A57963:716
Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself
Christ dying and drawing sinners to himself, or, A survey of our Saviour in his soul-suffering, his loveliness in his death, and the efficacy thereof in which some cases of soul-trouble in week believers ... are opened ... delivered in sermons on the Evangel according to S. John Chap. XII, vers. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 ... / by Samuel Rutherford.Christ dying and drawing sinners to himself, or, A survey of our Saviour in his soule-suffering, his lovelynesse in his death, and the efficacie thereof in which some cases of soule-trouble in weeke beleevers ... are opened ... delivered in sermons on the Evangel according to S. John Chap. XII, vers. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 ... / by Samuel Rutherford.
London: printed by J.D. for Andrew Crooke, 1647
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Propos. 4. Acting and doing though neither savingly, nor §4soundly, is not merit of grace, yet not contrary to grace; to obey the law of nature, to give alms, is not against grace. Libertines should not reject this, though it be not all, but a most poor All to engage Christ.
Propos. 4. Acting and doing thou•h neither savingly, nor §4soundly, is not merit of grace, yet not contrary to grace; to obey the law of nature, to give almes, is not against grace. Libertines should not reject this, though it be not all, but a most poore All to engage Christ.
Propos. 5. Faith is a moral condition of life eternal, and §5wrought in us by the free grace of God. I never saw a contradiction between a condition wrought by irresistible grace▪ and the gift, or free grace of life eternal; for life eternal given in the law, and Adams doing and performing by the irresistible acting and assisting of God, are not contrary; yet the former was never merit, but grace; the latter was Legal doing.
Propos. 5. Faith is a morall condition of life eternall, and §5wrought in us by the free grace of God. I never saw a contradiction between a condition wrought by irresistible grace▪ and the gift, or free grace of life eternall; for life eternall given in the law, and Adams doing and performing by the irresistible acting and assisting of God, are not contrary; yet the former was never merit, but grace; the latter was Legall doing.