 | Jonathan Dickinson - 1757 - 422 pages
...not make it evident, that you lie at Mercy, and convince you of thofeScripture- Truths, that /'t // not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that jiieweth Mercy ; and that God giveth his faving Grace only becaufe it hath fo feemed good in his Sight.... | |
 | Jonathan Dickinson - 1784 - 406 pages
...together do not make it evident, that you lie at mercy, and convince you of thofe Scripture-truths, that it is not in him that -willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that jheweth mercy ; and that God giveth his faving grace only becaufe it hath fo feemed good in his jight. — Confider,... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 512 pages
...habitual grace is not fufficient, in order to your mounting up to heaven, without actual grace ; " It is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that fheweth mercy." — However, know that God is a fovereign God, and he will let you know that he is... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1806 - 140 pages
...Obje6t. But we cannot convert ourfelves till God convert us ; we can do nothing without his grace ; it is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God thatftieweth mercy. AnJ'w. 1. God hath two degrees of mercy to fhew ; the mercy of converfion firft,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 pages
...Object. But we cannot convert ourselves till God convert us ; we can do nothing without his grace. It is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that showeth mercy. Ans. 1. God hath two degrees of mercy to show : the mercy of conversion first ; and... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1817 - 806 pages
...vii.), "I know that in me, that is to say, in my flesh, dwelleth no pood." And again (Rom. in.), " It is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that sheweth mercy." Our Saviour saith (John, iii.)!, f< That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that... | |
 | George Fox - 1821 - 420 pages
...thy seed be called ; and they which be the children of the flesh are not the children of God ; and so it is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that shews mercy, the election obtains it. But, O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? [mark] man,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1825 - 596 pages
...made them ? He, that creates the new heart, leaves a stone in one bosom, puts flesh into another. " It is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that hath mercy." O God, if we look not up to thee, we may come, and not be healed ; we may be healed, and... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 426 pages
...Objection. But we cannot convert ourselves till God convert us; we can do nothing without his grace ; it is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that showeth mercy. Answer 1. God hath two degrees of mercy to show: the mercy of conversion first, and... | |
 | Rev. Jonathan Dickinson - 1829 - 520 pages
...together do not make it evident, that you lie at mercy, and convince you of those Scripture truths, that " it is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that showeth mercy." God giveth his saving grace, only " because it hath so seemed good in his sight." Consider,... | |
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you had as good leave off, and strive no farther ; for if, indeed, you should not be elected and chosen of God, there is no hope of your being saved ; for it is neither in him that willeth nor in him that runneth, but in God who showeth mercy. 
