Ralph Erskine (1685 - 1752), was a Scotch divine who was educated at the University of Edinburgh. In 1711 he became minister at Dunfermline, but in 1734 departed thence and joined his elder brother, Ebenezer, and others in their secession from the Church. These men were contemporary with Whitefield, Edwards, and others of the Great Awakening, and thus bore much fruit for the kingdom of Jesus Christ in their lifetimes. The works of both Erskine's can be found in various places on the web, but printed copies of their works remain scarce.

"God’s great end, in all his works, is the glory of his own name; and especially his work of saving sinners through Christ; and that which makes it a great work, is, because his great name is so much concerned therein, and magnified thereby, that it is not so greatly glorified any other way, as it is here." God's Great Name

"God proposes, in this work [of salvation], that the loftiness of man shall be brought down, and the Lord alone exalted; and hence all whom he saves, he humbles them so low for their sin and wickedness, as that to bring them to this acknowledgment, that, if ever God save them, it will be owing, not unto them, but unto his own glorious name." God's Great Name

"What thought and concern about salvation ye have, I know not; but if ye be of these that believe, to the saving of your souls, you will see so much of your own sinfulness and guiltiness before God, that you will be brought to despair of salvation in any other way, and upon any other account, that that which was his method of saving Israel of old; Nevertheless, he saved them for his name’s sake." God's Great Name

"When God saves sinners, or a sinful people, he does it for his name’s sake, notwithstanding their provocation, whereby they forfeit his help, and deserve destruction." God's Great Name

"The salvation and temporal deliverance, that God, for his name’s sake, wrought for Israel of old, in bringing them out of Egypt through the Red Sea to Canaan, was typical of the great salvation from sin and wrath, to eternal life, through Jesus Christ." God's Great Name

"Many unconverted persons, in the visible church, may be delivered from temporal judgments, and saved of God only in outward respects, and that for his name’s sake; so, doubtless, many unconverted persons were among the Israelites; yea, most of them gave discoveries that they were so... Many whom God will not be merciful to in the world, may yet, for his name’s sake, be delivered in time." God's Great Name

"God may punish his people for their sin severely, whom yet he will save eternally, for his name’s sake; yea, and punish them more than others... Those whom, for his name’s sake, he saved from sin to eternity, he will make them feel it to be an evil and bitter thing in time." God's Great Name

"Many are saved with a temporal salvation, for the sake of those whom God resolves, for his name’s sake to save with eternal salvation. Hence it is said, with respect to the day of outward calamity, that, for the elect’s sake, these days shall be shortened. The wicked are more obliged to God’s people than they are aware of." God's Great Name

"That salvation, wherein God’s name is most concerned, is salvation in Christ Jesus to eternal life: wherein he brings sinners from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God; from death to life; from a hell of sin and misery to a heaven of holiness and happiness." God's Great Name

"Whatever then is intended by the name of God, each of the adorable persons of the glorious Trinity, are equally concerned therein. It is a name common to them all: and in this sense they have not distinct or diverse names for it is not simply the name Father, and the name Son, and the name Holy Ghost that is intended, but the name of God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God. By the name of God then, is meant God himself; and to save, for his name’s sake, is to save for his own sake." God's Great Name

"By the name of God, we may understand the Christ of God for in our Lord Jesus Christ is the whole name and authority of God... Christ is the very name of God; and when he pardons for his name’s sake, he pardons for his Christ’s sake... And, O but God hath done much, and will do much for Christ; because his name is in him, and in him he is well pleased and reconciled." God's Great Name

"When God saves for his name’s sake, it is for the sake of his power, to shew, that he is able to do above all that we are able to ask or think; that he is able to do above our wants, above our deserts, above our prayers, and above our thoughts: we cannot want more than he can give; we cannot pray for so much as he can bestow; we are not able to think what he can do." God's Great Name