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▶ DESCRIPTION Such phrases as common grace, and special or saving grace, may be understood as signifying either diverse kinds of influence of God's Spirit on the hearts of men, or diverse fruits and effects of that influence. The Spirit of God is supposed sometimes to have some influence upon the minds of men that are not true Christians, and [it is supposed] that those dispositions, frames, and exercises of their minds that are of a good tendency, but are common to them with the saints, are in some respect owing to some influence or assistance of God's Spirit. But as there are some things in the hearts of true Christians that are peculiar to them, and that are more excellent than any thing that is to be found in others, so it is supposed that there is an operation of the Spirit of God different, and that the value which distinguishes them is owing to a higher influence and assistance than the virtues of others. ▶ CONTENTS 1. Shewing That Common and Saving Grace Differ, Not Only in Degree, But in Nature and Kind 2. Shewing Wherein All Saving Grace Does Summarily Consist 3. Shewing How A Principle of Grace Is from the Spirit of God 4. Other Books