The Scripture Doctrine of Christian Perfection Stated And Defended With a Crit
The Scripture Doctrine of Christian Perfection Stated And Defended With a Crit
George Peck
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(2. ) The commandments of God are so far from being impossible, that they are denied to be grievous, (1 John v, 3;) nay, our Lord himself assures us, that his yoke is easy, and his burden is light. Matt, xi, 30. (3. ) St. John assures 142 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE OF us, that a regenerate man may arrive to such a degree of perfection, as not only not to sin, but even to be in- capable in some sort of sinning. 1 John iii, 9; v, 18. (4. ) It is said of some in Scripture, that they are per- fect. 1 Cor. ...Ii, 6; Phil, iii, 15. (5. ) The apostles themselves, in their epistles, frequently wish that the faithful might attain to perfection; (1 Thess. V, 23; Phil, i, 9-11 ; Col. I, 9, 10; Heb. Xiii, 20, 21 ;) now these desires would have been to no purpose, had the apostles wished impossibilities. (6. ) There are seve- ral instances mentioned in Scripture of persons who sought the Lord with their whole heart, and obeyed the Lord faithfully, such as David, (1 Kings xi, 34, and xiv, 8, ) Asa, (1 Kings xv, 1 1 ; 2 Chron.
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