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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Free grace (understanding thereby increated grace) is ⟨p. 223⟩that eternal, absolute, and constant act, whereby God of his mere good pleasure hath willed the infallible application of grace and glory unto elect sinners: so, as election, or the act of willing grace and glory,1 is merely because it pleaseth him, without respect of Christ as any Cause or Motive of Election; but the actual application of all that good is, with respect to Christ as the Meritorious Cause thereof, and both Election, and the actual Application of all this good, without any respect of good or evil in the Elect themselves, as any motive thereunto, or hinderance therefrom. This grace is briefly called, the free favour of God in Christ Jesus.
Free grace (understanding thereby increated grace) is ⟨p. 223⟩that eternal, absolute, and constant act, whereby God of his meer good pleasure hath willed the infallible application of grace and glory unto elect sinners: so, as election, or the act of willing grace and glory,1 is meerly because it pleaseth him, without respect of Christ as any Cause or Motive of Election; but the actual application of all that good is, with respect to Christ as the Meritorious Cause thereof, and both Election, and the actual Application of all this good, without any respect of good or evil in the Elect themselves, as any motive thereunto, or hinderance therefrom. This grace is briefly called, the free favour of God in Christ Jesus.
- 1Tua enim omnia, & à nobis petis, nihil nisi salvari. [Greek or Hebrew]. Damasc. de Fide Orthodoxa. lib. 4. cap. 24. Gratuitas Favour.Tua enim omnia, & à nobis petis, nihil nisi salvari. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Damasc. de Fide Orthodoxa. lib. 4. cap. 24. Gratuitas Favor.