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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.
1. Free in respect of Constraint; when there is no necessity he should fix his Love ⟨p. 4⟩upon this Object at all, or upon this rather than another. This is spontaneum.
2. Free in respect of Merit; when there is nothing in the Object that deserves Love, either absolutely or comparatively, this is gratuitum.
3. Free in respect of Motive; when there is nothing in the Object to move this Affection to pitch upon it at all, or upon it rather than another. This is liberum, tho' it express it not fully.
In all these respects, the Grace of God in bestowing Salvation upon any of the Sons of men, is free Love.