★ Find a new page on our Untranscribed Manuscripts list.
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
<!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
3 Nevertheless we do not believe that with the <gap/> care and pains employed by men in order to the working out their salvation are, before Faith and the spirit of renovation, vain and unprofitable, and even more prejudicial than advantageous; but on the contrary, we maintain, that to hear the Word of God, to be sorry for, and repent of our sins, earnestly to desire saving Grace and the Spirit of Renovation, (which however cannot be done without Grace) are not only not hurtful, but rather very useful and absolutely necessary to the attaining < | 3 Nevertheless we do not believe that with the <gap/> care and pains employed by men in order to the working out their salvation are, before Faith and the spirit of renovation, vain and unprofitable, and even more prejudicial than advantageous; but on the contrary, we maintain, that to hear the Word of God, to be sorry for, and repent of our sins, earnestly to desire saving Grace and the Spirit of Renovation, (which however cannot be done without Grace) are not only not hurtful, but rather very useful and absolutely necessary to the attaining Faith con<unclear>questionable reading</unclear> the Spirit of Renovation.<lb/> | ||
4 The Will has no power in the state of sin and before the call | 4 The Will has no power in the state of sin and before the call, of doing any good to salvation. And therefore we deny that the will has in every state of man, the liberty or freedom of willing the saving<unclear>questionable reading</unclear> good, as well as evil.<lb/> | ||
5 Efficacious Grace, whereby men are converted, is not irresistable; and tho' God works in such a manner by his Word, and the internal operation of his Spirit, as to communicate the power of believing and supernatural strength, and even to cause men actually to believe; yet nevertheless | 5 Efficacious Grace, whereby men are converted, is not irresistable; and tho' God works in such a manner by his Word, and the internal operation of his Spirit, as to communicate the power of believing and supernatural strength, and even to cause men actually to believe; yet nevertheless men may of themselves reject this Grace, and refuse to believe and consequently be lost thro' their own fault. <lb/> | ||
6 Though according to the most free will of God the divine Grace is very unequally distributed yet the Holy Spirit imparts, or is ready to impart to all and every man to whom the Word is preached, as much Grace as is sufficient to promote the conversion of men by its | |||
just degrees. <gap/> Grace therefore as is sufficient for Faith and Conversion, is not given to those only whom God (as some think) will <gap/> according to the decree of an absolute Election; but likewise even to those who yet in reality are not converted, <pb/> | |||
<!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
{{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}} | {{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}} | ||
3 Nevertheless we do not believe that with the care and pains employed by men in order to the working out their salvation are, before Faith and the spirit of renovation, vain and unprofitable, and even more prejudicial than advantageous; but on the contrary, we maintain, that to hear the Word of God, to be sorry for, and repent of our sins, earnestly to desire saving Grace and the Spirit of Renovation, (which however cannot be done without Grace) are not only not hurtful, but rather very useful and absolutely necessary to the attaining Faith conquestionable reading the Spirit of Renovation.
4 The Will has no power in the state of sin and before the call, of doing any good to salvation. And therefore we deny that the will has in every state of man, the liberty or freedom of willing the savingquestionable reading good, as well as evil.
5 Efficacious Grace, whereby men are converted, is not irresistable; and tho' God works in such a manner by his Word, and the internal operation of his Spirit, as to communicate the power of believing and supernatural strength, and even to cause men actually to believe; yet nevertheless men may of themselves reject this Grace, and refuse to believe and consequently be lost thro' their own fault.
6 Though according to the most free will of God the divine Grace is very unequally distributed yet the Holy Spirit imparts, or is ready to impart to all and every man to whom the Word is preached, as much Grace as is sufficient to promote the conversion of men by its
just degrees. Grace therefore as is sufficient for Faith and Conversion, is not given to those only whom God (as some think) will according to the decree of an absolute Election; but likewise even to those who yet in reality are not converted,
---page break---
|
Identifier: | JB/139/194/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 139. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
139 |
not paul but jesus |
||
|
194 |
|||
|
002 |
|||
|
collectanea |
2 |
||
|
recto |
c5 / c6 |
||
|
[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1816]] |
|||
|
arthur wellesley, duke of wellington |
|||
|
1816 |
|||
|
47571 |
|||
