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The best works of the saints are imperfect, and attended with sin, and are only acceptable to God through Jesus Christ, in whom, and in whom only, who is the beloved, their persons are accepted and well-pleasing to God.
... otherwise Christ's prayers for his perpetual continuance with his people would not be answered ; nor would the Spirit's indwelling be a security of the saints' perseverance, nor any certain pledge of their future glory.
... whilst in this world ; and yet, as will be seen hereafter, the proof of the state of probation pretty much depends on passages of Scripture which relate to the exercise of the graces of the saints by afflictions, temptations, &e.
5 ; which only regard the saints, or such who profess to be so, and not all mankind. Besides, if God has put all men into a state of probation, and this designed by temptation, now should any watch and pray not to enter or be led into ...
... and inclined to what is spiritually good, though he finds a body of sin and death about him, which much distresses and hinders him in the performance of it. The saints in heaven are freed both from the being and dominion of sin; ...
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The Cause of God and Truth: In Four Parts with a Vindication of Part IV John Gill Limited preview - 2001 |
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| Title | The Cause of God and Truth |
| Author | John Gill |
| Publisher | Sovereign Grace Publishers,, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1589603214, 9781589603219 |
| Length | 340 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / General Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / Soteriology |
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