 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 498 pages
...the church, who justly affirms, on one hand, that " The godly consideration of predestination, and of our election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons (^) ; takes care, on the other, to remind her children, in the second homily on alms-giving, that it... | |
 | John Fry - 1825 - 642 pages
...answered the description of those persons in Article XVII., to whom the doctrine of predestination and of our election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort, " as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal salvation to be enjoyed... | |
 | 1874 - 352 pages
...assent and consent. The following quotation expresses a sentiment the very opposite to yours:— " The godly consideration of predestination, and our...flesh and their earthly members, and drawing up their minds to high and heavenly things, as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith... | |
 | sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1826 - 582 pages
...WALK RELIGIOUSLY IN GOOD WORKS ; AND AT LENGTH BY GOD'S MERCY THEY ATTAIN TO EVERLASTING FELICITY. AS THE GODLY CONSIDERATION OF PREDESTINATION, AND...THE FLESH, AND THEIR EARTHLY MEMBERS, AND DRAWING V9 THEIR MIND TO HIGH AND HEAVENLY THINGS ; AS WELL BECAUSE IT DOTH GREATLY ESTABLISH AND CONFIRM THEIR... | |
 | Henry Moore - 1826 - 332 pages
...good works ; and at length, by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity. That such as thus feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ,...flesh and their earthly members, and drawing up their minds to high and heavenly things, as it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 590 pages
...reconcile this assertion with the seventeenth article of our church, which teaches, that all 'godly persons feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things T It is in this sense, and this only, that I did... | |
 | John McClintock - 1891 - 944 pages
...in good works; and at length, by (iod's grace, they attiin to everlasting felicity. As the t:o<llv consideration of predestination and our election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant, and utHpeakaMe comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ,... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - 1893 - 194 pages
...formation of the Christian character. We heartily adopt the affirmation of the Thirty-nine Articles, that " the godly consideration of predestination, and our...godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the workings of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members, and... | |
 | Handley Carr Glyn Moule - 1893 - 220 pages
...temptation, and not with heaven, where lies the Source of victory. — Cp. the language of Article xvil: — "Such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit...flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing up their minds to high and heavenly things." fornication, &c.] Lightfoot places a colon before this word in... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1893 - 528 pages
...Spirit of Chriit, manner of Ceremonies, but also in and their earthly members, and drawma tera ing up their mind to high and heavenly things, as well because it doth ART. XX. Of the Authority of the Ckitrch. greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal Salvation... | |
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As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and... 
