The heart is changed by his power. No unaided effort of man, no works of ours, can produce this change. At the same time, it is true that no man is renewed who does not himself desire and will to be a believer; for the effect of the change is on his will (Ps. 110:3), and no one is changed who does not strive to enter in at the strait gate, Phi. 2:12. This important verse, therefore, teaches us, 1st. That if men are saved they must be born again. 2d. That their salvation is not the result of their
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