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... such desires are ascribed to him in the same way as human passions and affections are ; as anger, grief, repentance, and the like : nor do such wishes and desires declare either what God does or will do; but what he approves of, ...
This notion puts man's salvation on the foot of his obedience and works, contrary to the Scriptures, to the merits of Christ, and to the grace of God ; it ascribes more to the freewill of man than to the free grace of God, ...
Regeneration, or a being born again, is expressly denied to be of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, and is ascribed to God himself. All men have not faith in Christ; and such who have it, have it not of themselves; ...
Supposing the words to contain a wish for wisdom and understanding in spiritual things, such a wish must be ascribed to God, not properly, but by an anthropopathy, or after the manner of men ; wishes and velleities are improperly, ...
Pardon of sin is never ascribed to any conditionperformed by men, but to the free grace of God, streaming through the blood of Christ ; which was shed to obtain it, and in whose gift ...
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The Cause of God and Truth: In Four Parts with a Vindication of Part IV John Gill Limited preview - 2001 |