| Micaiah Towgood - 1812 - 684 páginas
...abhor. Again in Article XIII. The church teaches and obliges all her clergy to believe and to teach, " That works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasing t» God, forasmuch as they spring not of fait k in Jesus Christ ; neither do they make men meet to... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1812 - 702 páginas
...obedience to God in what they do.' And thus it is said by the church of England, in her 39 articles ; ' Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasant to God. Yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath commanded and willed them to be... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1812 - 564 páginas
...obedience to God in what they do.' And thus it is said by the church of England, in her 39 articles ; ' Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasant to God. Yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath commanded and willed them to be... | |
| 1811 - 568 páginas
...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... | |
| John Allen - 1812 - 172 páginas
...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... | |
| John Wesley - 1812 - 446 páginas
...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... | |
| Richard Littlehales - 1813 - 56 páginas
...could remove Mountains, and have not Charity, I am nothing." , 1 1 . Of Works before Justification. 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 ; yea, rather, for that they... | |
| 1814 - 804 páginas
...morality of a Socrates ; even they are but splendid gins : for, as we nre rightly taught by the Church, 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: — yea rather, for that they... | |
| Church of England - 1815 - 450 páginas
...Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit. XIII. Of Works before Justification. WORKS done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of fuith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet... | |
| 1815 - 880 páginas
...insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as well known, as a tree discerned by the fruit. ISth. " 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 Jesu Christ, neither do they make men meet... | |
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