I just read the next part of Andrew Fuller

.....Though Mr. T talks of men as having no will or power to believe in Christ, nor any concern in the matter "prior to the Spirit's work (XII 23.) yet that is not what i have never affirmed. On the contrary, i maintain that men have the same power, strictly speaking, before they are wrought upon by the Holy Spirit, as after; and before conversion as after, that the work of the Spirit endows us with no new rational powers that are necesary to moral agency..." (Works II, pp. 546-547)

I know that Huntington, Philpot, Rushton and others were hardly disgaree with Fuller teachings.

What do you think concerning Fuller is he in error or not, i read that he was very much inspired by Jonathan Edwards.

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* Ralph Wilms (7-10-1974)
* Church : Christengemeente Roermond (The Netherlands)
* Credobaptist who hold towards Covenant Theology
* Husband of Reena & father of Naomie and Gideon
* 1729 Goat Yard Declaration of Faith
* 1646 & 1689 Baptist Confession of faith
* 1595 The Lambeth Articles
* 1618-1619 The Canons of Dordt

RJS could add to this thread, he has studied this topic and posted on it before.


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Feileadh Mor
The Orthodox Catechism

I am no expert on Fuller, and I suspect he is weak in a number of areas. But he may be making a distinction between capacity and ability somewhat like Pink does below:

"When we speak of the sinners inability, we do not mean that if he desired to come to Christ he lacks the necessary power (or capacity) to do so. No; the fact is that the sinner's inability or absence of power is itself due to a lack of willingness to come to Christ, and this lack of willingness is the fruit of a depraved heart." (A. W. Pink, The Sovereignty of God, Baker, p. 187)

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Jim
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Independent Bible Church
North Texas, USA