...stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh." Paul says, Christ loved and gave himself for the church, " that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word." And again he says, that believers " are saved, not by works...

...be freed from the power of our sins, and purified from all our defiling lusts, was his design. " He gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify and cleanse it, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing,...

...Ezekiol xxxvi. 25, 26. " If I wash thee not," says Christ, " thou hast no part with me," John xiii. 8. He gave himself for the Church, "that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word; that he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having...

...in virtue of his free-gift, the merits of Christ's life and death, are applied to us in baptism. 'He gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water, by the word,' (Eph. v. 25, 26 :) namely, in baptism the ordinary instrument...

...purchased the church of God (saith St. Paul) with his own blood, Acts xx. 28 : and again, Epb. v. ; Christ gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify and cleanse it if if /i the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, &c....

...to be born, is not the water of baptism, but the water of the word. This is obvious from Eph. v. 26. Christ gave himself for the church, " that he might sanctify and cleanse it, with the washing of water by the word"; that is, by the word of truth, by which we are said to be begotten...

...and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost ; and that righteousness which is through faith in Christ, who gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify and cleanse it. There shall men be taught that there is no difference, neither Jew nor Gentile, but that they are justified...

...righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, and that righteousness which is through faith in Christ, who gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify and cleanse it. And whatever dangers may then encompass you around, fear not — only believe; all things are possible...

...Redeemer"), as Jacob paid the price of fourteen years' servitude for his beloved Rachel. The Son of God gave himself for the Church, " that he might sanctify and cleanse it, and present it to himself a glorious Church, holy and without blemish." But observe, it is added, "...

...lives to worship, adore, and love, and serve him. And this is the object of the Saviour's death. He "gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify and cleanse it, with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having...