Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
The Son must not be forgot here, because all grace is given in him by the Father; in such sort, that if any man will seek grace without Christ, he shall never get it. Therefore he who would have grace, let him seek it at God, through Christ: that he may receive it of that fullness that is in the Son. The Jew that will seek to the Father without the Son, shall never see grace.
Whom to is this grace and peace wished? to the Church at Thessalonica. Wherefore? Mark this ground. Because this Church is ingraft in the Father and in the Son by faith. Then first I see here: there is no grace, but from the Father and the son: and therefore there no wishing of grace to man or woman, but from the Father and the son, who are the fountain of all grace. Again I see grace, mercy and peace pertains to none, but to so many as are in this happy conjunction with the Father and the Son. Art thou in the Father? Art thou in the son, ingraft in him by a lively faith? Then grace pertains to thee: mercy and peace pertains to thee. ...
For more, see Robert Rollock: No grace outside of union with Christ.
Whom to is this grace and peace wished? to the Church at Thessalonica. Wherefore? Mark this ground. Because this Church is ingraft in the Father and in the Son by faith. Then first I see here: there is no grace, but from the Father and the son: and therefore there no wishing of grace to man or woman, but from the Father and the son, who are the fountain of all grace. Again I see grace, mercy and peace pertains to none, but to so many as are in this happy conjunction with the Father and the Son. Art thou in the Father? Art thou in the son, ingraft in him by a lively faith? Then grace pertains to thee: mercy and peace pertains to thee. ...
For more, see Robert Rollock: No grace outside of union with Christ.
