| Girolamo Zanchi, Augustus Toplady - 1811 - 312 pages
...justified by faith, he can do no good works at all. ARTICLE XIII. Of works done before justification. — " Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not * Rom. z. 3. to God :" and, if so, how is it possible that he should justify us on account of them... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1811 - 408 pages
...ourselves icorihy the mediation • "of Christ, ' by holiness of living, and' abhorrence of vice.'8 — 1 ' Works done before the' grace of Christ, and the ' '"inspiration of his Spirit, are -riot pleasant unto '' God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus ' ' Christ: neither do they... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1812 - 556 pages
...they do.' And thus it is said bv the church of England, in her 39 articles; ' Works done before ihe grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit,...Yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath commanded and willed them to be done, we doubt not but that they have the nature of sin.' See article... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1812 - 702 pages
...Isai. i. 12, &c. Cow/., faith, chap. lf>'. To which agree the 39 articles of the Church of England 'Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasant to God, &,c. Yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath commanded and willed them to be done, we doubt... | |
| 1811 - 568 pages
...language can express this more decidedly than that of the 13th Article of the Church of England. ' 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 da they make incn meet to receive grace,... | |
| John Allen - 1812 - 172 pages
...yet being directed to a wrong end it becomes sin. — Institut. I. 3. c. 14. 5.3. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasCALVIN. . We lay it down therefore as an undoubted truth, which ought to be well khown to such... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1812 - 564 pages
...3. Isai. i. 12, &c. Couf. faith, chap. 16. To which agree the 39 articles of the Church of England 'Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasant to God, 8tc. Yea, rather, for that they are imt done as God hath commanded and willed them to be .done, we... | |
| Micaiah Towgood - 1812 - 610 pages
...Again in Article XIII. The church teaches and obliges all her clergy to believe and to tench, " TTtat works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasing to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith, iu Jesus Christ ; neither do they make men... | |
| 1812 - 572 pages
...himself, by his own natural strength and food works, to faith and calling upon God; and that, works one before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasing to God ; and without doubt they have tiie natim of sin. 1 preach Justification by Faith only... | |
| John Wesley - 1812 - 446 pages
...let us hear the Church, speaking yet more plainly. ART. XIII. Of Works done before Justification. " Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, (ie before justification, as the title expresses it,) are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring... | |
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