 | Arminianism - 1841 - 1234 pages
...up definitioni, he would have read as follows : — " Q. What is faith in Jesus Christ? "A. Faith in Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as be is offered to us in the Gospel. " Q. Is it by faith in Christ that we are justified ? "A. Yes; 'Being... | |
 | Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 554 pages
...A better definition of faith in Christ cannot be given than that in the Shorter Catechism : " Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon Christ alone for salvation, as he is offered in the gospel." In connexion with these remarks it is... | |
 | 1822 - 872 pages
...in Christ; by faith, not as the meritorious cause of our acceptance, but as the instrument by which we receive and rest upon him alone for. salvation, as he is freely offered to us in the Gospel. And here let us remark, how these two kinds of righteousness are... | |
 | Catechisms - 1823 - 72 pages
...means, through which his blessing is usually bestowed. Q 60. What in faith in Jesus Christ? *3. " Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive, and rest upon him alone Tor salvation, as he is oflertdto us in the gospel." To have faith in Jesus Christ is to believe in... | |
 | John McDowell - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 560 pages
...meant by it we have contained in the answer to the 86th question of the Shorter Catechism. " Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive...salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel." — It therefore is evident, according to our Confession of Faith and Catechisms, that a person when... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1825 - 88 pages
...Blessings of the gospel procured by Christ. See A. 32. 86. Q. What is faith in Jesus Christ ? A. Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive...for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel. Saving grace. Principle or temper in the heart, which is given us by the favour of God, and ends in... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Presbyterian Church - 1826 - 88 pages
...19&8:22&17:30&20:21&26: 20. 2Cor. 7:9,10. 2ft(.3:9. Km 2:5,16.21.22. 86. JF/ia* isjaith in Jesus 'Christ? Faith in Jesus Christ, is a saving grace,* whereby we receive...for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel • Heb. 10:39. We are not of them, who draw back unto per. dition; but of .hem, that believe to the... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...viii. 33, 34, 35, 36. Isa. 86. e Ucb. x. 39. /Jo}» i. 12. Isa. xxvi. 3, 4. Phil. iii. 9. GaJ. ii. 16. receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.1' Q. 87. П hat is repentance unto life? J. i\epenlance unto life is a saving grace,? whereby... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1827 - 566 pages
...repentance and reformation, which can exist detached from that faith which receives and rests upon Christ alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel. The validity of analogical evidence arises from the admirable unity and harmony of design, which every... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...precious blood Engage my thoughts, dissolve my stony heart, And bid repentance flow in tears of lovo. Q. What is repentance unto life? A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinuer, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God, in Christ, doth, with... | |
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Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel. 
