Bernard of Clairvaux: sinners cannot save themselves

[Reformed Covenanter]

Thou art created, thou art healed, thou art saved. Which of these, O man, originateth from thyself? Which of these is not impossible for free choice? Thou, who didst not exist, couldest not create thyself, nor, a sinner, couldest thou justify thyself, nor, when dead, couldest thou bring thyself again to life; so say nothing of other good things, which are either necessary to them that must be healed, or laid up in store for them that are to be saved.

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Bernard of Clairvaux: sinners cannot save themselves

Thou art created, thou art healed, thou art saved. Which of these, O man, originateth from thyself? Which of these is not impossible for free choice? Thou, who didst not exist, couldest not create …

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