For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ver. 8. For by grace ye are saved] So Ephesians 2:5, and everywhere almost St Paul is a most constant preacher of the grace of God, as Chrysostom styleth him. Sub laudibus naturae latent inimici gratiae, saith Augustine. The patrons of man's free will are enemies to God's free grace.