A discourse concerning ; I. The true import of the words election and reprobation II. The extent of Christ's redemption. III. The grace of God IV. ... perseverance or defectibility of the saints - 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. 1710 Excerpt: ... have cause of boastings which is denied, 1 Cor. I. 2% 31. Epb. 2. 9. That the whole Glory of our Conversion would not be due to God. Because if Grace be resistible by the Will of Man, it must be uncertain whether any Man will be converted by it, or not. I. Now before I come to a particular Answer to these Arguments, I think it proper to premise Three Things. ill, That 1/?, That it seems unreasonable to apply all those Sayings of the Scripture which concern Heathen Nations lying under the most gross Idolatry, and under great Darkness and Confusion, into which the corrupt Customs of the Heathens, and the Subtilty of Satan had reduced them to prove what is the Natural Estate of all Men, even of those who have the Knowledge of the true God, and the Light of the Gospel: For to place them under the same Disability with Persons funk into the Dregs of Heathenism, seems a very great Absurdity, it being in effect to say that Men acquainted with all the Inducements, Arguments and Motives which Christianity affords to produce Faith, Repentance and Conversion in them, have no more Advantages towards Repentance and Conversion than the worst of Heathens, who to be sure cannot do less than nothing towards their Conversion, and would as certainly be converted by an irresistible Act of God, and by unfrustrable Grace, as they who have attained to the exactest Knowledge of God, and of the Doctrine of Christianity; and yet it is certain that some of those Arguments depend Upon such Passages as only represent the State of Heathens lying in Darkness and gross Idolatry, and led by Satan captive to his Will id/y, It feemeth also certain that those Promises, and Scriptures which respect whole Nations Churches, and Christians without distinction or respect of Persons, can afford no ...

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