 | BCP7200 - Religion - 1984 - 1010 pages
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...evidently known as a tree discerned hy the fruit. XIII. OF WORKS BEFORE JUSTIFICATION Works done hefore the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit,...do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the Schoolauthors say) deserve grace of congruity: yea rather, for that they are not done as God hath willed... | |
 | William R. Elton - Drama - 1980 - 388 pages
...England with regard to the salvation of pagans: 13. Article. Of workes before Justification. Workes done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration...they spring not of Faith in Jesus Christ, neither doe they make men meete to receive grace . . . yea rather for that they are not done as God hath willed,... | |
 | Charles Wesley - Literary Collections - 1989 - 529 pages
...judgment is this: "Works done before the grace of Christ, and inspiration of His Spirit, are not pleasing to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet [ie "suitable"] to receive grace, or, as the school authors [medieval scholastics] say, to deserve... | |
 | Albert Charles Hamilton - Reference - 1997 - 884 pages
...when performed within a true faith. The English church declared in its Thirty-nine Articles, 'Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God.' From 'her sacred Booke,' Fidelia teaches Redcrosse doctrines accessible only through divine revelation,... | |
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Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ... 
