Excerpt from The Reign of Grace, From Its Rise to Its Consummation
Truly divine, has ever been the object of the world's contempt. It was of old a flumblingblock to the felfrighteous Jew, and fooliflmefs to the phi lofophic Greek. Paul, who was a refolute afiertor of the honours of grace, and indefatigable in preach ing Chrifl, found it fo by repeated experience and that, not only among the illiterate and profane, but alfo among the learned and the devout. Nay, he had frequent occafion to obferve, that the religious devotees of his age were the firfi in oppoling th doctrine he preached, and the mofi hardened ene mies againft the truth of God. The polite, the learned, the religious, were all agreed, to load both his character and his doctrine with the foulefl te proaches. Nor was this treatment peculiar to Paul, but common to all his cotemporaries, who efpoufed the fame glorious caufe, and laboured in the fame beneficent work. The doctrine they preached was charged with licentioufnefs. Their enemies boldly affirmed that-they (aid; Let u: do evil that good may.
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Ter any apology to the Public, on behalf of the ensuing Treatise. For if the leading; sentiments adopted and defended in it correspond with the unerring oracles, I have no appreliensions from the frowns of men :and if not, it would be impossible, by the most laboured apology to justify my conduct. The doctrine of sovereign grace is here maintained, and handled in a practical manner. It has been my endeavour, in the following pages, not only to state and defend the capital truths of the gospel, in a doctrinal way ;but also to point out their peculiar importance, as happily adapted to awaken the conscience, and comfort the heart ;to elevate the affections, and influence the whole conduct in the way of holiness. To this edition of The Reign o Grace 1have made large additions. Tlie principal of which is, an entire chapter upon Election ;which renders the sclieme of doctrines more complete, and the con tents cf th.e bookmore answerable to the title, talso thought it my duty, in a particular manner, to bear a public testimony to that important part of revealed truth ;having in my younger years greatly opposed it, in a Poem On abaolute Predestination. Which Poem, if considered in a critical light, is despicable.
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