Discourses on the Sovereign and Universal Agency of God, in Nature and Grace (Paperback)

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. 1806 Excerpt: ... clearly than those in the text. ' God hath blessed us. with all spiritual blessings in. heavenly places, according as he hath chosen us/' God. does, in time, bestow all spiritual blessings on the elect, according as he chose them before all time.. He chose them in order to bestow grace on them, in time, and glory when time shall be no more, that they should be to the praise of his glorious grace. All the precious and valuable blessings of grace and glory are bestowed on the elect in consequence of their election to them.. He blesses them according as he hath chosen them. Thus also, in Eph. ii, 10, " For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained, thatwe should walk in.them." The elect are God's workmanship, created in time unto such good works, as God " had before ordained," that they should walk in them. God before ordained, that is, he from eternity ordained, the elect, to walk in. good works, and inconsequence of this, causes them, in time to perform these works. How plainly does it. appear that good works ate the fruits and effects, and not the cause of election; For in the plan of salvation a certain order is observed. First, predestination to good works from eternity. Secondly, in consequence of predestination to good works from eternity, grace is. given in time: And thirdly, glory shall be given when time shall be no more. All these links of the gospel, chain are inseparable. They are so many parts of one magnificent undivided whole. The apostle saith, " We. (the same iue that were chosen before the foundation of the world) are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordain-. ed, that we should walk in them." Hence God does n...