{"query": "Easton: Grace, means of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_c755a13a48d5", "title": "Easton: Grace, means of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God to be the ordinary channels of grace to the souls of men. These are the Word, Sacraments, and Prayer."}, {"id": "card_n_4a82d606103e", "title": "Easton: Election of Grace", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Scripture speaks (1) of the election of individuals to office or to honour and privilege, e.g., Abraham, Jacob, Saul, David, Solomon, were all chosen by God for the positions they held; so also we"}, {"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_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_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_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_e2dd406a0837", "title": "Easton: Generation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gen. 2:4, “These are the generations,” means the “history.” 5:1, “The book of the generations,” means a family register, or history of Adam. 37:2, “The generations of Jacob” = the history of Jacob and"}, {"id": "card_n_0667b6bec0dd", "title": "Easton: Jeroboam", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings 11:26-39), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B.C. 976-945). He was the son of a widow of "}, {"id": "card_n_024803e7ab8b", "title": "Ephesians 2", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,\n2. in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who"}, {"id": "card_n_de783f2a9744", "title": "Easton: Perseverance of the saints", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Their certain continuance in a state of grace. Once justified and regenerated, the believer can neither totally nor finally fall away from grace, but will certainly persevere therein and attain everla"}, {"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_9c48877af2a6", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §82: The Interpreter answered, This is Christ, who continually, with the oil of his grace, m...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Interpreter answered, This is Christ, who continually, with the oil of his grace, maintains the work already begun in the heart: by the means of which, notwithstanding what the devil can do, the s"}, {"id": "card_n_129ec8cadc0d", "title": "Ephesians 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:\n2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"}, {"id": "card_n_1fb24ce8a471", "title": "Easton: Cup", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament "}, {"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_n_1138a4180533", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §198: FAITH.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "FAITH. Well, if you will, we will fall to it now; and since you left it with me to state the question, let it be this: How doth the saving grace of God discover itself when it is in the heart of man? "}, {"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, "}, {"id": "card_n_d86e1363382f", "title": "Easton: Corner", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). “Corners” in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the “corners of Moab” deno"}, {"id": "card_n_df21a88e0bd5", "title": "Easton: Axe", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Used in the Authorized Version of Deut. 19:5; 20:19; 1 Kings 6:7, as the translation of a Hebrew word which means “chopping.” It was used for felling trees (Isa. 10:34) and hewing timber for building."}, {"id": "card_n_cf6928dba910", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_08_003: To Simplicianus then I went, the father of Ambrose (a Bishop now) in receivin...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "To Simplicianus then I went, the father of Ambrose (a Bishop now) in receiving Thy grace, and whom Ambrose truly loved as a father. To him I related the mazes of my wanderings. But when I mentioned th"}]}