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Adam had a power to do every good work the law required ; which men, since the fall have not. Men indeed, in an unregene- rate state, might do many things which they do not ; such as reading the Scriptures, attending on public worship, ...
A wicked man, in the highest degree of servitude to sin, his will acts as freely in this state of bondage as Adam's will did in obedience to God, in a state of innocence; but the moral liberty of the will is not essential to it, ...
... or desires that every individual of human nature might have spiritual wisdom to know his spiritual estate, and consider his latter end; since it is evident that he does not afford to every son of Adam the means of being spiritually ...
... is only for the people of Israel, God's professing people, and whom he calls my people, and not all mankind, or every individual son of Adam, as it ought to have been, could it be thought to militate against the election, ...
These words are cited in* favour of free-will, as proving that men's impotency to that which is good, is not owing to any disability by the fall of Adam, but to other causes acquired by, and not born with them ; such as evil ...
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The Cause of God and Truth: In Four Parts with a Vindication of Part IV John Gill Limited preview - 2001 |