 | John H. Leith - Religion - 1982 - 760 pages
...Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. X. Of Free-Will. The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he can not turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling... | |
 | 394 pages
...apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. X. OF FREE WILL The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, hy his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God: Wherefore we have no power... | |
 | Gillian Rosemary Evans, G. R. Evans - History - 2002 - 356 pages
...literature, in such a way as to place the thesis accurately in its place in relation to the controversy. 'The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such,...and working with us, when we have that good will' (10). Articles 26 and 27, which deal with the unworthiness of ministers and with baptism, respectively,... | |
 | Peter White - Religion - 2002 - 356 pages
...softer 'inclined'; that apart, the article was left as it stood. Article IX, 'Of Free Will', now began The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such,...good works, to faith and calling upon God, wherefore . . .': a rebuttal of Pelagianism, but making no concessions to any doctrine of total depravity; and... | |
 | Alan Sinfield - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 384 pages
...upon God," Article 10 states firmly: we cannot, of ourselves, move towards God. And, it continues, "we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable...without the grace of God by Christ preventing us" (ie, going before us). 3 God must intervene before we can become meritorious, such is our predisposition... | |
 | Geoffrey Hodson - Religion - 1994 - 326 pages
...some the affection, some the desire, of the flesh), is not subject to the Law of God X. OF FREE-WILL The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such,...grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have that good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. The views of this body stated here... | |
 | Diane Kelsey McColley - Art - 1993 - 336 pages
...article 9, sig. B4r. The point that free will requires grace is made in article 10, "Of freewill": "The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot runic and prepare himself by his owne natural! strength and good works to faith and calling vpon God:... | |
 | Darryl J. Gless - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 300 pages
...grace. Yet Article 10, "Of Free Will," seems at once to assert and to undermine the notion of necessity: "we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable...and working with us, when we have that good will." 21 The onset of grace must come first, "preventing us." Yet it initiates a second, persistent operation... | |
 | Darryl J. Gless - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 300 pages
...grace. Yet Article 10, "Of Free Will," seems at once to assert and to undermine the notion of necessity: "we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable...will, and working with us, when we have that good will."21 The onset of grace must come first, "preventing us." Yet it initiates a second, persistent... | |
 | John B. Boles - Religion - 1996 - 264 pages
...each denomination was in total agreement. According to the Methodist Book of Discipline on free will: "The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such,...and prepare himself by his own natural strength and works to faith, and calling upon God: Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable... | |
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The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without... 
