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Book II. From the First Conference in 1773 to the First Regular General Conference in 1792. · Chapter 3 · VIII. Of Free Will

The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith, and calling upon God; we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us when we have that good will.