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ITS eludesallworks onlythings andallin the lives ofCOURSE303persons, and a special providence whichGod'select.Whenthus the operationsof Providence adopt a special character regarding the elect but not ...
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—XXI. Regeneration the "WorkThe hearing theear, and the seeing eye, Lord bath even made both ofthem." "TheProv. xx.12.hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath evenboth of them."whole mystery ofAnof Go ...
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REGENERATION THE WORK OF GOD the sinneris in thisrespect as a stock or block.unimpaired, his beingis305No; as man he is and inintact; but his nature is corrupt,that corrupt nature he is dead.Wecompare him to the body of a perso ...
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REGENERATION THE WORK OF GOD307before the bar of his own conscience. Long before he believed, he was justified before God's tribunal, by and by to be justified by faith before hisownconsciousness.But, however wonderful and unfathomable the mystery of election ma ...
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:REGENERATION3o8tion are wholly out of the question regarding theunborn son ofZacharias; and the thousands of infants of believing parents, ofwhomatDortitwascorrectly confessed that theyposed to have died in the L ...
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—;REGENERATION3o6John the sonchild, as, e.g., inof Zachariasand Elizabeth.fant has no consciousness to create confusion.Anda pure and unmixed form.thusweSuchin-The matter appears inare ...
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REGENERATION THE WORK OF GOD Once309he can explain its development, but of the inception that precedes he knows absolutely nothing. In this respect The mysignorant he is just as as the most innocent peasant boy. tery can not be penetrated, simply because it lies beyond our obserexis ...
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XXII.The Workof Regeneration. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature old things are ;passed away;beholdbecome new."— 2In our former article act ofGodinwhich manwe contended isallthings are ...
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THE WORK OF REGENERATION311Applied to man, being is that which makes him man, and nature that which manifests the character of his beingthe cylinder.and working. If sin had ruined man's being, he would be no more man, and regeneration would be impossible. But since his ...
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REGENERATION312and the unregenerate so great thatfinallyleads to direct oppo-itsites.To say that between the regenerate and the unregenerate there no difference is equivalent to a denial of the work of the Holy Spirit. Generally, however, no differ ...