THE ASSURANCE OF FAITH, OR CALVINISM IDENTIFIED WITH UNIVERSALISM. BY THE REV. DAVID THOM, MINISTER, FORMERLY OF THE SCOTCH CHURCH RODNEY STREET, NOW OF BOLD STREET CHAPEL, LIVERPOOL. VOL. II. Fidei dentur quæ fidei sunt. BACON. Sapientiam sibi adimunt qui, sine ullo judicio, inventa majorum probant; LONDON: LACTANTIUS. SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, MDCCCXXXIII. CHAPTER VI. ETERNAL LIFE THE GIFT OF GOD Therefore, as by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one, THE FREE GIFT CAME UPON ALL MEN UNTO JUSTIFICATION OF LIFE. PAUL'S Epistle to the Romans. Ήμεις, δε, της λογικής φύσεως, φαμεν, ὅλης κρατῆσαι ποτε τον Λόγον, και μεταποιῆσαι πασην ψυχην εις την ἑαυτου τελειότητα..... Και φαμεν, ότι ουκ εστιν εικός, ώσπερ επι των εν τοις σωμασι νοσημάτων και τραυμάτων τινα των συμβαινοντων ισχυρότερα εστι πάσης ιατρικῆς τεχνης· ὅντως επι των ψυχων είναι τι της αποκακίας αδυνατον, ύπο του επι πασι Λόγου και Θεου θεραπευθηναι· πάντων γας των ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ κακων δυνατώτερος των ὁ Λόγος, και ᾗ ἐν αὐτῷ θεραπεια, προσάγει κατα βουλησιν Θεου ἑκάστῳ αὐτήν· ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΩΝ ΑΝΑΙΡΕΣΘΗΝΑΙ ΕΣΤΙ ΤΗΝ ΚΑΚΙΑΝ. ORIGENES Contra Celsum. It is with extreme regret that, after having travelled so long and so far with Mr. Barclay, I now find myself obliged to part company with him. I say, with extreme regret; on account of the respect almost approaching to veneration in which I hold the man. The high moral worth which, in his personal deportment, he exhibited; and the deep tone of genuine spirituality and ardent piety, springing from an intimate acquaintance with the word of God, which breathes throughout his writings; would of themselves have disposed me to make any A |