MAY 9
The glory of His grace
To the praise of the glory of his
grace, wherein he
hath made us accepted in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6
The glory of grace is it’s FREENESS: it fixes
upon objects that are most unworthy; bestows upon them the richest blessings;
raises them to the highest honour; promises them the greatest happiness; and
all for its own glory.
Nothing can be freer than grace, the glory of
grace is its POWER; it conquers the stubbornness sinner; subdues the hardest
hearts; tames the wildest wills; enlightens the darkest understanding; breaks
off the strongest fetters; and invariably conquers its object.
Grace is omnipotent.
The glory of grace is its BENEVOLENCE; it
never injured one; it has delivered, supplied, conducted, supported, and
glorified thousands; it brings the inexhaustible fulness of God to supply the
creature’s wants; it opens the treasury of heaven, to enrich poor, miserable,
and wretched creatures on earth.
Grace gives away all it has, reserving
nothing for itself but the praise and glory of it ask.
Jesus is grace personified; in Him it may be
seen, in all its beauty, excellency, and loveliness; by Him it is displayed in
all its native dignity.
O Jesus! glorify thy free, powerful and benevolent
grace in me!
O grace, thou bottomless abyss,
My sins are swallow’d up in
thee;
Cover’d is my
unrighteousness;
From condemnation I am free;
For Jesu’s blood, through
earth and skies,
Mercy, eternal mercy cries.
James Smith
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