The Grace of God and the human will are co-operant, but not on equal terms. Grace has the pre-eminence.
No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more clear and express terms, than Arminius has done.
A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.
How is it more for the glory of God to save man irresistibly, than to save him as a free agent, by such grace as he may either concur or resist?
In the secret recesses of man's nature the grace is given disposing and enabling him to yield. Though the will must at last act from its own resources and deliberate impulse, it is influenced through...