THE GOSPEL WORTHY OF ALL ACCEPTATION; OR, THE DUTY OF SINNERS TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST. BY REV. ANDREW FULLER. ABRIDGED BY THE LONDON RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN DOCTRINAL TRACT SOCIETY. PERKINS AND MARVIN, AGENTS. 1837. 37 что .F8 1837 The original Work contains various references to other writers, and answers to objections: these are omitted, as not necessary in a reprint which is intended for general use at the present time. plained.. CONTENTS. The subject shown to be important, stated and, ex- Page. 5 Arguments to prove faith in Christ to be the duty of all men who hear, or have an opportunity to hear Prop. I. Unconverted sinners are commanded, Prop. III. Though the Gospel, strictly speak- ing, is not a law, but a message of pure grace, yet Prop. IV. The want of faith in Christ is ascribed 52 Page. Prop. V. God has threatened and inflicted the Prop. VI. Other spiritual exercises, which sus- CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS. On the duty of ministers in dealing with the un- 89 THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST WORTHY OF ALL ACCEPTATION, &c. PART I. WHEREIN THE SUBJECT IS SHOWN TO BE IMPORTANT, STATED, AND EXPLAINED. GOD, having blessed mankind with the glorious Gospel of his Son, hath spoken much in his word, as it might be supposed he would, of the treatment which it should receive from those to whom it was addressed. A cordial reception of it is called, in Scripture, receiving Christ, allowing him, believing in him, &c.; and the contrary, refusing, disallowing, and rejecting him; and those who thus reject him are, in so doing, said to judge themselves unworthy of everlasting life. John i. 12. iii. 16. Psa. cxviii. 22. Matt. xxi. 42. 1 Peter ii. 7. Acts xiii. 46. These are things on which the New Testament largely insists: great stress is there laid on the reception of the truth. The same lips which commissioned the apostles to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, added, He that Believeth and IS BAPTIZED, SHALL BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT, SHALL BE DAMNED. To as many as RECEIVED HIM, to |