 | Lyman Beecher - 1853 - 480 pages
...Q. 72. What is justifying faith ? A. Justifying faith is a saving grace, wrought in the heart of & sinner by the Spirit and Word of God, whereby he, being convinced of hi« sin and misery, and of the disability in himself and all other creatures to recover him out of... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1854 - 382 pages
...imputed to them, and received by faith alone." (" Larger Catechism," Quest. 70.) " Justifying faith is a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner...convinced of his sin and misery, and of the disability of himself and all other creatures to recover him out of his lost condition, not only assenteth to... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1854 - 380 pages
...imputed to them, and received by faith alone." (" Larger Catechism," Quest. 70.) " Justifying faith is a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner...convinced of his sin and misery, and of the disability of "himself and all other creatures to recover him out of his lost condition, not only assenteth to... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1859 - 480 pages
...grace. ' Heb. x 39. But we are not of them who draw back uutc in the heart of a sinner by the Spiritk and word of God' ; whereby he, being convinced of...all other creatures to recover him out of his lost conditionm, not only assenteth to the truth of the promise of the Gospel", but receiveth and resteth... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1860 - 432 pages
...Heb. vi. 11. And we desire that every Q. 76. What is repentance unto^lifct A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace,* wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit' and word of God,k whereby out of the sight and sense, not only of the danger,1 but also of the filthiness and odiousness... | |
 | George Junkin - 1864 - 168 pages
...impossible: and therefore, if we ever perform it, grace must be given. Thus, " Repentance unto life is a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit and word of God/' For this end Peter tells us, " Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be a Prince and a Saviour,... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 620 pages
...definitions given of it by all sound writers. The following is a good definition: "Justifying faith is a saving grace wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit and word of Grod, whereby he, being convinced of his sin and misery, and of the disability in himself and all other... | |
 | 1873 - 874 pages
...this point more clearly than it is done in the Larger Catechism. Quest. 72, "Faith in Jesus Christ ш a saving grace wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit and word of God." The word of God possesses a quickening and enlighten ing efficacy. Heb. 4 : 12, "The word of God is... | |
 | 1879 - 652 pages
...their successors make repentance unto life a very complicated duty. They say— " Repentance unto life is a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit and word of God, whereby, out of the sight and sense, not only of the danger, but also of the filthiness and odiousness of his... | |
 | 1897 - 586 pages
...alone." Question seventy-two of the Larger Catechism thus defines justifying faith : " Justifying faith is a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit of God, whereby he receiveth and resteth upon Christ and his righteousness for pardon of sin, and for... | |
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Justifying faith is a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the spirit and word of God... 
