This review appeared in the 1818 volume of the Baptist Magazine.
Salvation of Sovereign Grace; a Sermon preached at the Baptist Meeting-house, Abergavenny, September 22, 1811. By Micah Thomas, of Abergavenny. Button, Paternoster-row. Is.
Though it is several years since this sermon was published, yet the importance of the subject, and the respectability of the preacher, claim for it a brief notice in the Review Department of our Work. Preached for the purpose of correcting misrepresentations, which had been "diligently and widely circulated" respecting the author's sentiments on the doctrines of grace, it may be viewed as a detailed confession of faith; and we may venture to add, a luminous statement of the Calvinistic system. We blush for the understanding (or rather the want of it) of such persons who could hear such a minister, and yet question whether he was of orthodox sentiments! In showing the operation of grace in the salvation of all true believers, the author considers it as it appears - "In the eternal purposes of God respecting them - in their redemption by Christ - in the operation of the Spirit upon their hearts - in the ultimate glorification of their souls and bodies in heaven." Considering Mr Thomas as placed at the head of an Academical Institution, we see abundant cause for thankfulness, that the young ministers committed to his care, will enjoy the instructions of such an evangelical tutor; and that our churches in the Principality are likely to be supplied with men of correct theological sentiments; so important to the conversion of sinners, the edification of believers, and the perpetuity of "the faith once delivered to the saints."
