...is seen to emanate from the immediate and direct agency of God, then is it affirmed, thnt " Of liis own will begat he us, by the word of truth, that we...should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." If it is viewed as a new and spiritual creation, then you hear Paul, in the name of all the regenerate,...

...and if the root be holy, so are the branches." And James i. 18, "Of his ovvn will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." Revelations xiv. 4, « These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoeverhe goeth. These were redeemed...

...if produced when elicited and recognised : but this is not by baptism, but by the word nj G'orf. " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should he « kind of first fruits of his creatures : being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,...

...variableness— У о change ¡к Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither 18 shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man...

...you." She gave me the Bible. I pointed her to several passages ; amongst others, to the following : " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth." Not by baptism. " Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,...

...of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. 18. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his rational creatures, John iii. 3. 19. Therefore, my beloved brethren, Jet every man be swift to hear,...

...predetermining their salvation, or no operation of the Spirit predisposing Ihera to improve that salvation. " Of his own* will begat he us by the word of truth." The Holy Ghost Jehovah tvorks ; he norlcs as a sovereign, and with an energy almighty and irresistible,...

...ehild thou hast known the seriptures, whieh are able to make thee wise uutu salvation." 2 Tim. iii 1\ "Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth." James, i. 18. "Reeeive with meekness the ingrafted word, whieh is able to save your souls." Jantes,...

...Christ Jesus : and they are of God, as children arc of the Father, as it is written, James i. 18. * Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. So that, as the children of men, are of their fathers, through a natural...

...our regeneration, but the will of God. To this we may add the testimony of St. James, chap, i. 18. Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth. Here you see God of his own will begat us ; yet he used the word of truth as a means of our spiritual...