| 单词 | day of grace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasday of grace day of grace n. [compare post-classical Latin dies de gratia (c1290 in a British source)] Theology a period in which the repentance of sins or attaining of salvation is possible. ΚΠ ?1575 tr. H. Niclaes Epistolæ i. iii. 9 Ther shall no Daye of Grace appeere anymore vppon the Earth. but a seuere or harde Iudgment ouer all Vngodlyones [sic]. a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. iii. 19–21 Why wear you out the day of grace..as uncertain of Christ, yea, as undiligent after Him, as you were long ago? 1709 M. Pope Life & Death ii. 45 I am now in Hell, but I was once on Earth; I had a bright, if not long, Day of Grace, a fair Opportunity for Salvation. 1878 J. P. Hopps Life Jesus x. 38 Your long day of grace is gone. 2002 R. L. Greaves Glimpses of Glory vi. 213 Bunyan indicates that his readers have the ability to repent before the day of grace is over. < as lemmas |
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