Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 05 — Section 949
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series Vol. 5
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Now there are some expositions of Paul's Epistle to the Romans which are said to have been written by Pelagius himself, [1733] --in which he asserts, that the passage: "Not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy," was "not said in Paul's own person; but that he therein employed the language of questioning and refutation, as if such a statement ought not to be made." No safe conclusion, therefore, can be drawn, although the bishop John plainly acknowledged the passage in question as conveying the mind of the apostle, and mentioned it for the very pur…
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