OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS SCOTT, RECTOR OF ASTON SANDFORD, BUCKS: EDITED BY JOHN SCOTT, A.M. VICAR OF NORTH FERRIBY, AND MINISTER OF ST. MARY'S, ; HULL. THE FORCE OF TRUTH: | A SERMON ON ELECTION AND FINAL PERSEVERANCE: A DISCOURSE UPON REPENTANCE: THE WARRANT AND NATURE OF . A TREATISE ON GROWTH IN GRACE: FAITH IN CHRIST. LONDON: PRINTED FOR L. B. SEELEY AND SON, 169, FLEET-STREET. CONTENTS: Page. 1. THE FORCE OF TRUTH. (First published in 1779.) 1 Part I. The author's state of mind previously to the important change to be described ............ 7 --- II. A history of the great change in the author's state of mind and religious sentiments ........ 20 -- JII. Observations on the preceding narrative .. 86 II. A DISCOURSE UPON REPENTANCE. (1785.) 125 PREFACE .................................... INTRODUCTION ...... ........... Part I. The necessity of repentance .. - - II. The nature of repentance............... - III. Encouragements to repentance ....... 185 - IV. The proper season for repentance is .... . . 166 200 V. THE WARRANT AND NATURE OF FAITH IN, CHRIST CONSIDERED. (1797.) ........ 397 INTRODUCTION .............................. 399 PART I. The sinner's warrant for believing in Christ 406 Section i. The subject opened .................. ibid. - -- ii. Scriptural proofs that the sinner wants no warrant for believing in Christ, except the ---- iii. Reasons for insisting on the position of Part II. Saving faith in Christ essentially holy in its nature .................................. 442 Section i. The terms defined and explained ....., ibid. - -- ii. Saving faith the effect of regeneration .. 449 - --ïïi. Saving faith always accompanied by other things essentially holy ......... ........ 484 --- iv. The holy nature of saving faith more --- v. Saving faith the principle of all other holy dispositions, affections, and behaviour .. 524 THE EDITOR'S PREFACE. To introduce works which have been so long known to the public, with any thing like a regular Preface, would be altogether superfluous. Neither, after the observations which have been made on the principal of them, in the Life of the Author, both from the pen of Mr. Wilson and from my own, will it be expected that I should attempt any further to characterize them, either individually or generally. Certainly I rank it among the happiest events of my life, to have been enabled to give such a history of the author of these volumes, as has met with the most favourable reception, and drawn forth the most gratifying testimonies to its usefulness, both at home and abroad: and next to that it affords me pleasure, to have been permitted to present all his works (with the exception of his Commentary, which is perfectly well able to stand alone,) in the permanent form of an uniform and respectable edition. In preparing this edition, only two points appeared particularly to claim attention-correctness and arrangement. In order to the former, considerable pains were |