A92141:1183
Influences of the life of grace
Influences of the life of grace. Or, A practical treatise concerning the way, manner, and means of having and improving of spiritual dispositions, and quickening influences from Christ the resurrection and the life. By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.Influences of the life of grace. Or, A practical treatise concerning the way, manner, and means of having and improving of spiritual dispositions, and quickning influences from Christ the resurrection and the life. By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the Vniversity of St. Andrews in Scotland.
London: printed by T.C. for Andrew Crook, 1659
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2. If Christ stand at the door of the heart of Brazilians, Indians, and knock, and they have power of free-will to open, as Martinez saith, and the Lord every moment knock and awaken up the will by moral suasion, or preaching of the Gospel (the Pelagian grace) by inspiration, which adds no new strength to the will; then is there here a market for the buying of influences of saving grace: how comes it that never man in Brasilia, India, was ever converted to Christ, and professed Christ? The Scripture which saith, there is no name under heaven by which men are saved, but by the name of Jesus, Act. 4. 12. is here silent; all stories of human writers are silent.
2. If Christ stand at the door of the heart of Brasilians, Indians, and knock, and they have power of free-will to open, as Martinez saith, and the Lord every moment knock and awaken up the will by moral swasion, or preaching of the Gospel (the Pelagian grace) by inspiration, which adds no new strength to the will; then is there here a market for the buying of influences of saving grace: how comes it that never man in Brasilia, India, was ever converted to Christ, and professed Christ? The Scripture which saith, there is no name under heaven by which men are saved, but by the name of Jesus, Act. 4. 12. is here silent; all stories of human writers are silent.
3. The place Rev. 3. 20. is meant of the visible Church of Laodicea, v. 14. to the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans, write, These things saith the Amen, &c. 18. I counsel thee to buy of me fine gold tried in the fire, &c. Did ever Christ by John or any other Apostle or Pastor write Gospel and command faith and repentance to the Angels of the Churches of Brasilia, India, and those who never heard any such Gospel-counsel to buy fine gold and white raiment, and eye-salve from Jesus Christ? as also the Jesuit with the same breath names this converting and saving Gospel grace; for he cites that of