Justification and Grace in Methodist View Cited
The text argues that justification is free grace from God and that individuals can resist grace during Christian life. It rejects the idea that momentary justification or assurance of pardon comes from ministerial change and criticizes Methodists for attributing all to grace rather than ministers. The piece notes the word ministry as incidental to justification. (To be continued.)
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Jesus Christ
On the Miracles and Faith of Assurance in Keighley Letter
A letter to the Methodist Magazine editor from W Huw Keighley, dated November 26, 1818, presents Grimshaw’s remarks on the miracles of Jesus as typifying gospel doctrine. It argues that Christ’s miracles illustrate not only physical cures but spiritual conversion, citing the woman with the issue of blood and the paralytic as examples of awakened sinners seeking pardon. The piece reflects Wesleyan views on faith, regeneration, and human inability.
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Grimshaw
Jesus Christ
W. Huw Keighley
God
Jesus
Wesley