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The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 333
jFourtb Cbapter.REGENERATION. XIX. Old andNewTerminology. " That whichisborn of theflesh."—:/(?>^«iii.flesh is6.Before we examine the work of the Holy Spirit in this imporwe must first define the use of words. The word " reg ...
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;REGENERATION294 Ofcourse, a childence, nor of thefirstknows nothing period of hisown existfrom his own observation. If own recollections, he would beof the genesis of hislife,he were to tell his history from his gin with the time tha ...
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:OLD AND NEW TERMINOLOGY295former denoted God's work in the sinner, creating a new life without his knowledge while the latter denoted the work wrought in regenerate man with his full knowledge and consent. ;ThefirstAndgrace was naturally called re ...
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— REGENERATION296dead buting, not to theproceeds from thefacuity,but faithitselfare gifts of grace.to the living, altho still slumbering.Word andi.e., X\iqTheItthe Spirit, because not only the faith- ...
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OLD AND NEW TERMINOLOGY There first297is this difference,exercise he\fa.sOneto be active.ishowever, that in regeneration and faith's enabled him converted and one converts himself; the one ispassive, while in conversion gracein ...
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REGENERATION298 which precedes.Aregenerate deceased infant died to sin in deathman with hoary head and fourscore years. There can be no first without including the second and last. Hence the entire work of grace might be represented as one birth for heaven, one continu ...
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XX. Its Course. "No mancan come unto Me, ex-cept the Father draw him."—Johnvi. 44.From the preceding it is evident that preparatory grace is different in different persons: and that distinction must be made between the many regenerated in the first days o ...
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REGENERATION300sound common sense of our people has always felt that this mere " counting in " did not do justice to the full and rich meaning of the liturgy.Andifyou should inquireoffice of Baptism,"into themeaning of these words ...
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::—COURSEITSHence we recognize among the301rising generation in theChurchwhomthe im-four classes 1.All elect persons regenerated before Baptism, inplanted life remains hidden until they are converted at a l ...
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— REGENERATION302any more than the preparationof ten cradles, of a dozen of clothes-baskets, and of closets full of expensive infant-garments can everjuggle a single infant into any of those cradles.Thevitalsparkisproduced only ...
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