 | 1834 - 778 pages
...perfection of faith is to believe that God is just, though by his own will he renders us necessarily worthy of damnation, so as to seem to take pleasure in the torments of the miserable." — Vol. II. p. 135, note. " In his work de Servo Arbitrio .'" This reference, which is much like addressing... | |
 | John Milner - 1827 - 620 pages
...sure of their ulvation ! To begin with the Father of the Reformation: Luther teaches, that ' God works the evil in us as well as the good, and that the great...consists in believing God to be just, although, by hit own urill, he necessarily renders us worthy of damnation, fo as to seem to take pleasure in the... | |
 | Jacques Bénigne Bossuet - Church history - 1829 - 452 pages
...express terms, that " freewill is a vain title; that God works the evil in us, as well as the good ; that the great perfection of faith consists in believing God to be just, although, necessarily, by his will, he renders us worthy of damnation, so as to seem to take pleasure in the... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1833 - 370 pages
...perfection of faith is to believe that God is just, though by his own will he renders us necessarily worthy of damnation, so as to seem to take pleasure in the torments of the miserable." We have already shown in the preceding volume how large a portion of Protestantism has been borrowed... | |
 | John Hughes - Protestantism - 1834 - 498 pages
...us, as well as the good." Is this " the religion of Christ ?" And that " by his own will, he (God) necessarily RENDERS us worthy of damnation, so as...to take pleasure in the torments of the miserable." (Luth. Opera, ed. Wittemb. Tom. ii. p. 437.) Is this " the religion of Christ ?" Again. " If God foresaw,... | |
 | John Milner - 1842 - 522 pages
...sure of their salvation! To begin with the Father of the Reformation: Luther teaches, that ' God works the evil in us as ' well as the good,' and that '...worthy of damnation, so as to seem to take pleasure ' m the torments of the miserable.' (1) Again he says, and repeats it, in his work De Servo A rbitrio,... | |
 | John Milner - Church controversies - 1843 - 382 pages
...good," and that " the great perfection of faith consists in believing God to be just, although, by fits own will, he necessarily renders us worthy of damnation,...take pleasure in the torments of the miserable."^ Again he says, and repeats it, in his work De Servo Arbitrio, and his other works, that " free will... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1844 - 282 pages
...perfection of faith is to believe that God is just, though by his own will he renders us necessarily worthy of damnation, so as to seem to take pleasure in the torments of the miserable." We have already shown, in the preceding chapters, how large a portion of Protestantism has been borrowed... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1845 - 786 pages
...Reformers, and that he thought would be enough. Luther taught in his works thai — «• God works the evil in us as well as the good," and that " the...to take pleasure in the torments of the miserable." Again — « Free-will is an empty name ;" and, farther, " if God foresaw that J udas would be a traitor,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1845 - 768 pages
...would be enough. Luther taught in his works thai — " Gnd works the evil in us as well as the gond," and that " the great perfection of faith consists in believing God to be just, although lijr his own will lie necessarily renders us worthy of damnation, so as to seem to take pleasure in... | |
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God works the evil in us as well as the good," and that " the great perfection of faith consists in believing God to be just, although, by fits own will, he necessarily renders us worthy of damnation, so as to seem to take pleasure in the torments of... 
