 | George BUGG - 1816 - 188 страница
...regeneration, to follow after it; namely, this : works done " before the grace of Christ," or regeneration, are not " pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Christ" Then, most manifestly, the "faith of Christ" cannot exist before the " inspiration Of his Spirit,"... | |
 | John Allen - 1817 - 218 страница
...yet being directed to a wrong end it becomes sin. — Institut. I. 3. c. 14. s. 3. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the school authors say) deserve grace of congruity : yea, rather for that they are not done... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1817 - 726 страница
...justification, is a most certain and wholesome doctrine for Christian men. 12. Works lefore Justification. Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesu Christ ' , neither do they make men meet to receive grace, (or as.the school authors say) deserve... | |
 | George Burder - 1817 - 320 страница
...of the Church of England on this point is very clear and full. In the 13th article she says, that " Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...to God ; forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Christ — yea, rather for that they are not done, as God hath willed and commanded them to be done,... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 страница
...holy God, because it does not proceed from a pure motive. On this ground our church says, Artie, xiii. "Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they are not of faith in Jesus Christ ; yea, for that they are not done аз God hath willed A'Vrir.^sf... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 620 страница
...good will, and working with us, when we have that good will." And your thirteenth article says, that " works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasant to God; for as much as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1817 - 530 страница
...for the sake of what an all gra* cious Saviour has d9ne and suffered for him.' — If these works be done ' before the grace of Christ, and ' the inspiration of his Spirit, they are not acceptable to ' God, but have the nature of sin:' if afterwards, they come too late, they... | |
 | Henry John Todd - 1818 - 324 страница
...a most certain and (f) wholesonie doctrine for (m) Christian men, (M) JVorks before Justification. Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...; neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the school-authors say) deserve grace of congruity : (e) but, because they are not done as God... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 страница
...also to all persons who have not lived under the Gospel dispensation. But though their works, as being DONE BEFORE THE GRACE OF CHRIST, AND THE INSPIRATION OF HIS SPIRIT, COuld not have been perfectly pleasing to God, and could not have risen to the standard of merit, yet... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 490 страница
...a similar manner, the Anglican Church, thoroughly concurring with Holy Scripture, determines, that works, done BEFORE the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his 1 See the Homil. on the salvation of mankind by only Christ our Saviour. Bp. Bcveridge's Priv. Thoughts.... | |
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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... 
