...the juft and fcriptural view of the matter, I think, is undeniable, on this fingle acroonr, that " it is God that worketh in us to will, and to do, of hi« good pleafure." If every thing that is good in u» is the work rf Gi'd, it is abfurd to repreffnt...

...thing that is in us emi.nently to God, from whom every good Gift doth dejcend. Thus we are told, that it is God that worketh in us to will and to do of his own good pleafure : yet it is evident, that this is not to be underftood fo as to exclude our own Endeavours....

...the juft and fcriptural view of the matter, I think, is undeniable, on this fingle account, " that it is God that worketh in us to will, and to do of " his good pleafure." If every thing that is good in us is the work of God, it isabfurd to reprefent it as...

...be in what is good (and very active and indefatigably diligent we ought to be in every good work), ' it is God that worketh in us, to will and to do of his good pleasure.' It is in respect of the same kind of inability, that God ' cannot deny himself;' cot...

...filled with the fpirit ;" and that we are to " work 'out our own falvation with " fear and trembling ; FOR it is God that worketh " in us to will and to do of his own good pleafure." This being premifed, we proceed to eftablifh the doclrine we have advanced. And...

...and teach us to go. Our return to God is free and voluntary, but we act only by being ^cted upon. " It is God that worketh in us to will and to do of his good pleasure," and, " thou, Lord, hast wrought all our works'in us." It is he that both seeks and...

...operating, and we co-operating with him. " Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;1' and why? "for it is God that worketh in us to will and to do •• 3 E according according to his good pleasure." He is not superseding our endeavours, (the very...

...and we co-operating with him. 'c Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;" and why ? " for it is God that worketh in us to will and to do according to his good pleasure." He is not superseding our endeavours (the very contrary is implied...

...in what is good, (and very active and indefatigably diligent we ought to be in every good work,) " it is God that worketh in us, *' to will and to do of his good pleasure." It is in respect of the same kind of inability, that God " can"not deny himself;" not...

...indeed naturally arises out of them, " work out our salvation with fear and trembling, knowing that it is God that worketh in us to will and to do" (Philip. ii.13). Among the multifarious questions debated on the polemical arena in the seventeenth...