By grace you are saved

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So little do they understand that great foundation of the whole Christian building. By grace you are saved. You are saved from your sins, from the guilt and power of them. You are restored to the favor and image of God, not for any works, merits, or deservings of yours, but by the free grace, the mere mercy of God, through the merits of his well-beloved Son. You are thus saved, not by any power, wisdom, or strength which is in you, or in any other creature, but merely through the grace or power of the Holy Ghost, which works all in all.

1771 text

6. So little do they understand that great foundation of the whole Christian building, * By grace ye are saved. Ye are saved from your sins, from the guilt and power thereof, ye are restored to the favour and image of God, not for any works, merits or deservings of yours, but by the free grace, the mere mercy of God, through the merits of his well-beloved Son. Ye are thus saved, not by any power, wisdom or strength, which is in you, or in any other creature: but merely through the grace or power of the Holy Ghost, which worketh all in all.

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On Malachi 3:7: whether there are means of grace, what they are, and how to use prayer, Scripture and the Lord's Supper without trusting in them.

EditionPrinted in Wesley's 1771 Works, which do not say when he preached it

Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

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Sermon 16 in the 1771 Works. Malachi 3:7.

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