| Isaac Milner - Sermons, English - 1820 - 462 pages
...The doctrine of the Scriptures, and of the church to which we belong, is expressly this, That no " works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his Holy Spirit can be acceptable to God, but that, on the contrary, they have the nature of sin." The... | |
| Isaac Milner - Sermons, English - 1820 - 466 pages
...The doctrine of the Scriptures, and of the church to which we belong, is expressly this, That no " works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his Holy Spirit can be acceptable to God, but that, on the contrary, they have the nature of sin." The... | |
| Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...Faith, insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known, as a tree discerned by the fruit. Of Works before Justification. WORKS done before the...neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as School Authors say) deserve .grace ofcongruity: yea, rather for that they are not done as God hath... | |
| William Romaine - 1821 - 286 pages
...and full. In the 13th article, entitled, "O£. " works before justification," she teaches that — "Works " done before the grace of Christ, and the...they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither da " they make men meet to receive, grace,, or (as the *' school authors say) deserve grace of congruity... | |
| William Romaine - 1821 - 314 pages
...and thereby forgets what he once set his hand to, viz. the 13th Article, the title of which is this " Of Works " before Justification." " Works done before...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring *' not of faith-jn Jesus Christ, neither do they make men " meet to receive grace, or as the school authors say,... | |
| 1821 - 948 pages
...blessing, our action is not performed in faith. Our church teaches consistently with Scripture, that " works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...not pleasant to God ; forasmuch as they spring not out of a lively faith in Christ Jesus." Even under the Jewish dispensation, faith was indispensable... | |
| William Romaine - 1821 - 320 pages
...spring not from faith in Jesus Christ ; and •without faith in him it is impossible to please God. Works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his Spirit are not pleasant to God. You may do many seeming acts of love, you• may be the foremost in all charitable subscriptions, you... | |
| Sinclare Kelburn - Sermons - 1821 - 392 pages
...impossible to please him :" and it lias been determined by our church, in her thirteenth article, that works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, insomuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ. It is faith working by love which renders those... | |
| Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...that ye are my iii. 3. disciples, if ye have love one to XIII. Of Works before Justification. W ORKS done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, k forasmuch as they spring not of faith in * They are greatly deceived that preach repentance without... | |
| Whole duty - 1821 - 566 pages
...that by them a lively FAITH may be as evidently known, as a tree discerned by the fruit. ART. xni. Of Works before Justification. WORKS done before the...grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, nre not pleasant to God ; forasmuch as they spring not of FAITH in Jesus Christ ART. xvi n. Of obtaining... | |
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