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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.
THE Apostle, the great Asserter of Free-Grace, in the 20th Verse, compares the Church to a Temple: And it is his design in this Epistle to show the Influence Grace hath to the raising of this Building. He undertakes to prove, that the whole Structure of Salvation is to be attributed alone to Grace.
THE Apostle, the great Asserter of Free-Grace, in the 20th Verse, compares the Church to a Temple: And it is his design in this Epistle to shew the Influence Grace hath to the raising of this Building. He undertakes to prove, that the whole Structure of Salvation is to be attributed alone to Grace.
The Foundation was laid from Eternity by Grace in Election, Chap. 1. 4, 5. The polishing and disposing of each particular Stone in the Building, by Justification and Sanctification, were all acts of Grace; Chap. 1. 7. & 2. 5. & 4. 13, 14. And it is Grace that lays on the Top-stone in Glory; Chap. 2. 6. So that we may honour this Temple with the same Acclamations, which they used to theirs, Zach. 4. 7. and cry Grace, grace, unto it. The sum of the whole Discourse is propounded in the Text, By Grace ye are saved.
The Foundation was laid from Eternity by Grace in Election, Chap. 1. 4, 5. The polishing and disposing of each particular Stone in the Building, by Justification and Sanctification, were all acts of Grace; Chap. 1. 7. & 2. 5. & 4. 13, 14. And it is Grace that lays on the Top-stone in Glory; Chap. 2. 6. So that we may honour this Temple with the same Acclamations, which they used to theirs, Zach. 4. 7. and cry Grace, grace, unto it. The summ of the whole Discourse is propounded in the Text, By Grace ye are saved.