A Discourse Concerning, I. the True Import of the Words Election and Reprobation [&c.]. - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817. Excerpt: ... whom Christ never purchased faith and repentance, it cannot be their crime that the/clid not what it was impossible for them to do. In a word, faith being an assent to a divine testimony upon sufficient evidence, without which evidence we cannot assent to it; and when we have it, we cannot but assent; to say "this faith requires on God's part a special, divine, and irresistible assistance proper to the elect," is to excuse all others from believing, as having no sufficient evidence to do so, although the gospel is as well revealed to them as it is to the elect. CHAP. I. I. NOW this assertion, thus explained, hath this great advantage above the contrary doctrine which restrains the intended benefit of our Saviour's passion to the elect,--that whereas there is not one word in the scripture declaring that our Lord died only for a few, or intimating that he died for the elect only, the scriptures are very many, clear, and express, which teach, that 'God would have all men to be savedand that he is the Saviour of all men; being long-suffering towards them;' because he is not willing any should perish, but that all should come unto repentance, and by repentance to salvation; that the savins. grace of God hath appeared to all men; teaching them, denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts, to live righteously, soberly, and godly in this present world; expecting the blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us; that as by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation, so by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men to justification of life; that if he died for all, then were all dead; and that he died Jor all, that they who lived might not live to themselves, but to him...

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