单词 | means of grace |
释义 | > as lemmasmeans of grace d. Theology. In plural. In full means of grace. The sacraments and other ceremonial forms viewed as the agency by which divine grace is imparted to the soul, or by which growth in grace is promoted; (in Evangelical use) public worship regarded in this way; (with singular agreement) an agency conducive to spiritual improvement. under the means of grace (formerly often †under means): subject to the operation of the means of grace. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > [noun] > collectively ChristendomOE mean1630 1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 126 Suruay we all the internall, all the externall meanes of grace. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 5 Shall rise up and convince all beleevers, I meane such as live under meanes in that day. 1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1651) iv. 8 Do we not miss Ministry and Means more passionately, then we miss our God? 1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1651) iv. 20 I know the means of grace must be loved and valued, and the usual enjoyment of God is in the use of them. 1662 Bk. Common Prayer Thanksgiving For the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. 1771 J. Wesley in Wks. (1872) V. 187 By ‘means of grace’ I understand outward signs, words, or actions, ordained of God,..to be the ordinary channels whereby he might convey to men, preventing, justifying, or sanctifying grace. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. xv. 223 A sip of Daffy's elixir..has proved a powerful means of Grace. 1833 Tracts for Times No. 11. 2 The same company that are under the means of grace here. 1841 A. R. C. Dallas Past. Superintend. 185 The number of persons above the age of education, who ought to attend the means of grace. 1891 W. Besant St. Katherine's p. x The discourse of the preacher was on the fearful condition of those who disobey the discipline of the Church and refuse the means of Grace. 1927 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 11 8 To be sure, our presence has not always been a means of grace to the rest of the nation, but who can tell to what extent it has proved a means of grace? 1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels iv. 74 Some people make a distinction between what they call ‘evidential glossolalia’ that reveals the arrival of the Holy Spirit and fluent glossolalia that is used as a means of grace. 1995 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 56 404 Sinners who attempt to use the means of grace are pretenders who purposely preoccupy themselves with the ‘means’ in order to avoid doing what they must do immediately, which is repent. < as lemmas |
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