Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

Saith he, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus; that is, the grace which is received from Christ Jesus: not only that which is received at our first conversion, but which we receive continually. As the Air receives light from the Sun, by a continual influxion; so there is a continual influence of grace from Christ.

Saith he, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Iesus; that is, the grace which is received from Christ Jesus: not onely that which is received at our first conversion, but which we receive continually. As the Air receives light from the Sun, by a continual influxion; so there is a continual influence of grace from Christ.

Adam had grace originally inherent in him, but it is not so with us; there is not that inherency, (though there be that also, yet it differs from the other) because the grace that we have now, is wholly received from our conjunction with Christ Jesus. We should therefore presently lose all if there were a disjunction between Christ and us. And that is the ground why we cannot fall from grace, because we cannot be divided from Christ.

Now I say, in these words you shall see a character, or property of grace; Thou my son be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus. This point then you see doth first offer it self to us evidently; That

Now I say, in these words you shall see a character, or property of grace; Thou my son be strong in the grace which is in Christ Iesus. This point then you see doth first offer it self to us evidently; That