 | Joseph Besse - 1732 - 466 sider
...the Scripture ; which Opinion, we think is not warranted by the Texts he cites -, viz. James i. 21. Of his own Will begat he us by the Word of "Truth, which we take to be the fame Word fpoken of in the next Text he quotes, viz. i Pet. i. 23.' Being born... | |
 | James Hervey - 1755 - 452 sider
...fprings Juftification : Being juflijied freely by his Grace £. This is the Origin of Regeneration : Of his own Will begat He Us. by the Word of Truth ((,. — r The Confummation of Blifs flows from the lame alUfupplying Source : The Gift of GQD is eternal... | |
 | John Maclaurin - 1773 - 604 sider
...means, or the inftrument. Thus, James i.i8. we have a remarkably clear evidence to this purpofe : " Of his " own will begat he us by the word of truth, that ** we might be a kind of firft-fruits of his creatures." Here we fee it is God that begets us again, but... | |
 | Jacob Duché - 1779 - 452 sider
...LIGHTS, WITH WHOM " IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER " SHADOW OF TURNING. OF HIS " OWN WILL BEGAT HE US WITH " THE WORD OF TRUTH, THAT WE " SHOULD BE A KIND OF FIRST "FRUITS OF HIS CREATURES. " WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRE" THREN, LET EVERY MAN BE " SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW TO SPEAK, "SLOW TO WRATH:... | |
 | Samuel Ecking - 1784 - 210 sider
...fins, Col. ii. 12. This cannot intend any a6t of the human mind, under any influence whatever, for, of his own will begat he us by the word of truth. Faith in this fenfe comes by hearing the word of God. But this fhows how faith comes to us; not how... | |
 | 1798 - 612 sider
...John, " were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the rlefh, nor of the will of man, but of God: of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, which liveth and abideth for ever." Should not then all who pretend to be fubje&s of this fpiritual... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1795 - 518 sider
...furthered by our good. Do you. fee it is. nothing but free, free and fovereign grace that' hath done it? " Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth." If you be a child of promife, and not a defcendent of the bond-wo.man, the law, then you .have ieen... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - 1798 - 614 sider
...of life, and may well be called the word of life -, life in the beginning of it in regeneration j " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth." The life of juftification ; we arc juftified in believing and receiving of Chrilt our righteoufnefs,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1799 - 684 sider
...it. " The wind blows where it iift" eth, fo is every one that is born of the Spirit," John iii. 8. " Of " his own will begat he us by the word of truth." Ordinances are as the pool of Betheida, which had his healing virtue only when the angel moved the... | |
 | George Bull (bp. of St. David's.) - 1801 - 330 sider
...only unmixed with fhade. The divine writer concludes his elegant difcourfe with thefe words :— *c Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth," v. 18 ; that is, our being faithful and pious does not arife from any fatal necefllty, but from the... | |
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Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first• fruits of his creatures. 
