Excerpt from Essays on Important Subjects, Vol. 1: Intended to Establish the Doctrine of Salvation by Grace, and to Point Out Its Influence on Holiness of Life I mud ohferve here, that I have received jive ral letters on this fuhjeet, defiring that the phraje imputed righteoufnefs might he changed, as liahle to great exceptions; a requcfl which I would readily have complied with, if it could he made appear to he either zcn/crzptural or dangerous. But as I apprehend it is fully warranted Rom. Iv. 6. And many other pajizges jb I do not fie what can he under flood by it, dtfirent from or more dangerous than forgivenejfs of fin and acceptance with god, not for our own hut for chrrsr's fake. As the cafe fiands, therefore, it is to, he feared, that a fiudi ed endeavour to avoid the exprelfion would do more harm on the one hand than it could do [ervice on the other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.