are above, not the things that are upon the earth.’135 In this careful analysis, represented by the few passages I have quoted, I think the Apostle designates this great prevenient grace of God’s infinite benevolence as one for which we cannot make a return. It was first bestowed on us in the love of Christ Jesus, our Lord, whose obedience even unto death, as it is written,136 wrought for us the remission of ours sins, deliverance from death in sin which endures forever, reconciliation with God,