...apostle, " I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the " increase?"$ Or in those of St. James, " Of his own " will begat he us by the word of truth, 8cc." Indeed, every time the apostle thanked God for the success of the gospel in the conversion of...

...Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel." St. James says, " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures." St. Peter says, " Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,...

...purpose are the following expressions relating to the same subject : " Of his own will begat be us with the word of truth that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures," James i. 18. " To as many as received him (viz. Christ) gave he power to become the sons of God which...

...of truth that men are begotten again, and made new creatures, for " of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures." James i. 18. The gospel of the free grace of God, which some mistaken persons charge with an unholy...

...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,...

...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...

...quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved.) Eph. ii. 4, 5. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. James i. 18. According to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the...

...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...

...bitterness, springing up, trouble you, and thereby many be defiled z, Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted...

...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...