 Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself,...  Views in Theology - Page 104by Lyman Beecher - 1836 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1907 - 426 pages
...Theol., 2 : 106 ). Westminster Confession, 9:3 — " Man by his fall into a state of sin hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...altogether averse from that good and dead in sin, ho Is not able by his own strength to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto." Hopkins, Works,... | |
 | Scotland - 1908 - 240 pages
...hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spirituall good accompanying salvation so as a naturall man being altogether averse from that good and dead...to convert himself or to prepare himself thereunto 4. WHEN God converts a sinner and translates him into the state of grace he freeth him from his naturall... | |
 | Church of England, Edmund Tyrrell Green - 1912 - 474 pages
...voluntas serva." WESTMINSTER CONFESSION, IX. 3 : " Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto." The teaching of the Roman Catholic Church as laid down at the Council of Trent is as follows (Session... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1919 - 950 pages
...yet mutably, so that he might fall from it.1 III. Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto." IV. When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, he freeth him from his... | |
 | Hyobom Pak - 1974 - 136 pages
...part, as follows: Chapter IX (of Free Will), No. 3. Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation. So that a natural man, being altogether averse from that Good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own... | |
 | John H. Leith - 1982 - 760 pages
...yet mutably, so that he might fall from it. III. Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto. IV. When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, he freeth him from his... | |
 | David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thomas - 1963 - 100 pages
...gives a clear, concise statement of this doctrine. "Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...so as a natural man, being altogether averse from good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself... | |
 | Donald M. Lewis - 1990 - 328 pages
...to everything that would please God. "A natural man, being altogether averse from that [spiritual] good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or prepare himself thereunto.' Conversion is in fact one aspect of new creation, in which the agent, as... | |
 | Barry Alan Shain - 1996 - 422 pages
...evil, do proceed all actual transgressions. . . . Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.1" People were thus absolutely in need of divine intercession and corporate control if they... | |
 | John B. Boles - 1996 - 264 pages
...Confession of Faith argued almost the same thing: "Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...as a natural man being altogether averse from that which is good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare... | |
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