...sentence of condemnation hangs over our heads, till by faith and repentance we give evidence of being " made the children of grace," and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. But as certain as that the scriptures are " truth," this is the truth;—that if faith in Christ have...

...Church Catechism thus expresses them :—" A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness ; for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace." " We receive Christ Jesus," says the pious Hooker of blessed memory, " in Baptism once, as the first...

...spiritual grace " of Baptism ? it is replied, " A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness ; for being by nature born in sin and the children of wrath, we are hereby (by inward and spiritual grace) made the children of grace ;" and this agreeably to the saying of St....

...baptism is thus as our church declares, ' a death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness ; for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace.' It has been thought by some, that the efficacy and virtue of baptism as a spiritual seal of the righteousness...

...the inward spiritual grace of baptism ? A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness : for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace. "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death : that like as Christ was raised up from the...

...What is the inward spiritual grace ? A. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness : for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace. Q. What is required of persons to be baptized? A. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin ; and faith,...

...faithful in the Lord's Su Q i's supper. \uest. Wb hat are the benefits ' birth unto righteousness : for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace. Quest. What is required of-pereons to be baptized? Ana. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin ; and...

...What is the inward and spiritual Grace 1 A. A Death unto Sin, and a new Birth unto Righteousness : for being by Nature born in Sin, and the Children of Wrath, we are hereby made the Children of Grace. Q. What is required of Persons to be baptised ? A. Repentance, whereby they forsake Sin; and Faith,...

...spiritual grace, he is instructed to answer, ' A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness : for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace.' Had it been the intention of the composers of the catechism, as indeed I doubt not it was, to assert...

...the Spiritual Grace conferred by it : — " A Death unto Sin, and new Birth unto Righteousness ; for being by nature born in Sin, and the Children of Wrath, we are hereby made the Children of Grace." The meaning of this is, that we are, by the Baptismal Ordinance, freed from the Guilt of Original Sin...