But when the Seed of the new birth, called the inward man, has faith awakened in it, its faith is not a notion, but a real, strong, essential hunger, an attracting, or magnetic desire of Christ, which, as it proceeds from a seed of the divine nature in... The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration Or the New Birth - Page 71by William Law - 1762 - 100 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Henry Overton - Mysticism - 1881 - 504 pages
...supra, p. 142. 1 Spirit of Prayer, 'Works,' vol. vii. pp. 98, 99. Faith and Love — Humility. 2 7 1 birth, called the inward man, has faith awakened in it, its faith is not a notion, but a real, strong, essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which, as it proceeds from a... | |
| William Ralph Inge - Mysticism - 1899 - 408 pages
...and indeed they need not be separated. William Law's account of their operation is characteristic. " When the seed of the new birth, called the inward...awakened in it, its faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed... | |
| William Ralph Inge - Christianity - 1899 - 402 pages
...account of their operation is characteristic. " When the seed of the new birth, called the inward mnn, has faith awakened in it, its faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed... | |
| William Ralph Inge - Mysticism - 1906 - 258 pages
...before, because only the notion or image or history of the truth is taken in by it ; and reason of itself can take in no more. But when the seed of the new...awakened in it, its faith is not a notion, but a real strong hunger, which lays hold on Christ, puts on the divine nature, and effectually works out our... | |
| William Law - Mysticism - 1908 - 204 pages
...because only the notion, or image, or history of the truth is taken in by it; and reason of itself can take in no more. But when the Seed of the new...awakened in it, its faith is not a notion, but a real, strong, essential hunger, an attracting, or magnetic desire of Christ, which, as it proceeds from a... | |
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