 | 1831 - 538 pages
...salvation." — And in the Shorter Catechism we are taught, " that we receive and rest upon Christ alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the Gospel." — The words, " receiving and resting," thus occurring both in the Confession and in the two Catechisms... | |
 | James Fisher - Westminster Assembly - 1831 - 408 pages
...How do we honour him in his glorious device of redemption? A. When we receive and rest upon Christ alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel, Acts xv. 11. Q. 20. What do we mean, when we pray that God would enable [others] to glorify him, as... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - Theology - 1832 - 458 pages
...only warrant, are comprehended in the concise and correct definition of the shorter catechism. " Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive...for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel." 1. In its general character, which it has in common with other benefits of the covenant, it is said... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - Theology - 1832 - 434 pages
...coming to Christ. To come to Christ is in general to believe in him, and to believe in him is to " receive and rest upon him alone for salvation as he is offered in the gospel." This coming to Christ supposes several things. 1. That we are by nature strangers from... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Dissenters, Religious - 1833 - 702 pages
...whatsoever I have commanded you, Matt, xxviii. 20. Q. 86. What is faith in Jetus Ckritt ? A. Faith K% 6Љ} YE ̷] 쉗evٙ 3 l >v r ơ h ߞ 1. Are we to believe in Jesus Christ? Yes : Ye believe in God, believe also in me, John xiv. 1. Is... | |
 | William Hamilton - Consolation - 1834 - 252 pages
...faith has been most justly declared to be "a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon Christ alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the Gospel." The man who, despairing of Justification through any exertions of his own, is led,-from the testimony... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Bible - 1835 - 142 pages
...xxviii. 20. Q. 86. What is faith in Jesus Christ ? A. 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. Is faith in Christ a grace ? Yes: it is not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, Eph. ii. 8. Is it... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - Sermons, English - 1836 - 636 pages
...concerning the faith of God's elect, which is well described in our Shorter Catechism, thus : ' Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive...salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.' For clearing of which description, I offer the few following considerations : — 1. That faith is... | |
 | Presbyterians - 1836 - 446 pages
...to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." . •• .» -> V. "Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone." The term alone is introduced here with much wisdom and propriety, both for instruction and warning.... | |
 | George Junkin - Church controversies - 1836 - 200 pages
...Spirit of God taking the things of Christ and showing them to us, whereby we receive and rqat on Christ alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel." Now that this is the doctrine of the standards is evident. Conf. xiv. 1. " The grace of faith; whereby... | |
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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. 
