appears to be of no avail till man’s works are added to it. According to this notion, we are redeemed as much by our own doings as by the ransom price of Jesus’ blood, and man and Christ go shares, both in the work and in the glory. This is an intense form of arrogant treason against the majesty of divine mercy: a capital crime, which will condemn all who continue in it. May God deliver us from thus insulting the throne of grace by bringing a purchase-price in our hand, as if we could deserve such