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" Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. "
Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty ... - Page 167
by Ralph Erskine - 1796
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Defence of Quakerism

Joseph Besse - Quakers - 1732 - 466 pages
...the Scripture ; which Opinion, we think is not warranted by the Texts he cites -, viz. James i. 21. Of his own Will begat he us by the Word of "Truth, which we take to be the fame Word fpoken of in the next Text he quotes, viz. i Pet. i. 23.' Being born...
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Theron and Aspasio: Or, A Series of Dialogues and Letters, Upon ..., Volume 1

James Hervey - Justification - 1755 - 452 pages
...-f-. From hence fprings Juftification : Being juflijied freely by his Grace £. This is the Origin of Regeneration : Of his own Will begat He Us. by the Word of Truth ((,. — r The Confummation of Blifs flows from the lame alUfupplying Source : The Gift of GQD is eternal...
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Theron and Aspasio: Or, a Series of Dialogues and Letters, Upon the Most ...

James Hervey - Justification - 1767 - 440 pages
...by his Grace ||. — This is the Origin of Regeneration, and every living Principle of Godlinefs : Of his own Will begat He Us by • the Word of Truth §. — The Confummation of Blifs t Y 3 flows * Eph. i. 5. •}- 2 Tim. i. 9. J Afts xviii. 27. '* || Rom. iii....
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An Essay on the Prophecies Relating to the Messiah: To which are Subjoined ...

John Maclaurin - Bible - 1773 - 604 pages
...means, or the inftrument. Thus, James i.i8. we have a remarkably clear evidence to this purpofe : " Of his " own will begat he us by the word of truth, that ** we might be a kind of firft-fruits of his creatures." Here we fee it is God that begets us...
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Three Essays on Grace, Faith, and Experience: Wherein Several Gospel Truths ...

Samuel Ecking - Faith - 1784 - 210 pages
...fins, Col. ii. 12. This cannot intend any a6t of the human mind, under any influence whatever, for, of his own will begat he us by the word of truth. Faith in this fenfe comes by hearing the word of God. But this fhows how faith comes to us; not how...
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The Evangelical Magazine, Volume 6

Missions - 1798 - 612 pages
...John, " were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the rlefh, nor of the will of man, but of God: of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, which liveth and abideth for ever." Should not then all who pretend to be fubje&s of this fpiritual...
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The Whole Works of the Late Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Erskine, Minister of ..., Volume 3

Ebenezer Erskine - Sermons - 1798 - 614 pages
...namely, the obedience of Chrift; and a legal fecurity from .eternal death, namely, the fatisfaftion and death of the Surety. It contains all the parts...life -, life in the beginning of it in regeneration j " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth." The life of juftification ; we arc juftified...
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Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel, Volume 5

John Flavel - 1799 - 684 pages
...it. " The wind blows where it iift" eth, fo is every one that is born of the Spirit," John iii. 8. " Of " his own will begat he us by the word of truth." Ordinances are as the pool of Betheida, which had his healing virtue only when the angel moved the...
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Harmonia apostolica, or, The mutual agreement of st. Paul and st. James, tr ...

George Bull (bp. of St. David's.) - 1801 - 330 pages
...only unmixed with fhade. The divine writer concludes his elegant difcourfe with thefe words :— *c Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth," v. 18 ; that is, our being faithful and pious does not arife from any fatal necefllty, but from the...
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An Antidote Against Deism: In a Series of Letters ... in which the Arguments ...

Niel Douglas - Deism - 1802 - 302 pages
...typ; or figure of the cleft, or the church of the firft- born, as we are taught by the apoftles. " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we mould be a kind of iirft-fruits of hio creatures," James i. 18. Some would reftricl this to...
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