• Robert Hawker's Poor Man's Morning Portions

    April 11—Morning Devotion

    "And Jesus said unto him, verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in Paradise."—Luke 23:43 My soul, hear the gracious words of thy Jesus. This was the third cry of the Redeemer on the cross. And Oh! how full of grace, rich, free, unmerited, unexpected, unlooked-for grace, to a poor lost perishing sinner, even in the…

  • Charles Buck's Theological Dictionary

    189 Semi-Pelagians

    SEMI-PELAGIANS A name anciently, and even at this day, given to such as retain some tincture of Pelagianism. Cassian, who had been a deacon of Constantinople, who was afterwards a priest at Marceilles, was the chief of these Semi-Pelagians, whose leading principles were, 1. That God did not dispense his grace to one more than another, in consequence of predestination,…

  • Robert Hawker's Poor Man's Morning Portions

    April 10—Morning Devotion

    "When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, woman, behold thy son. Then saith he to the disciple, behold thy mother."—John 19:26, 27 This was the second among the dying words of the Lord Jesus; and no doubt, of high importance in their full sense and meaning: not simply…

  • Charles Buck's Theological Dictionary

    188 Pelagians

    PELAGIANS A sect who appeared about the end of the fourth century. They maintained the following doctrines: 1. That Adam was by nature mortal, and, whether he had sinned or not, would certainly have died.--2. That the consequences of Adam's sin were confined to his own person.--3. That new-born infants are in the same situation with Adam before the fall.--4.…