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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 the Spirit of Renovation.
4 The Will has no power in the state of sin and before the callquestionable reading, 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
Identifier: | JB/139/194/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 139. |
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not paul but jesus |
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[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1816]] |
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arthur wellesley, duke of wellington |
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1816 |
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