“I infer that God's decrees, and the necessity of event flowing thence, neither destroy the true free-agency of men, nor render the commission of sin a jot less heinous. They neither force the human will, nor extenuate the evil of human actions. Predestination, foreknowledge, and providence, only secure the event, and render it certainly future, in a way and manner (incomprehensibly indeed by us; but) perfectly consistent with the nature of second causes.” MenWayHumansActionEvilForceCausesSinEventsSecureAgencyConsistentProvidenceDecreePredestinationHuman ActionsHuman WillFree Agency Author:Augustus Toplady
“How vast the benefits divine which we in Christ possess! We are redeemed from guilt and shame and called to holiness. But not for works which we have done, or shall hereafter do, hath God decreed on sinful men salvation to bestow.” MenDoneChristDivineBenefitsShameSalvationGuiltHolinessHereafterRedeemed Author:Augustus Toplady
“A man's free will cannot cure him even of the toothache, or a sore finger; and yet he madly thinks it is in its power to cure his soul.” ThinkingMenSoulPowerFingersCuresDelusionFree WillMisconceptionClergymenToothacheSoreness Book:The Works of Augustus Toplady ... A New Edition, Complete in One Volume. Printed Verbatim from the First Edition of His Works, 1794 Source: The Works of Augustus Toplady ... A New Edition, Complete in One Volume. Printed Verbatim from the First Edition of His Works, 1794
“The greatest judgment which God himself can, in the present life, inflict upon a man is to leave him in the hand of his own boasted 'free'-will.” MenHandsJudgmentFree WillPresent Life Book:The works of Augustus M. Toplady Source: The works of Augustus M. Toplady
