in Theology, a continuance in a state of grace to a state of glory.

About this subject there has been much controversy in the Christian church. All divines, except Unitarians, admit, that no man can be ever in a state of grace without the co-operation of the spirit of God; but the Calvinists and Arminians differ widely as to the nature of this co-operation. The former, at least such as call themselves the true disciples of Calvin, believe, that those who are once under the influence of divine grace can never fall totally from it, or die in mortal sin. The Arminians, on the other hand, contend, that the whole of this life is a state of probation; that without the grace of God we can do nothing that is good; that the Holy Spirit assists, but does not overpower, our natural faculties; PERSEUS was the most ancient of all the Greek heroes. He founded the city of Mycenæ, of which he became afterwards king, and where he and his posterity reigned for 100 years. He flourished, according to most chronologists, 1348, B.C.; but, according to Sir Isaac Newton, only 1028.