...is dependent on, and is to be refolved into the Will of Man. I have till now apprehended, that it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth ; but of God that Jhewe(b Mercy. 3. If this Scheme is true, then God excites Men to fpiritual Afts, who are deftitute...

...he will let you fee the vanity of your prefent imaginations, and bring you to fee' that falvation is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of GOD that fheweth mercy. Dear George, be not given to change; be not too fond of new things. " To the law...

...men, books, good or ill fortune, and the ufe I may make of the quantity of power I poflefs. " It " is not of him that willeth, or of him that " runneth, but of God that fheweth mercy. " Nor may the veflel fay to the potter, why haft " thou made me thus ? But the...

...hearts, and write his law in our xxxii. 40. inward parts; and the declaration, that it Rom. i*. 1 6. is not of him that willeth, or of him. that runneth,...conclusion ;.......That since something is to be done in us andyor us, which cannot be. done by us, we should be very earnest and unwearied in our application...

...in the church, which extol the grace of God and lower the free-will of man, — for example, " It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that fhoweth mercy," and many fimilar paflages, — this doctrine of grace was very difagreeable to...

...they taught, that we have no sufficiency of ourselves, even to think a good thought, and that " it is not of him that willeth, or of him that " runneth, but of God who showeth mercy;" yet they plainly called upon sinners (and that before they had given evident signs...

...nature is alone sufficient to enable men to obey the law ? not attending to the Scripture, " it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. And, we are not sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves." We beseech you to observe...

...ought we to confine our ideas in a similar manner to what is said in the 16th verse — " So then it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of Go J. thatsheweth mercy ?" Both which passages must relate to those who receive the gospel, and by...

...the hand of the potter. They have found their minds to be under his supreme control ; and that it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth merey. They have, found that all the motives of eternity, would have just such an effect as God pleased,...

...suppose merit in them. Grace does not follow works : for then grace would be no more grace. Election is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God, who sheweth mercy. For we are saved freely by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves ; it is...