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A discourse of the saving grace of God
A discourse of the saving grace of God by ... David Clarkson ...
London: printed by J. Astwood for Tho. Parkhurst, 1688
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
(9.) It destroys the Exercise of Faith, and takes them off from a continued dependence on God, and trusting in him. It is inconsistent with that Life of Faith, which must be the Life of every Christian.
(9.) It destroys the Exercise of Faith, and takes them off from a continued dependance on God, and trusting in him. It is inconsistent with that Life of Faith, which must be the Life of every Christian.
This takes them off from depending on God, both in their spiritual Concerns, and in common and humane Affairs.
1. For those Affairs which depend on the Wills of other Men: They cannot depend on God for the ordering of them; for none are to depend on him for things which are not at his disposal: But the Wills of Men, and so the Affairs which depend thereon, are not (with them) at Gods disposal; since, by their Principles, he cannot sway their Wills effectually one way or other; for this, in their Account, is to destroy their natural Liberty.
2. As to spiritual Concerns, for the making of Grace, or the means of Grace effectual. For the Promoting of Holiness, for the Growth or Exercise of it, or for