Bible Encyclopedia: Grace: Not to be Received in Vain

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That it is no Fault of the Divine Goodness if we have not a Most ...
... would have received it in a useless and fruitless way, so we receive the grace of
God in vain, when we receive it at the gate of our heart, and not within the ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xi that it is.htm

Faith is not the Pure Gift of God, but Depends Partly on the Grace ...
... not have possessed the alms unless he had received it by ... receive, that "he can have
the alms, or not have it ... of which far more acts of Divine grace are required ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/article xxvii vii faith is.htm

Of Gratitude for the Grace of God
... the lowlier are they in themselves; full of grace and heavenly glory, they are not
desirous of ... God all the good which they have received, "seek not ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter x of gratitude for.htm

That Ghostly Song Accords not with Bodily: and the Cause and the ...
... can be shown, and shall halse the degrees of grace. And hereof he has received and
boldly say whatever he ... For they trow not that the lovers of endless love ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter iii that ghostly song.htm

When Christ visited us in his Grace, He did not Come to what did ...
... V Chapter II."When Christ visited us in His grace, He did ... and invisible man, for
a spirit has not bones nor ... for the use of men, and having received the Word ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter ii when christ visited us.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, John vi. 53, "Except Ye Eat the Flesh ...
... may not say it in vain! For men there are unthankful to grace, attributing much
to poor and disabled nature. True it is, when man was created he received great ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lxxxi on the words.htm

Sixteenth Proposition of Arminius
... In reference to those antecedents, whether a law was imposed on man, to be observed
without grace, or not, and whether man received, in his ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 3/sixteenth proposition of arminius.htm

The Tenth Chapter: Appreciating God's Grace
... Give Him thanks, then, for His grace, but place upon ... Since they do not desire vainglory,
they are full of ... to God whatever good they have received; they seek no ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the tenth chapter appreciating gods.htm

Grace and Graces
... that each be faithful in the administration of what he has received, and not seek
to ... the commandment is rested on the manner in which the grace is exercised ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/grace and graces.htm

John Chapter xv. 15, 16
... of our souls in the future, yet with the pledge we have received, it may ... if merit
preceded: but it is of grace: and therefore that grace did not find, but ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate lxxxvi john chapter xv.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Subtopics

Grace

Grace is Described as All-Abundant

Grace is Described as All-Sufficient

Grace is Described as Exceeding

Grace is Described as Glorious

Grace is Described as Great

Grace is Described as Manifold

Grace is Described as Rich

Grace is Described as Sovereign