 | Methodist Episcopal Church, South - 1926 - 520 pages
...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 to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. IX.... | |
 | England - 1878 - 1022 pages
...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 the grace of God preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will." This... | |
 | George Wolfgang Forell - Religion - 1975 - 324 pages
...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 the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. XI.... | |
 | David Guy Fountain - Biography & Autobiography - 1978 - 124 pages
...strength and good works to faith and calling upon God" (Article 10 of the 39 Articles). Consequently, "We have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, apart from the grace of God." This condition makes the salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ upon... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1022 pages
...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 the grace of God by Christ preventing us that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will." Further... | |
 | John H. Leith - Religion - 1982 - 760 pages
...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 to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. IX.... | |
 | Gerontology - 1982 - 574 pages
...10. Religious people should try to spread the teachings of the Scriptures. a() b() c() d() e ( ) 11. We have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ. a<) b() c() d() e<) 12. Church members should attend church once a week if possible. a() b() c() d()... | |
 | Gillian Rosemary Evans, G. R. Evans - History - 2002 - 356 pages
...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 the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will' (10).... | |
 | Peter White - Religion - 2002 - 356 pages
...Hardwick, A History of the Articles of Religion (3rd edn, Cambridge, 1859), 286ff. Article IX: Of Free Will We have no power to do good works pleasant, and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working in [1563: with] us, when we have that will.... | |
 | 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 to God without the grace of God by Christ preventing us" (ie, going before us). 3 God must intervene before we can become meritorious, such is... | |
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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... 
