 | 1803 - 516 pages
...John, " were born, not of Wood, nor of the will of "theflefh, 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 fubjedls of this fpiritual... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 488 pages
..."•seeds but of incorruptible by the word of God which liveth and " iibidbtlv forever." And elsewherc,. " Of his own will begat he " us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits, *' of his creatures." And our Saviour says, " Sanctify them... | |
 | Job Swift - 1805 - 314 pages
...regenerate, says,, that they are " born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God." " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth." " It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." The cause... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever. James i. 8. Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 2 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1807 - 360 pages
...Spirit falls upon the souls of the elect, and infuses into them a principle of spiritual life. " Because of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures," James i. 18. Paul, of old, asked the Galatians,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1803 - 572 pages
...above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning. Of his own •will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind pi first fruits of his creatures." See John i. 13, and iii. 8. The scope of... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 532 pages
...regenerated persons (meaning as I observed before, those which were in good standing) chap. i. IS. " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.. ..The Apostle Peter, writing to the Jewish... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 566 pages
...forgiven him. [2] Improve diligently, all the Means of Regeneration ; whereof the Word is the chief. Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, says the Apostle : Jam. i. 18. attend it constantly : meditate upon'it frequently : endeavour faithfully... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...by the relation that he claims to God, crying Abba, Father; by his attachment to sovereign grace, " of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth ;" by his superlative love to his Father, " being born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1811 - 408 pages
...apostle, " I have planted, " Apollos watered; but God gave the increase?"3 Or in those of St. James, " Of his own will begat " he us by the word of truth, &c ?" Indeed, every time the apostle thanked God for the success of the gospel, in the conversion of... | |
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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. 
