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 ULTIMATELY TO ALL. 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. Ημεις, δε, της λογικής φύσεως, φαμεν, ὅλης κρατῆσαι ποτε τον Λογον, και μεταποιῆσαι πασην ψυχην εις την ἑαυτου τελειοτητας.. Και φαμεν, ότι ουκ εστιν εικος, ώσπες επι των εν τοις σωμασι νοσημάτων και τραυματων τινα των συμβαινοντων ισχυρότερα εστι πασης ιατρικής τέχνης ὄντως επι των ψυχων είναι τι της αποκακιας αδυνατον, ὑπο του 'επι πασι Λόγου και Θεου θεραπευθήναι παντων γας των ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ κακων δυνατώτερος των ὁ Λόγος, και ή εν αυτῷ θεραπεια, προσάγει κατα βουλησιν Θεου ἑκάστῳ αυτην 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 Α |