Preached at St. Mary’s Oxford, before the university, on June 18, 1738 “By Grace are ye saved through faith.” Ephesians 2.8 1.. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty, or favour; his free, undeserved favour; favour altogether undeserved; man having no claim to the least of his…
Author: MatzeKlein
Part X. Improvement of the Whole.
I proceed now to enter upon some improvement of the whole that has been said from this doctrine. I. Hence we may learn how great a work is this of redemption. We have now had it, though in a very imperfect manner, set forth, in its whole progress, from its first beginning after the fall,…
Part IX. The General Judgement.
Thus I have shown how the success of Christ’s redemption has been accomplished during the continuance of the christian church under the means of grace. We have seen what great revolutions there have been, and are to be, during this space of time; how the great wheels of Providence have gone round for the accomplishment…
Part VIII. The Success of Redemption Through That Space Wherein the Christian Church Shall, for the Most Part, Be in a State of Peace and Prosperity
In order to describe this part, I would speak, first, of the prosperous state of the church through the greatest part of this period; and, secondly, of the great apostacy there shall be towards the close of it. I. I would speak of the prosperous state of the church through the greater part of this…
Part VII. The Success of Redemption from the Present Time to the Fall of Antichrist.
I come now to show how the success of Christ’s redemption will be carried on from the present time, till Antichrist is fallen, and Satan’s visible kingdom on earth is destroyed.—With respect to this space of time, we have nothing to guide us but the prophecies of Scripture. Through most of the time from the…
Part VI. Improvements of past Events.
Having now shown how the work of redemption has been carried on from the fall of man to the present time, before I proceed any further, I would make some application. I. From what has been said, we may see great evidence of the truth of the christian religion, and that the Scriptures are the…
Part V. The Success of Redemption from the Reformation to the Present Time
Thus having gone through the dark time of the church, I come now to consider that part which begins with the Reformation, and reaches to the present time. And here I would, 1. Speak of the Reformation itself; 2. The opposition which the devil has made to the Reformed church; 3. What success there has…
Part IV. The Success of Redemption From the Time of Antichrist to the Reformation.
I come now to the darkest and most dismal day that ever the christian church saw, and probably the darkest that ever it will see; from the rise of Antichrist till the Reformation by Luther and others. The true church in this space was for many hundred years in a state of great obscurity; like…
Part III. The Success of Redemption From the Time of Constantine to the Rise of Antichrist
I am now to show how the success of Christ’s redemption is carried on from the overthrow of the heathen Roman empire in the time of Constantine the Great, till the rise of Antichrist. And in order to a more clear view of the great works of God in accomplishing the success of Christ’s redemption,…
Part II. To the Time of Constantine.
Jerusalem was destroyed about the year of our Lord sixty-eight, and so before that generation passed away which was contemporary with Christ. The destruction of the heathen empire under Constantine, was about two hundred and sixty years after this. In showing how the success of the gospel was carried on through this time, I would,…