The Doctrine of Divine Efficiency, Defended Against Certain Modern Speculations (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Doctrine of Divine Efficiency, Defended Against Certain Modern Speculations By divine efficiency I mean the effectual power of God immediately applied to the heart to make it holy. This is the meanlng which the Calvinistic world have always given to the phrase, and no man has a right to use it in another sense, to set off a contrary doctrine or otherwise. Nor may I be accused of wrongfully charging a denial of divine efficiency, because some may choose to wrap up another doctrine under this name. There are two theories of modern origin abroad in our country which deny this doctrine, and more or less place the cause of holiness in motives clearly presented by the illuminating Spirit. One of these is understood to have proceeded from N ew-haven, and to owe its origin to the Rev. Doctors Taylor and Fitch, Professors of Theology in Yale College. This system plainly denies the power of God fully to control the mind by motives. The other, which is adopted by here and there an individual, as cribes to God an absolute dominion by motives. Both disclaim the self-determining power, on account of the in¿uence allowed to motives: but the new-haven sys tem as plainly involves the self-determining power as did that of Arminius himself. I shall examine both theories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.