 | Hinduism - 1824 - 438 pages
...lively faith may l>e as evidently known, as a tree discerned by the fruit, Art. XIII. Of Works before Justification. Works done before the grace of Christ,...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School-Authors say) deserve... | |
 | Thomas Robbins - 1824 - 438 pages
...lively faith may be as evidently known, as a tree discerned by the fruit, Art. XIII. Of Works before Justification. Works done before the grace of Christ,...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School-Authors say) deserve... | |
 | David Williamson - 1824
...fall into an absurdity of precisely the same kind. Besides, the thirteenth Article declares that '' Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of Faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School-authors say) deserve... | |
 | Relapse - English fiction - 1824 - 209 pages
...relapse," until she read, in the words of that inimitably clear and excellent Article (the xiiith), that " works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ," She now entered into that expression of the old Divine, that such performances are but... | |
 | Christian life - 1869
...for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works or deservings Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace : yea rather, for that they are not done... | |
 | David Williamson - 1824
...fall into an absurdity of precisely the same kind. Besides, the thirteenth Article declares that " Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of Faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School-authors say) deserve... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1824
...Gaius. Yon must admit that this was the doctrine embraced by the English Reformers. They tell us that " Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasing to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ ; neither do they make men meet... | |
 | Arminianism - 1846
...to it ; how, the language of the Articles on the subject shows. Works done before justification, are done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit ; being justified by faith alone, we therefore receive the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his... | |
 | Frank Crowell - Theological anthropology - 1916 - 244 pages
...for the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by faith and not by our own deservings." Art. 13 "Works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration...pleasant to God forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace or deserve grace of congruity, yea rather... | |
 | May Sinclair - Domestic fiction - 1919 - 378 pages
...their minds worked, when anybody's mind worked. Aunt Lavvy's — yours. " ' Thirteen. Of Works before Justification. Works done before the grace of Christ,...pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ . . . : yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them... | |
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Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ... 
