...what are these means ? Let the Scriptures answer. St. Paul, in writing to the Corinthians, says, " For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,...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...

...VOL. IV. 65 SERMON CXXXVII. THE ORDINARY MEANS OF GRACE. OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. I CoRINTHIANS iv. I5. for though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,...have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have begot ten you through the Gospel. IN the first discourse, from these words, I proposed, I. To show,...

...God, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. And again, 1 Corinthians iv. 15, For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,...yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus have I begotten you through the Gospel. In the first of these passages, the Apostle directly asserts,...

...influence individual choice, is conveyed in that pathetic appeal of the Apostle to the Corinthian Church: " For though ye have ten thousand instructors " in Christ,...yet have ye not many fathers; " for in Christ Jesus 1 have begotten you through " the Gospel. Wherefore, I beseech you, be " ye followers of me."* The...

...Corinthians he says, " As my beloved " sons I warn you ; for though you have ten thousand instruc" tors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ " Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel."—1 Cor. iv. 14, 15.—And again, " If I be not an Apostle unto others, yet " doubtless 1...

...contemptuously and ungratefully by their people, it is what St. Paul himself met with. And yet he could say, " though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,...Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." To the same purpose, in the chapter next to that of the text, he addresses the Corinthians, who it...

...seed whereby we are born again ; — to the ministers of this word, as 1 Cor. iv, 15; For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have...Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. But all these means have their vigor and efficacy in this great work from the Father of spirits, who...

...children. I Cor. iv. 14—16. I write not these things to shame you, Jnit as my beloved sons I warn you. For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,...Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel. Wherefore I beseech you be ye followers of me. SECTION IV. Matt. xv. 4. For God commanded, saying,...

...born again, by the ministry of this Word, and the seals of it, as, 1 Cor. iv. 15. " For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have...Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel." As also, Gal. iv. 19. But all those have their vigour and efficacy in this great work, from the Father...

...government in the church, is manifest from the following testimonies: 1 Cor. 4. 15, 16, 17. For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus, I hafe begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me. For this cause...