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Truth and Error
Horatius Bonar
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Truth and Error — Horatius Bonar.
Author: Horatius Bonar
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1These letters are little more than fragments. They do not aim at a
pp. 3–5 · ≈ 6 min2"Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.
pp. 6–6 · ≈ 2 min3There is a resting place for the weary — deep and broad, immovable
pp. 7–7 · ≈ 2 min4The conscience has far more to do in receiving or rejecting opinions
pp. 8–8 · ≈ 3 min5It is a solemn thing for a man to be spoken to by God, the God of
pp. 9–21 · ≈ 37 min6"Cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as
pp. 22–29 · ≈ 23 min7"Many are called, but few are chosen" (Matt. 22:14).
pp. 30–32 · ≈ 8 min8does, either by commanding or constraining or alluring.
pp. 33–33 · ≈ 3 min9then He must be the author of evil — that if He from eternity
pp. 33–33 · ≈ 3 min10course, then, if evil is predicted regarding either nations or
pp. 33–33 · ≈ 3 min11beforehand, such as the birth and death of Christ, the Judgment Day,
pp. 34–40 · ≈ 19 min12"Being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh
pp. 41–41 · ≈ 2 min13that thing certain to come to pass, which, but for the fixing would not
pp. 41–42 · ≈ 5 min14than to fix a thing which I already know will come to pass whether I
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 3 min15could possibly have been used to denote foreordination. There is
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 3 min16been expressed in language different from this, or from that
pp. 44–44 · ≈ 3 min17Christ's history. Now, if some were fixed, we have reason to conclude
pp. 44–44 · ≈ 3 min18the hands of men. Pilate and Herod, etc., are said to have done what
pp. 44–46 · ≈ 8 min19maintain that God foresaw that every soul in them would reject the
pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min20they would reject it, then they are condemned for a thing they never
pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min21and of not sending it to others who were more likely to have received
pp. 48–49 · ≈ 6 min22them that the world would have been converted before now if
pp. 50–50 · ≈ 3 min23salvation of the world be dependent upon a creature's will? Is it to
pp. 50–50 · ≈ 3 min24contradict it. What, for instance, does God mean when He gives as
pp. 50–50 · ≈ 3 min25be remedied by God, but only by the church; that God has no power
pp. 51–51 · ≈ 3 min26more inclined towards what is good, made of less rebellious and
pp. 52–52 · ≈ 3 min27fails in His efforts. The sinner has overpowered Him and proved
pp. 52–53 · ≈ 6 min28"The church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood"
pp. 54–59 · ≈ 16 min29"For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of
pp. 60–69 · ≈ 25 min
pp. 3–5 · ≈ 6 min2"Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.
pp. 6–6 · ≈ 2 min3There is a resting place for the weary — deep and broad, immovable
pp. 7–7 · ≈ 2 min4The conscience has far more to do in receiving or rejecting opinions
pp. 8–8 · ≈ 3 min5It is a solemn thing for a man to be spoken to by God, the God of
pp. 9–21 · ≈ 37 min6"Cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as
pp. 22–29 · ≈ 23 min7"Many are called, but few are chosen" (Matt. 22:14).
pp. 30–32 · ≈ 8 min8does, either by commanding or constraining or alluring.
pp. 33–33 · ≈ 3 min9then He must be the author of evil — that if He from eternity
pp. 33–33 · ≈ 3 min10course, then, if evil is predicted regarding either nations or
pp. 33–33 · ≈ 3 min11beforehand, such as the birth and death of Christ, the Judgment Day,
pp. 34–40 · ≈ 19 min12"Being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh
pp. 41–41 · ≈ 2 min13that thing certain to come to pass, which, but for the fixing would not
pp. 41–42 · ≈ 5 min14than to fix a thing which I already know will come to pass whether I
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 3 min15could possibly have been used to denote foreordination. There is
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 3 min16been expressed in language different from this, or from that
pp. 44–44 · ≈ 3 min17Christ's history. Now, if some were fixed, we have reason to conclude
pp. 44–44 · ≈ 3 min18the hands of men. Pilate and Herod, etc., are said to have done what
pp. 44–46 · ≈ 8 min19maintain that God foresaw that every soul in them would reject the
pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min20they would reject it, then they are condemned for a thing they never
pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min21and of not sending it to others who were more likely to have received
pp. 48–49 · ≈ 6 min22them that the world would have been converted before now if
pp. 50–50 · ≈ 3 min23salvation of the world be dependent upon a creature's will? Is it to
pp. 50–50 · ≈ 3 min24contradict it. What, for instance, does God mean when He gives as
pp. 50–50 · ≈ 3 min25be remedied by God, but only by the church; that God has no power
pp. 51–51 · ≈ 3 min26more inclined towards what is good, made of less rebellious and
pp. 52–52 · ≈ 3 min27fails in His efforts. The sinner has overpowered Him and proved
pp. 52–53 · ≈ 6 min28"The church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood"
pp. 54–59 · ≈ 16 min29"For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of
pp. 60–69 · ≈ 25 min
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