"Autobiography," The Old Baptist Test; or, Bible Signs of the Lord’s People pp. 30-31 (1867)
After all, every case is a case of grace, but in such instance, as mine, I mean the outward circumstances—arminianism is left without a single feasible plea. Who can blame me for having zealously and faithfully opposed arminianism through the whole course of my ministry. It seems to me that the Arminian himself ought to excuse me. What, I ask, was there in my case to predicate Arminian hope on? Utterly nothing!
How was hope of any kind to operate? Through the Lord Jesus Christ, as I have always preached, and through Him only. It was through Him that an affectionate and believing mother hoped and prayed that the lost might be found; that the brand might be plucked out of the fire. That prayer—as elsewhere stated in this work was heard and answered by Him who had in mercy prompted it. The prayer was the gift of grace—Rom. v, 15; enabling a distressed mother to trust in God for the salvation of her son under all the adverse circumstances of his case. |
