Author: Tryon Edwards

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Published: 2015-07-26

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9781331816508

Excerpt from The Works of Jonathan Edwards, D.D, Vol. 2 of 2: Late President of Union College, With a Memoir of His Life and Character The doctrine of the forgiveness of sins is a capital doctrine of the gospel. As it is much insisted on by the other writers of the New Testament; so it is above all, by the author of this epistle. In our text, he asserts that we are forgiven according to the riches of grace; not merely in the exercise of grace, as the very term forgiveness implies, but in the exercise of the riches of grace; importing that forgiveness is an act of the most free and abundant grace. Yet he also asserts that this gratuitous forgiveness is in consequence of a redemption by the blood of Christ. But how are these two parts of the proposition consistent? If we be in the literal sense forgiven in consequence of a redemption, we are forgiven on account of the price of redemption previously paid. How then can we be truly said to be for given; a word which implies the exercise of grace? and especially how can we be said to be forgiven according to the riches of grace? This is at least a seeming inconsistence. If our forgiveness be purchased, and the price of it be already paid, it seems to be a matter of debt, and not of grace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.