The Centenary of American Methodism a Sketch of Its History Theology Practic
The Centenary of American Methodism a Sketch of Its History Theology Practic
Abel Stevens
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Neither in this sense is there any abso lute perfection on earth. There is no perfection of degrees, none which does not admit of a continual in crease. . . . The proposition which I will hold is this : i Any person maybe cleansed from all sinful tempers, and yet need the atoning blood. For what? for * negligences and ignorances; for both words and actions, (as well as omissions, ) which are, in a sense, transgressions of the perfect law. And I believe no one is clear of these till he lays down... this corrupt ible body. " Perfection, as defined by Wesley, is not then perfection, according to the absolute moral law ; it is perfection according to the special reme dial economy introduced by the Atonement, in which the heart, being sanctified, fulfills the law by love, (Eom. Xii, 8, 10, ) and its involuntary imperfec- ITS DOCTRINAL SYSTEM. 133 tions are provided for, by tliat economy, without the imputation of guilt, as in the case of infancy and all irresponsible persons. The only question, then, can be, Is it possible for good men to so love God that all their conduct, inward and outward, shall be swayed by love ?
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