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THE WORK OF REGENERATION313regeneration leaves our person unchanged, that it does not affect the sinner himself, but merely translates him into the sphere of an extra-neous righteousness. No the Scripture speaks of a new creature, another birth, a being changed and renewed. A ...
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XXIII. Regeneration and Faith. " Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but ofWordof God,deth forever."Thereisby the which liveth and abiincorruptible,—iPeteri.23.a possible objection to what has been said abo ...
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REGENERATION314In order to assist us in our representation of this mystery, thegreatest theologian of theReformed churches has presented thedivine plan in regeneration in the following stages: (i)In Hisown mind Godconceives thenew man ...
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REGENERATION3i6Holy Ghost, who worksby the by the use of the sacraments." And also the canons of Dort, Third and Fourth Heads of doctrine, section 17: "As the almighty operation of God, whereby He prolongs and supports this our natural life, does not exclude, but requires the ...
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REGENERATION AND FAITH'319second stage, that of conversion, He employs means, viz., the preaching of the Word; and in the third stage, that of sanctification, He uses means in addition to ourselves, whom He uses as means.Condensing the foregoing, thereisone grea ...
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:REGENERATION3i8inward call may be associated with the outward call, or it may follow it. But that which precedes the inward call, viz., the opening of the deaf ear, so that it may be heard, is not dependent upon the preaching of the Word; and thereforemay precede ...
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REGENERATION AND FAITH317astonishing, mysterious, and ineffable not inferior in efficacy to creation or the resurrection from the dead, as the Scripture in;spired by the Author of thiswork declares; so thatall inwhosemarvelous manner are certainly, ...
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————REGENERATION320what does the quickened sinner hear?" but also, "Who has given him hearing ears?" And this is all the more to be insisted upon because our children must not be ignored in this respect. At Dort, in 1618, our children were taken into acco ...
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REGENERATION324and that the good olive does not signify Christ, for he that implanted in Christ can never be severed from Him, and he that severed from Him never belonged to Him. Do we not believesons, is isin the perseverance of saints? Itmaybeobjected t ...
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XXIV. Implantingin Christ. " Having become one plant with Him."—Rom.vi. 5.Having discussed regeneration as God's act wrought in a lost, we now examine the more sacred andwicked, and guilty sinner, delicate question:Howdoes this divine act af ...
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