his spirit: by this his mighty power he ruleth the vessels of wrath, using, limiting and restraining them as it seems good to his infinite wisdome.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:17–18"]}]},{"document":"flcf1646","id":"21.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/flcf1646/paragraphs/21.1","segments":[{"text":"Jesus Christ by his death did purchase salvation for the Elect that God gave unto him: These onely have interest in him, and fellowship with him, for whom he makes intercession to his Father in the behalfe of, and to them alone doth God by his Spirit apply this redemption unto, as also the free gift of eternall life is given to them, and none else.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:14"]}]},{"document":"flcf1646","id":"22.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/flcf1646/paragraphs/22.1","segments":[{"text":"Faith is the gift of God, wrought in the hearts of the Elect by the Spirit of God; 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Because the Church, on whose Testimony they say the Scriptures do depend, is an Apostate and Corrupt Church, and the Seat of Anti-Christ. 2. Because the true Church of Christ doth depend in its being on the Scriptures, and therefore the Scriptures cannot depend upon the Church for its Authority, Ye are Fellow Citizens of the Saints, and of the Houshold of God, being built upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles, Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner stone.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:19–20"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"4","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/4","segments":[{"text":"This is that wisdom which was made known by the Church unto the Angels, To the intent that unto the principalities might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God.","proofs":["Ephesians 3:10"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"4","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/4","segments":[{"text":"He plucks his chosen people out of the snare of the Devil, and powerfully draws them & joyns them by faith unto Jesus Christ, And what is the exceeding greatness of his Power toward them that believe.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:19"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"God decreed all things according to the counsel of his will; according to his will, and therefore most freely; according to the counsel of his will, and therefore most wisely, Being predestinated according to the purpose of him, who worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:11"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"Gods general decrees are his eternal purpose, whereby he hath fore-ordained whatever comes to pass, not only the being of all Creatures which he doth make, but also all their motions & actions; not only good actions which he doth effect, but also the permission of all evil actions, Who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:11"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"Gods decree of election of men, is his eternal and unchangeable purpose, whereby out of his meer good pleasure he hath in Christ chosen some men unto everlasting life & happiness, as the end; & unto faith and holiness, as the necessary means in order hereunto, for the praise of his most rich and free grace According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love; being predestinated according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:4–6"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:24"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"18","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/18","segments":[{"text":"The Corruption of the Nature of Man doth consist in the Universal Depravation which is in every part of Man since the Fall. 1. 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Tenderness towards them, and careful provision of Food and Rayment, and all things necessary for them, as for their own Bodies, So ought men to love their Wives as their own bodies, he that loveth his wife loveth himself; for no man yet ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:28–29"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"2. 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In the words and speeches, such as all obscene words, lascivious songs, and enticing speeches unto any, to draw them to this sin; Neither filthiness nor foolish talking.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:4"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"74","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/74","segments":[{"text":"Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labour working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:28"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"77","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/77","segments":[{"text":"Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his Neighbour: for we are members one of another.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:25"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"80","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/80","segments":[{"text":"4. By looking unto and following the example of Jesus Christ, And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:2"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"85","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/85","segments":[{"text":"By grace we are saved through faith.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"86","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/86","segments":[{"text":"The Author of faith in Jesus Christ, is God, whose gift it is, and who works this grace of faith in the soul by his Spirit. Ye are saved through faith, and that not of your selves, it is the gift of God.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"89","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/89","segments":[{"text":"And he gave some Pastors and Teachers for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the Ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ; Till we all come in the unity of the Faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the statute of the fulness of Christ.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:11–13"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"89","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/89","segments":[{"text":"4. As it is a means to strengthen the Saints against the temptations of the Devil, and the corruptions of their own hearts. Take to you the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to stand in the evil day. Take the Sword of the spirit which is the Word of God.","proofs":["Ephesians 6:13, 17"]},{"text":"That we be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of Doctrine by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:14"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"95","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/95","segments":[{"text":"Baptism is not to be administred unto all, nor to any that are out of the visible Church, because they being out of the Covenant have no right unto the Seals of the Covenant, At that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel, and strangers from the Covenant of Promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:12"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"96","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/96","segments":[{"text":"Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:20"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"98","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/98","segments":[{"text":"To pray unto God in the Name of Christ, is not barely to mention the Name of Christ with our lips in the Conclusion, or any part of our Prayers; but it is by faith to mention his Name, depending upon Christ alone for admittance and access unto God in Prayer, for acceptance, audience, and a gracious return unto our prayers, In whom we have boldness, and access with confidence by the faith of him.","proofs":["Ephesians 3:12"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"100","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/100","segments":[{"text":"Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.","proofs":["Ephesians 3:20"]},{"text":"2. To Pray to God with and for others he being a common Father unto all his people, Praying always with all prayer and supplication for all Saints.","proofs":["Ephesians 6:18"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"103","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/103","segments":[{"text":"When we pray that the will of Gods precept be done, we request: 1. That our selves and others, who naturally are dark and ignorant of this will, may by his word and spirit be enabled to know and understand it, ye were sometimes darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord. Be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:8, 17"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"105","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/105","segments":[{"text":"God being infinitely just as well as merciful, we must bring merit before him that we may obtain forgiveness of him, but because we have it not of our own, and he hath provided it for us in his Son, we must pray for pardon for the merit sake of Christ, who hath purchased foregiveness for us with his blood, In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sin.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:7"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"107","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/107","segments":[{"text":"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us; Unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages world without end, Amen.","proofs":["Ephesians 3:20–21"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"2","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/2","segments":[{"text":"1. Contained in the Scriptures of the Old, and New Testament.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:20"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"The Decrees of God are his Eternal purpose, according to the Counsel of his own Will, whereby, for his own Glory, he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:11–12"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"3. In Righteousness, and Holiness,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:24"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"18","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/18","segments":[{"text":"3. The Corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly call’d Original sin.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:1"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"19","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/19","segments":[{"text":"2. 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In Justification, God pardoneth all our sins.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:7"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"35","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/35","segments":[{"text":"2. By Sanctification, we are renewed in the whole. Man, after the Image of God.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:24"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"1. As Superiors,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:21–22","6:1, 5"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"2. As Inferiors.","proofs":["Ephesians 6:9"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"66","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/66","segments":[{"text":"The reason annexed to the fifth Commandment, is a promise of long life and prosperity, as far as it shall serve for Gods glory and their own good, to all such as keep this Commandment.","proofs":["Ephesians 6:2–3"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"68","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/68","segments":[{"text":"1. Our own life.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:28–29"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"71","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/71","segments":[{"text":"2. Our Neighbours chastity.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:11–12"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"72","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/72","segments":[{"text":"2. Works.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:4"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"72","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/72","segments":[{"text":"3. Actions.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:3"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"100","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/100","segments":[{"text":"5. We are to pray with, and for others.","proofs":["Ephesians 6:18"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"2","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/2","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For we are built upon the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:20"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"2","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/2","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Get thee hence, Satan, for it is written,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:17"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"6","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/6","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For there is one God, and Father of all,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:6"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he worketh all Things after the Counsel of his own Will,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:11"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"Yes. That we should be to the Praise of his Glory,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:12"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"9","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/9","segments":[{"text":"and Created all Things by Jesus Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:9"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For the new Man after God is created in Righteousness and true Holiness,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:24"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"11","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/11","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he is Head over all Things unto the Church,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:22"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"17","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/17","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For the Prince of the Power of the Air works in the Children of Disobedience,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:2"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"18","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/18","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Understanding is darkned, being alienated from the Life of God,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:18"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"19","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/19","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We are by Nature Children of Wrath, even as others,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:3"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"19","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/19","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For because of these Things cometh the Wrath of God upon the Children of Disobedience,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:6"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath chosen us in him before the Foundation of the World,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:4"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath predestinated us according to the good Pleasure of his Will,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:5"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath chosen us, that we should be holy,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:4"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For by Grace ye are saved through Faith,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"21","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/21","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he that descended is the same also that ascended,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:10"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"23","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/23","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He is out Peace,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:14"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"25","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/25","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He gave himself for us a Sacrifice to God of a sweet smelling Savour,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:2"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"26","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/26","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He is Head over all Things to the Church,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:22"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"27","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/27","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For it is the purchased Possession,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:14"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"27","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/27","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He descended into the lower Parts of the Earth,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:9"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"28","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/28","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath quickned us together with Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:5"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"28","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/28","segments":[{"text":"Yes. When he ascended on high, he led Captivity Captive,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:8"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"No. Not of your selves, it is the Gift of God,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We believe according to the Working of his Mighty Power which he wrought in Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:19–20"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath quickened us together with Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:5"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath made us sit together in heavenly Places in Christ Jesus,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:6"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We are Members of his Body, of his Flesh, and of his Bones,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:30"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For Christ dwells in the Heart by Faith,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:17"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We are a Habitation of God through the Spirit,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:22"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We have an access by one Spirit unto the Father,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:18"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"31","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/31","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation is given, that the Eyes of our Understandings may be enlightned,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:17–18"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"31","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/31","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For you hath he quickened who were dead in Trespasses and Sins,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:1"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"32","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/32","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For after that ye believed ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of Promise,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:13"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"32","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/32","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Ye who sometimes were afar off, are made nigh,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:13"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"32","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/32","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus hath blessed us with Spiritual Blessings in heavenly Things,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:3"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"32","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/32","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he hath predestinated us to the Adoption of Children,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:5"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"33","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/33","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We have Redemption through his Blood, the Forgiveness of Sins,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:7"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"33","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/33","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath made us accepted in the beloved,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:6"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"33","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/33","segments":[{"text":"No. It is not of our selves, it is the Gift of God,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"34","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/34","segments":[{"text":"No. We are by Nature Children of Wrath,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:3"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"34","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/34","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Of whom the whole Family, both in Heaven and Earth, is named,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:15"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"34","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/34","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Be ye Followers of God as dear Children,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:1"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"35","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/35","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For we are his Workmanship, created unto good Works,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:10"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"35","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/35","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We must be renew’d in the Spirit of our Mind,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:23"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"35","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/35","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Put on the new Man,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:24"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"37","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/37","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For they are come to the perfect Man, to the measure of the Stature of the Fulness of Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:13"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"38","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/38","segments":[{"text":"Yes. It is the purchased Possession,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:14"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"39","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/39","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Understand what the Will of the Lord is,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:17"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"42","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/42","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Grace be with them that love him in sincerity,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:24"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"42","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/42","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For we are Members one of another,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:25"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"45","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/45","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For those have no Hope that are without God in the World,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:12"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"57","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/57","segments":[{"text":"No. For we must pray always,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:18"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Children Obey your Parents in the Lord,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:1"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Bring them up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:4"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:5"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily—and with good-will doing Service,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:7"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Forbearing Threatning,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:9"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Let the Wife see that she Reverence her Husband,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:33"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"64","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/64","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Let every one love his Wife even as himself,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:33"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"66","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/66","segments":[{"text":"Yes. It is the first Commandment with Promise,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:2"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"66","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/66","segments":[{"text":"Yes. That it may be well with thee,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:3"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"68","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/68","segments":[{"text":"Yes. No Man ever yet hated his own Flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:29"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"72","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/72","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Fornication, and all Uncleanness, let it not be once named among you,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:3"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"72","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/72","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For there must be neither Filthiness, nor foolish Talking, nor Jesting,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:4"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"72","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/72","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Let no corrupt Communication proceed out of your Mouth,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:29"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"72","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/72","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Have no Fellowship with the unfruitful Works of Darkness,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:11"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"74","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/74","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We must labour that we may have to give to him that needeth,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:28"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"75","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/75","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Let him that stole steal no more,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:28"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"77","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/77","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For we are Members one of another,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:25"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"82","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/82","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Glorious Church is without Spot or Wrinkle,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:27"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"85","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/85","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We are by Nature Children of Wrath,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:3"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"86","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/86","segments":[{"text":"Yes. ’Tis not of our selves, ’tis the Gift of God,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"86","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/86","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Shield of Faith quencheth the fiery Darts of the Wicked,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:16"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"88","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/88","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Speaking to your selves in Psalms, and Hymns, and Spiritual Songs,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:19"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"88","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/88","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath given Pastors and Teachers for the edifying of the Body of Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:11–12"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"89","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/89","segments":[{"text":"Yes. It is for the perfecting of the Saints,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:12"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"89","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/89","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For the Sword of the Spirit is the Word of God,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:17"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"94","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/94","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For there is one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:5"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"100","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/100","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I bow my Knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:14"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"100","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/100","segments":[{"text":"Yes. And therefore he is able to do above all that we ask or think,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:20"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"100","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/100","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For we have boldness, and access with Confidence,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:12"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"100","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/100","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We must make Supplication for all Saints,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:18"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"102","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/102","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he works in the Children of Disobedience,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:2"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"102","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/102","segments":[{"text":"Yes. That Christ may dwell in your Heart by Faith,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:17"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"102","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/102","segments":[{"text":"Yes. That Utterance may be given to them,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:19"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"102","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/102","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in Sincerity,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:24"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"103","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/103","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We must understand what the Will of the Lord is,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:17"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"103","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/103","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he worketh all according to the Counsel of his own Will,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:11"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"106","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/106","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Praying always,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:13, 18"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"3","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/3","segments":[{"text":"Having the understanding darkened,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:18"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"6","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/6","segments":[{"text":"Remember that at that time ye were without God in the world,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:13"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:3"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"He is above all and through all and in all,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:6"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"Herein he hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence,","proofs":["Ephesians 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Men destitute of supernatural Revelation cannot know their own corruption and misery, by the first Adam, nor the remedy which is offered by Christ, the second Adam. They are without GOD, without Hope, without the Promises, without the Church, and covenant of God: and the mysteries of Faith are hid, and unknown to them allanerly, that perish, and are lost,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:11–12"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"1","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/1","segments":[{"text":"(1.) Because, the Scriptures are the foundation, upon which the Church is built.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:20"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"1","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/1","segments":[{"text":"compared with v: 13. (4.) Because, the Apostle calls the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God. 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(10) Because, to all and every one, the Grace of Regeneration, which is simply necessary to Salvation, is not offered: Neither do all, and every one get remission and pardon of their sins;","proofs":["Ephesians 1:7"]},{"text":"(11) Because, the Grace of Regeneration, is invincible, and of its own Nature, alwayes Efficacious and Powerful;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:1, 5","1:19"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"4","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/4","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:24"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"5","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/5","segments":[{"text":"(2) Because, he worketh all things, according to the counsel of his own will.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:11"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"6","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/6","segments":[{"text":"(3) Because, all men by Nature, and birth, are the children of wrath;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:3"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"6","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/6","segments":[{"text":"(3) Because, it is a great part of the old Man, which we must lay down, and must be mortified;","proofs":["Ephesians 4:22"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"6","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/6","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:3","Ephesians 4:18"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"6","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/6","segments":[{"text":"(5) Because, GOD commanded Believers under the Law, to offer typical Sacrifices, for making a propitiation for such sins; and Christ did really by his own pretious blood, purge them away, for by no less price, could they be purged, he being made a curse for them, that he might liberate those from the curse of the Law, which they had deserved for such sins, as well as for others.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:25–27"]},{"text":"1","proofs":["Ephesians 5:6"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"8","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/8","segments":[{"text":"Yes:","proofs":["Ephesians 4:5"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"8","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/8","segments":[{"text":"(4) The same thing is proven from Christs desertion, whereby the actual fruition, and enjoying of Gods favour, as to his sense, was interrupted, and broken in the midst for a time, but in no wise, altogether taken away, which made him cry upon the Cross: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me.","proofs":["Ephesians 5:2"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"9","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/9","segments":[{"text":"(5) Because, the Conversion of a Natural Man, is the quickning of one dead;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:5"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:10–11","Ephesians 2:1–5"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:17–18"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"(3) Because, all unregenerate men are darkness;","proofs":["Ephesians 5:8"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"(7) Because, it is a resurrection from the Dead;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:5"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:4–5, 8–9"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"(6) Because, before conversion we were dead in trespasses and sins;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:2, 5"]},{"text":"(8) Because, we were sometimes, that is, before conversion, darkness;","proofs":["Ephesians 5:8"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:5"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"Before I do this, it is to be observed, that when I say a man is passive in his Conversion, I do not think he is physically passive, as a stock or a stone; while an Artist is about to make a Statue of them: but Morally, or rather Spiritually, as a Man is Spiritually dead, which is a true and real death, though he be naturally living. The (1) Reason, by which they are confuted is this, because we are dead in trespasses and sins;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:1"]},{"text":"(6) Because, tho Scriptures ascribe that whole work to God, and no part of it to Man;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8–10"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"10","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/10","segments":[{"text":"(7) Because, the most part of the World, are buried in gross darkness, and have their understanding darkned, and are alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance, that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts;","proofs":["Ephesians 4:18"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"11","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/11","segments":[{"text":"therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by Faith without the deeds of the Law. See:","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8–9"]},{"text":"Where it is said, if we say we have no sin, we deceive our selves, and the truth is not in us. (6) Because, if we were justified by inherent righteousness, we would have matter to boast of, which is contrary to Pauls doctrine,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:9"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"11","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/11","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:7"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"11","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/11","segments":[{"text":"see the first of","proofs":["Ephesians 5:2"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"11","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/11","segments":[{"text":"(1) Because, all that are justified, have been strangers and enemies to GOD, and children of Wrath;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:3"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"12","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/12","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:30"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"14","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/14","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ephesians 1:17–19"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"14","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/14","segments":[{"text":"(7) Because, we are said to be blessed, with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus, ()","proofs":["Ephesians 1:3"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"14","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/14","segments":[{"text":"Neither are we justified by the Socinians Faith, which is every where condemned in Scripture;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8–9"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"15","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/15","segments":[{"text":"(4) Because, pardon of sin, is an Act of the free favour of God;","proofs":["Ephesians 1:7"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"15","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/15","segments":[{"text":"(6) Because, true repentance, is a renewing of the image of God lost, at least greatly defaced, by the committing of sin, which in sanctification is not perfected, but only begun, and doth dayly increase through the vertue of Christs death, and resurrection;","proofs":["Ephesians 4:19–24"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"16","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/16","segments":[{"text":"(1) Because, Good works are described by the Apostle to be such, as GOD before hath ordained, that we should walk in them;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:10"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"16","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/16","segments":[{"text":"And will have the work of the ministry to continue in his Church, for the perfecting of the Saints, for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of the Faith, &c.","proofs":["Ephesians 4:11–13"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"16","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/16","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8–9"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"16","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/16","segments":[{"text":"(7) Because, that heavenly blessedness, to be given to the saints, is expresly attributed to the mercy and pity of God;","proofs":["Ephesians 4:6–8"]},{"text":"(10) Because, Christ should not be a perfect Saviour, if any thing from us were to be added, to the righteousness of his Merit. 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For there is none that knows our necessities and wants, but he that is Omniscient: and none can succour and help us, but he that is Omnipotent. But Angels are not Omniscient;","proofs":["Ephesians 3:10"]},{"text":"(6) Because, the worshipping of Angels doth derogate from the honour of Christ, in whom we have boldness, and access with confidence by the faith of him,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:12"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"21","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/21","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":["Ephesians 2:18"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"21","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/21","segments":[{"text":"And by him, we have access to the Father;","proofs":["Ephesians 2:18"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"21","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/21","segments":[{"text":"For confutation of the Quakers, two things must be made out: the one that the office of the Ministry, is of divine institution. (1) Because, God hath particularly designed some persons to the work of the Ministry. For if God appointed some persons to be judges over Israel, then must the office of judgeing Israel be of divine institution. Christ appointed not only Apostles, the seventy Disciples, Evangelists, Prophets, whose call and gifts were extraordinary, but other ordinary Pastors, and Teachers, whose Spirits were not infallible, whom the Scripture affirms to be as truely by Divine institution▪ as the former;","proofs":["Ephesians 4:11"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"21","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/21","segments":[{"text":"(1) Because, the ordinances are perpetually necessary, by divine institution: therefore the office of the Ministry, to dispense these ordinances, is perpetually necessary, by divine institution. For if God had only appointed the ordinances, to continue in his Church, then would preaching, and administration of the Sacraments fail: because, that which is every mans work, is usually and effectually no mans work. The Lord doth not immediatly administer them himself: neither are Angels employed for this work. But he hath committed this service to men, who are Stewards, and dispensers of the mysteries of God. It is evident that the preaching of the Word, shall continue to the end of the world, from","proofs":["Ephesians 4:11–13"]},{"text":"Go teach, and baptize all Nations, and lo I am with you to the end of the world. This promise cannot be limited to the particular age, during the lives of the Apostles; because the Holy Ghost, useth three expressions, to declare the perpetuity of this promise, Aion, that this promise, shall continue so long as the world continues. Secondly, Synteleia; Heos tes synteleias tu Aionos, that this promise shall have no end, till the world be consummat, or brought to a Period. Thirdly, Pasas tas Hemeras, all days, and successions of times. Not only Meth hymon hemeras hymon, not only with you, during your own dayes, but all the dayes of the Gospel, till time shall be no more, And this promise was made not to the Apostles, as Apostles, nor to the Apostles as Believers, but to the Apostles, as ministers and Stewards, of the Mysteries of God. (3) Because, the Elect require, the office of the Ministry perpetually. 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(3) A Magistrate, as a Magistrate is not a Minister of the Church, as is evident, from all the Catalogues of the Ministers of the Church. 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