 | Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1818 - 384 pages
...of incorruptible by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever :" and again by St. James, " of his own will begat He us by the word of truth." Hence, by the same instrument, He produces Faith in the heart. Blessed with His quickening energy,... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1844 - 638 pages
...rational and voluntary agents. This also accords with what the Bible tells us upon the subject : " Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth." Is it not a fact, also, that is clearly ascertained from actual experiment, in perfect accordance with... | |
 | Otis Thompson - Sin - 1821 - 156 pages
...will not maintain, that God does not work by means in regenerating sinners ; since it is written, " of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth." James i. 18. Supposing, then, a positive divine efficiency be necessary to turn a heart of love and... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 340 pages
...the Spirit with it. " The wind blows where it listeth, so is every one that is born of the Spirit," " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth. Ordinances are as the pool of Bethesda, which had its healing virtue only when the angel moved the... | |
 | John William Cunningham - Sermons, English - 1823 - 378 pages
...In reference to the change thus wrought by the power and grace of our heavenly Father, it is said, " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruit of his creatures. " Ye are born again, not of corruptible seed,... | |
 | John Flavel - Meditations - 1824 - 416 pages
...with it. " The wind blows where it listeth, so 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 Bethesdu, which had its healing virtue only when the angel moved the... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - Children's sermons - 1825 - 680 pages
...attendant regeneration. Such passages, moreover, as the following, appear fully to confirm my statement : Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth. Who hath begotten us again to a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Being... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...freely by his grace.'' * This is the origin of regeneration, and every living principle of godliness : " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth," James i. 18. The consummation of bliss flows from the same all-supplying source : " The gift of God... | |
 | Josiah Hopkins - Presbyterian Church - 1825 - 322 pages
...exclusion of every other agent. Q. By what instrument, is regeneration effected ? A. Divine truth. "Of his own will begat he us by the Word of truth." d " For in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." e " Being born again, not of corruptible... | |
 | Jonathan Ward - Ordination sermons - 1825 - 32 pages
...therefere, II. Inquire by what preaching God saves them that believe. It is by the preaching of the truth. " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth." Saints are " born again not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth... | |
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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. 
