{"query": "Easton: Grace", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_4a546aae8ade", "title": "Easton: Grace", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of form or person (Prov. 1:9; 3:22; Ps. 45:2). (2.) Favour, kindness, friendship (Gen. 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 2 Tim. 1:9). (3.) God’s forgiving mercy (Rom. 11:6; Eph. 2:5). (4.) The gospel as distingu"}, {"id": "card_n_e90bcaad8cd2", "title": "Amazing Grace", "shelf": "hymns", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Amazing grace! How sweet the sound\nThat saved a wretch like me!\nI once was lost, but now am found,\nWas blind, but now I see.\n\n'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,\nAnd grace my fears relieved;\nHow"}, {"id": "card_n_c755a13a48d5", "title": "Easton: Grace, means of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God to be the ordinary channels of grace to the souls of men. These are the Word, Sacraments, and Prayer."}, {"id": "card_src_book_2725", "title": "Red Pepper Burns — Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Red Pepper Burns, by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond. Subjects: Physicians -- Fiction. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2725"}, {"id": "card_n_de783f2a9744", "title": "Easton: Perseverance of the saints", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Their certain continuance in a state of grace. Once justified and regenerated, the believer can neither totally nor finally fall away from grace, but will certainly persevere therein and attain everla"}, {"id": "card_n_4a82d606103e", "title": "Easton: Election of Grace", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Scripture speaks (1) of the election of individuals to office or to honour and privilege, e.g., Abraham, Jacob, Saul, David, Solomon, were all chosen by God for the positions they held; so also we"}, {"id": "card_n_158be448b164", "title": "Easton: Works, Good", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity of good works, and lowers the sense of their importance (Rom. 6), although it has been answered a tho"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_2_timothy_2_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 2 Timothy 2:1 — Here Paul encourages Timothy to constancy and perseverance in his work: Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, Ti2 2:1. Observe, Those who have work to do for God must stir"}, {"id": "card_n_bd5662f9173d", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_07: “My Son, it is better and safer for thee to hide the grace of devotion, and n...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, it is better and safer for thee to hide the grace of devotion, and not to lift thyself up on high, nor to speak much thereof, nor to value it greatly; but rather to despise thyself, and to fe"}, {"id": "card_c_e66c7500729e", "title": "Easton: Eben-ezer ↔ Easton: Grace", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_e_h — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_n_f56ff4f41839", "title": "Easton: Unction", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1 John 2:20, 27; R.V., “anointing”). Kings, prophets, and priests were anointed, in token of receiving divine grace. All believers are, in a secondary sense, what Christ was in a primary sense, “the "}, {"id": "card_c_02f205c56394", "title": "Easton: Habitation ↔ Easton: Grace, means of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_e_h — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_c_af06fae36ca8", "title": "Easton: Grace, means of ↔ Easton: Ford", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_e_h — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_n_1236af2e9995", "title": "Easton: Baal-hanan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of grace. (1.) A king of Edom, son of Achbor (Gen. 36:38, 39; 1 Chr. 1:49, 50). (2.) An overseer of “the olive trees and sycomore trees in the low plains” (the Shephelah) under David (1 Chr. 27:2"}, {"id": "card_n_164eee547fd8", "title": "Easton: Zeal", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An earnest temper; may be enlightened (Num. 25:11-13; 2 Cor. 7:11; 9:2), or ignorant and misdirected (Rom. 10:2; Phil. 3:6). As a Christian grace, it must be grounded on right principles and directed "}, {"id": "card_n_a6a421e3c16c", "title": "Easton: Works, Covenant of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Entered into by God with Adam as the representative of the human race (comp. Gen. 9:11, 12; 17:1-21), so styled because perfect obedience was its condition, thus distinguishing it from the covenant of"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_16_16", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:16", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 16:16 — Solomon here not only asserts that it is better to get wisdom than gold (Pro 3:14, Pro 8:19), but he speaks it with assurance, that it is much better, better beyond expression - wi"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_119_116", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:116", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 119:116 — Here, 1. David prays for sustaining grace; for this grace sufficient he besought the Lord twice: Uphold me; and again, Hold thou me up. He sees himself not only unable to go on in "}, {"id": "card_n_a7de972699bd", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_15: The Voice of the Beloved Thou oughtest to seek earnestly the grace of devotio...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Beloved Thou oughtest to seek earnestly the grace of devotion, to ask it fervently, to wait for it patiently and faithfully, to receive it gratefully, to preserve it humbly, to work w"}, {"id": "card_n_b1d045e329f2", "title": "Easton: Mercy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for the exercise of mercy towards the sons of men, in harmony with the demands of truth and righteo"}]}