Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ ; neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or, as the... The Christian Herald - Página 2261816Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Wesley - 1810 - 432 páginas
...as such, an abomination to him ? A. The works of him who has heard the Gospel, and does not believe, are not done as God hath " willed and commanded them to be done." And yet we know not how to say, That they are an abomination to the Lord, in him who feareth God, and,... | |
| Church of England homilies - 1811 - 716 páginas
...men meet to receive grace, or (as the school-authors say) deserve grace of congruity : yea, rather for that they are not done as God hath willed and...done, we doubt not but they have the nature of sin. XIV. Of Works of Supererogation. VOLUNTARY works besides, over and above God's commandments, which... | |
| Girolamo Zanchi, Augustus Toplady - 1811 - 312 páginas
...whole matter as far beyond doubt as words can place it, she closes her decision thus ; " Yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath willed and...done, we doubt not but they have the nature of sin." Now, if works wrought previous to justification, are sin, it is absolutely impossible that we should... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1811 - 824 páginas
...grace of Christ, and the in* spiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God : — * forasmuch as they are not done, as God hath willed ' and commanded...be done; we doubt not but ' they have the nature of sin.'1 — TheStoicks allowed, that they owed many things to the gods: but not their wisdom and virtue... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1811 - 408 páginas
...done before the grace of Christ, ' and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant ' to God ;— for that they are not done, as God hath ' willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt ' not but that they have the nature of sin.'1 " The " ploughing of the wicked is sin."* Every human deed, therefore,... | |
| John Wesley - 1811 - 468 páginas
...Jesus Christ, (though often from some kind of faith: in God they may spring,) f< yea, rather, because they are not done, as God hath willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not (how strange soever it may appear to some,) but they have the nature of sin." 6. Perhaps those who... | |
| 1809 - 618 páginas
...inspiration of this Spirit are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not oi faith in Jesas Christ ; yea, for that they are not done as God hath...not but they have the nature of sin.' This grace of Ch* ist, or renewing of the Holy Ghost, consists of those new views, new principles of action, new... | |
| 1811 - 568 páginas
...Christ ; neither da they make incn meet to receive grace, or deserve grace of congruity ; yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath willed and...we doubt not but they have the nature of sin.'— At the same time, the con sis'.cnt Calvinist. regards the work of the Holy Spirit, i|i restoring the... | |
| John Allen - 1812 - 172 páginas
...the •chool authors aay) deserve grace of congruity: yea, rather tor that they are not done as Gpd hath willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they have the nature of sin — Art. l3. " These works the apoBtle calleth good works ; saying, we are God's workmanship, created... | |
| John Wesley - 1812 - 446 páginas
...justification, have the nature of sin, (both because they spring not of faith in Christ, and because they are not done as God hath willed < and commanded them to be done,) what becomes of sanctification previous to justification ? It is utterly excluded: seeing whatever... | |
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