...become holy ? Again, the apostle says that God " predestinated us to the adoption of children, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he made us accepted in the Beloved." Here every word is opposed to an election founded...

...having predestinated us unto the adoption of chil- 1 dren by Jesus Christ unto him- i self, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace." And ! ag tin he says, he preached the el--cting love of God, " to the intent that unto...

...in Christ, before the foundation »f the world, th** we should be holy and without blame before him in love ;. having predestinated us unto the adoption...glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved." (Eph. civ 4, 6.) In short, though my objections were many, my anxiety great, and my...

...us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love ; having predestinated us unto the adoption...pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace." And again, ver. 11. " In whom also we have obtamed an inheritance, being preilestinated...

...people ; " having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace." If there be no predestination, how can such an end ever he proposed, and how infallibly...

...chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy aud without blame before him in love : having predestinated us unto the adoption...good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory i" his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved : in whom we have redemption through...

...predestinated us to the &iiiption ofcliildrsn Ir.) J,,.v,;.\ Christ unta himsdf, eccording to the goo.i pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us acc-pte.d in the hdcved (1). And the Apostle Johu hid (1) E:ih. i. 5, 6. , other notions of it, when...

...Ephesians he writes ; " Having foreordained us unto adopt h, through Jesus Christ, unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of hie Srace,"— Eph. I 5, 6. Adoption is an act of the free grace of God towards the unworthy, and the...

...blessings, in predestinating them to the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein be hath made them accepted in the beloved. Thus the elect were in Christ before...

...For God " has predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of...glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved : In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to...