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character and will of GOD; that ADAM, the federal head and
representative of the human race, was placed in a state of
probation, and that, in consequence of his disobedience, all his
descendants were constituted sinners; that, by nature, every man
is personally depraved, destitute of holiness, unlike and opposed
to GOD; and that, previously to the renewing agency of the DIVINE
SPIRIT, all his moral actions are adverse to the character and
glory of GOD; that, being morally incapable of recovering the
image of his CREATOR, which was lost in ADAM, every man is justly
exposed to eternal damnation; so that, except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of GOD; that GOD, of his mere good
pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, and
that he entered into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of
this state of sin and misery by a REDEEMER; that the only REDEEMER
of the elect is the eternal SON of GOD, who, for this purpose,
became man, and continues to be GOD and man, in two distinct
natures, and one person, forever; that CHRIST, as our Redeemer,
executeth the office of a Prophet, Priest, and King; that,
agreeably to the covenant of redemption, the SON of GOD, and he
alone, by his sufferings and death, has made atonement for the
sins of all men; that repentance, faith, and holiness, are the
personal requisites in the gospel scheme of salvation; that the
righteousness of CHRIST is the only ground of a sinner's
justification; that this righteousness is received through faith;
and that this faith is the gift of GOD; so that our salvation is
wholly of grace; that no means whatever can change the heart of a
sinner, and make it holy; that regeneration and sanctification are
effects of the creating and renewing agency of the HOLY SPIRIT,
and that supreme love to GOD constitutes the essential difference
between saints and sinners; that, by convincing us of our sin and
misery, enlightening our minds, working faith in us, and renewing
our wills, the HOLY SPIRIT makes us partakers of the benefits of
redemption; and that the ordinary means by which these benefits
are communicated to us, are the word, sacraments, and prayer; that
repentance unto life, faith to feed upon CHRIST, love to GOD, and
new obedience, are the appropriate qualifications for the Lord's
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