...the salvation of his soul may be taken off from that ground on which the scriptures rest it—("not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy")—and made to rest on his own adherence to the engagements which he'forms. Let me add a brief...

...calling is referable, in all cases, only to the inscrutable purpose and free grace of God. " It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy*." Nevertheless it is connected inseparably with the foreknowledge of the Supreme reason, and not merely...

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

...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...

...whom He will have mercy, and He will have compassion on whom He will have coinpassion. So then it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy." Nor is there any thing in the least degree more wonderful or unaccountable in...

...the doctrine of Paul, who, when speaking of God's calling to the adoption of children, says, "It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy." 3. Faith is the WORK of God — but the person fixed on thus to work upon him...

...lights, is endued with active efficacy." If any shall oppose the declaration of the Apostle, that it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy, and assert that the salvation of man depends on conditions which he is obliged...

...' Rom.au. " ' for He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will " ' have mercy. So then it is not of him that willeth, or of " ' him that runneth, but of GOD that sheweth mercy.' " Where are now the merits, or the works, past or future, " done or to be done by the strength of free...

...that of his own good pleasure, he had made one vessel to honor and another to dishonor — that it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy — that he had raised up Pharaoh expressly that he might, in him, show his power, and make his name...

...for us, we are freely justified by his precious blood, received by faith. Lastly. " That salvation is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that shewcth mercy." " He hath concluded all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all." Now,...