 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
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Isaac Watts - 1849 - 746 pages
...yet mutably, so that he might fail from it.10 III. 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 heing altogether averse from that which is good,13 and dead in sin,13 is not able, by his own strength,... | |
 | New England synod of elders and messengers of the churches - 1850 - 104 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... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1850 - 436 pages
...opposition of affection, but an impotence of will. " 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." "When GOD converts a sinner and translates him into the state of grace, he freeth him from his natural... | |
 | 1850 - 104 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... | |
 | John Hall - 1875 - 428 pages
...actual transgressions." chap. vi., § 4. Again, " Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...not able by his own strength to convert himself or prepare himself thereunto." chap. ix., §3. This doctrine we believe to be true — (1.) Because it... | |
 | James Porter - 1875 - 528 pages
...state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation, BO as a natural man being altogether averse from that...convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto. " When God converts a sinner, and translates him into a state of grace, he freeth him from his natural... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1877 - 910 pages
...state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation ; 6 so as a natural man, being altogether averse from...his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare hirneelf thereunto.' IV. When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, he... | |
 | 1878 - 780 pages
...That he hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation . . . and is not able by his own strength to convert himself or to prepare himself thereunto; that in his effectual calling or renewal, he is altogether passive therein, until being quickened and... | |
 | 1878 - 642 pages
...wholly inclined to all evil ;" and that " man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost any ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying...convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto." It teaches of the non-elect that "they never truly come unto Christ, and therefore cannot be saved... | |
 | John Forbes - 1878 - 134 pages
...But the Confession represents man as being ''altogether passive in regeneration" (chap. x. 2), and "not able by his own strength to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto " (chap. ix. 3), and affirms that those " not elected, although they may be called by the ministry... | |
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