Select Letters Of The Rev William Romaine

Author : William Romaine
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243119967
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Select Letters of the Rev. William Romaine, A. M (Classic Reprint) written by William Romaine and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-22 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Select Letters of the Rev. William Romaine, A. M We have frequently insisted on one great claim that the doctrine of Christ crucified has upon our attention namely, that, by the knowledge of it, we obtain de liverance from the greatest calamity which hangs over our species; and that is, the curse of God's violated law, with all the pains and penalties which are con sequent thereupon. We shall, in our following ob servations, advert to another mighty claim which the same doctrine has upon our attention; namely, that, by the knowledge of it, we farther obtain the meri torious, or the rightful possession of God's favour; so that we do not simply enter upon the bliss of eter nity as having become ours in fact, and by a mere deed of generosity, but we enter upon it as hav ing become ours in equity, and by a deed of justice. Through Christ crucified we acquire a title to heaven as our reward, and that as much as if we ourselves had done that stipulated work, for which heaven was rendered to us as the stipulated wages: and this is a very different footing from that of the bare convey ance of a gift, for it is a conveyance that is secured and shielded by the guarantees of a covenant; so as to make it, not a mere act of mercy, but an act of right eousness for God to bestow; and we, in receiving, lay held not merely of s donative, but also of our due. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.