365 Quotations from Welsh Christians

The holy angels, who are absolutely dependent on the thrice holy Jehovah, owe the continuance of holy acts to a sovereign communication of antecedent holy influence to secure a holy disposition. A suspension of such influence would leave them in the state of their proper passive power; and this towards a moral agent is to deal with liira in mere equity. The exercise of equity terminated on Adam ; but equity did not constitute him morally bad - it only left him to his passive power ; liberty, however, acting on this latter, produced moral evil. Edward Williams 1750-1813

Q. Though He was a person of such heavenly rank, was He not very humble? A, Yes ; He was meek and lowly of heart, and hath taught us to be so. Q. When He was ill-used and reviled what did He do? A. When He was reviled. He reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously. Q. When any wanted Him to do what was wrong, how did He act? A. He obeyed God rather than men, and told them their faidts in a becoming manner. Edward Williams 1750-1813

Q. If He was a person so great and divine, how did He behave to His mother Mary, and her husband Joseph, when a child? A. He was very dutiful, and always obeyed eveiy lawful command. Q. How did He love learning, and improvement in wisdom? A. He gi'ew in knowledge daily, as He did in stature, and was very wise as well as very good. Q. Did He ever pray to His heavenly Father? A, Yes; He prayed much Himself, and hath taught us to pray often and with importunity. Edward Williams 1750-1813

We should not be surprised my brethren if men who claim a religious character and men of reputed eminence in other respects oppose this doctrine (penal subsittutionary atonement). Thus it was of old. We preach Christ crucified to the Jews who claim a religious character, a stumbling block and to the Greeks, who boast of science and wisdom as if engrossed by themselves, foolishness, but unto them who believe that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. The death of Christ as a sacrifice, however undervalued by many on earth, is in heaven a matter of the greatest moment and of the highest triumph. Edward Williams 1750-1813

But let the returning sinner who is humbled for his crimes, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh, let the penitent believer in Jesus who is conscious of extreme unworthiness in himself look to the character of God through the medium of that doctrine which has now been asserted (predestination) and what shall he behold? A boundless, fathomless ocean of goodness, of love of grace and mercy and a river of life and salvation to convey him thither in order to enjoy everlasting felicity. Edward Williams 1750-1813

As the predestination for which we contend is only to good, it affords the most pleasing view of the Divine character. God is love. In Him is no such inconsistency as is but too frequently found among men. He is not a fountain sending forth at the same place both sweet water and bitter. With safety and confidence may a humble soul commit itself into the arms of such a being. No one according to this doctrine has anything to fear from God but the proud and rebellious the unbelieving and impenitent. Let them indeed fear and tremble for surely bad must be the doctrine that speaks peace to the wicked. Edward Williams 1750-1813