...few apples for the children, and a small present for you. 118 " May we never forget that we are saved by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, unto good...

..." of comfort 0 ." It is also very agreeable to the Scriptures; " For by grace have we " been saved, through faith: and that not " of ourselves, it is the gift of God . .. not " of works, lest any man should boast d ." For "all have sinned and come short of " the glory of God,...

...Christ, by impressing upon us the fundamental doctrine of the gospel, — that " by grace we are saved, through faith, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God ; not of works, lest any man should boast," — tends to work in us a spirit of deep humility and dependence...

...Christ Jesus, before the world began. And in Ephe-. sians, ii. 8, he saith, For by grace are ye saved, through FAITH, and that not of OURSELvES, it is the gift of God — grace, the free gift ; faith, the means by which it is received and improved. Now these texts do...

...implanted thereby. We must be cautious however not ^ to mistake the power of faith. By grace are we saved through faith, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God. Faith is the instrument apt _? " '. 19 plying to us the grace of God and salvation through Christ....

...It is God that worketh in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure." " By grace we are saved, through faith ; and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God/' Nor can any words be conceived more absolute and decisive than these, which are uttered by Christ himself:...

...of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God, who sheweth mercy. For we are saved freely by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God. The election of grace is from mere love and sovereign favour, and has no motives to influence it but...

...founded; and on what does it all rest ? The Scripture hath taught us, that " by grace we are saved through faith, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God ; not of works, lest any one should boast." There is an essential difference between this statement of the...

...that without faith it is impossible to please Gt,d. We are told also that it is by grace we are saved, through faith, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God," fcc. They all listened attentively, and seemed to »ее their own inability and nothingness, and to...

...marvellous difference ! Our way is by works, works, works ! all works! nothing but works ! But this way is ' by grace through faith ; and that not of ourselves : it is the gift of God, and not of works ! ' " He resolved to remain till the conclusion of the service. And as the Preacher...