{"query": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and the Extent of the Grace", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_c9b914b1ed69", "title": "Easton: Jeremiah, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Consists of twenty-three separate and independent sections, arranged in five books. I. The introduction, ch. 1. II. Reproofs of the sins of the Jews, consisting of seven sections, (1.) ch. 2; (2.) ch."}, {"id": "card_c_2f9ad4af0df8", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and t... ↔ Romans", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and the Extent of the Grace Thereof cites Romans: Rom 1:16-17."}, {"id": "card_c_8fa45e2fd336", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and t... ↔ Revelation", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and the Extent of the Grace Thereof cites Revelation: Rev 13:8."}, {"id": "card_c_9bb12ff261cd", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and t... ↔ Genesis", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and the Extent of the Grace Thereof cites Genesis: Gen 3:15."}, {"id": "card_n_efd92dd5f79e", "title": "Easton: Luke, Gospel according to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord’s ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly narrativ"}, {"id": "card_n_ced4babf8538", "title": "Easton: Gospel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A word of Anglo-Saxon origin, and meaning “God’s spell”, i.e., word of God, or rather, according to others, “good spell”, i.e., good news. It is the rendering of the Greek evangelion, i.e., “good mess"}, {"id": "card_n_677bfe020977", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and the Extent of the Grace Thereof", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The covenant of works being broken by sin and made unprofitable unto life, God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of calling the elect, and begetting "}, {"id": "card_n_23ddfa0652b0", "title": "Easton: Acts of the Apostles", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a “treatise” (1:1). It was early called “The Acts,” “The Gospel of the Holy Ghost,” and “Th"}, {"id": "card_n_8b46004c8d35", "title": "Easton: Matthew, Gospel according to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The author of this book was beyond a doubt the Matthew, an apostle of our Lord, whose name it bears. He wrote the Gospel of Christ according to his own plans and aims, and from his own point of view, "}, {"id": "card_n_c094f5a89427", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_54: “My Son, pay diligent heed to the motions of Nature and of Grace, because the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, pay diligent heed to the motions of Nature and of Grace, because they move in a very contrary and subtle manner, and are hardly distinguished save by a spiritual and inwardly enlightened man."}, {"id": "card_n_bd5662f9173d", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_07: “My Son, it is better and safer for thee to hide the grace of devotion, and n...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, it is better and safer for thee to hide the grace of devotion, and not to lift thyself up on high, nor to speak much thereof, nor to value it greatly; but rather to despise thyself, and to fe"}, {"id": "card_n_c5d384b56970", "title": "Easton: John, Gospel of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The genuineness of this Gospel, i.e., the fact that the apostle John was its author, is beyond all reasonable doubt. In recent times, from about 1820, many attempts have been made to impugn its genuin"}, {"id": "card_n_d37649c81c16", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the first person (ch. 1-7; 12:27-47, and 13). But there are also portions of it in which Nehemiah is sp"}, {"id": "card_n_a7de972699bd", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_15: The Voice of the Beloved Thou oughtest to seek earnestly the grace of devotio...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Beloved Thou oughtest to seek earnestly the grace of devotion, to ask it fervently, to wait for it patiently and faithfully, to receive it gratefully, to preserve it humbly, to work w"}, {"id": "card_n_461210416cab", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_12: The Voice of the Beloved I am the Lover of purity, and Giver of sanctity.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Beloved I am the Lover of purity, and Giver of sanctity. I seek a pure heart, and there is the place of My rest. Prepare for Me the larger upper room furnished, and I will keep the Pa"}, {"id": "card_c_2ac4666637f8", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 18: Of the Assurance of... ↔ Romans", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 18: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation cites Romans: Rom 5:2, 5."}, {"id": "card_c_5be9e899bd0a", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 18: Of the Assurance of... ↔ 1 John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 18: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation cites 1 John: 1 John 2:3; 1 John 3:14, 18-19, 21-24; 1 John 5:13."}, {"id": "card_n_158be448b164", "title": "Easton: Works, Good", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity of good works, and lowers the sense of their importance (Rom. 6), although it has been answered a tho"}, {"id": "card_n_94e913d8ad66", "title": "Easton: Exodus, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means “departure” or “outgoing.” This name was adopted in the Latin translation, and thence passed into other langu"}, {"id": "card_n_274b6d3e5275", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_55: O Lord my God, who hast created me after thine own image and similitude, gran...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord my God, who hast created me after thine own image and similitude, grant me this grace, which Thou hast shown to be so great and so necessary for salvation, that I may conquer my wicked nature, "}]}