Lord’s Day 25, Chapter 1: The Means of Grace (s) / Chapter 2: Preaching as a Means of Grace (1)

1. The Means of Grace (continued) 1. The Means of Grace (continued) In the third place, the word has the meaning that lives most generally and vividly in the mind of the church, the meaning, namely, of undeserved and forfeited favor. Essentially this is the same signification as the one we just called to your attention; only the free and undeserved character of it is now emphasized and emphatically revealed. Still the word has the meaning of friendly or gracious disposition, the gracious...