 | Josiah Hopkins - 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... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 626 pages
...this new man, is the word of God, Rom. i. 16, this is "the power of God to salvation." James i. 18, " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth." 1 Pet. i. 23, " Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,... | |
 | James Sieveright - 1826 - 372 pages
...as producing moral change in such as have grown up in evil, without the influence of moral means. " Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth." Something, indeed, must precede the perception of spiritual truth ; for the light of truth jshineth... | |
 | 1834 - 344 pages
...transforming efficacy. Hence James thus speaks of the efficacy of the word, as employed by God — ' of his own will begat he us by the word of truth,' — ' reVOL. vn. — NO. LXXX. 2* ceire with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pages
..." born again, not of corruptible sesd, but of incorruptible, by the word of God," — and that — "of his own will, begat he us, by the word of truth," — passages which can have no meaning, but by applying them to regeneration, properly so called, orthe... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 568 pages
...and exalted, beyond what either we or angels can conceive. The Church, therefore, must eternally say, "Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth ;" and through eternity sing, " Not unto us, not unto us, O Lord, bqt unto thy, name be the glory."... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1830 - 350 pages
...liveth and abideth for ever.—And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you :"*—" Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures."f And it is the same word of truth, which,... | |
 | John Maclaurin - 1830 - 644 pages
...word is the means, or the instrument. Thus, we have a remarkably clear evidence to this purpose : " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures." Here we see it is God that begets us again,... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - 1831 - 464 pages
...Truth saves men. John 17:17. " Sanctify them through L thy truth, thy word is truth." James 1:18. " Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth." The ministers of Christ save men. 1 Cor. 9 : 22. " I am made all things to all men, that / might by all... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 512 pages
...heart and iu thy mouth ; and this is the word of faith which we preach.' Rom. x. 8. And James saith, ' Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth.' James i. 18. So God's people are begotten by the word of truth, being born again, not of corruptible... | |
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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. 
