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Grace (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be accepted by grace, even the prayer for it; and then the last lesson: not to become presumptuous at being content with grace.

Grace (n.) expected ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠on some finite condition is no longer grace, and the concern soon turns into earthly confidence.

Grace (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠equally near everyone, so near it is a matter between God and each, and no third party who has received it should meddle.

Grace (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠offered as a consolation prize — "you'll have to be content with it" — which turns the language upside down, since it is the greatest of all gifts.

Grace (n.) thought ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in its eternal validity would overturn all a man's worldly thinking at once, which is why he uses the word on the rule that too much and too little spoil everything.

Grace (n.) offers ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠itself only when the infinite requirement is heard and upheld in all its infinitude — Christianity is as infinitely lenient as it is austere.

Grace (n.) introduced ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as a matter of course, after the infinite requirement has been shrunk to finite terms, is grace taken in vain.