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             Salvation by grace and never the less of grace, tho it be through faith and not without it in several sermons on Eph. II, viii / by John Sheffield.
             Sheffield, John, 1654?-1726.
          
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           Salvation
           BY
           GRACE
           .
           And
           
             Never
             the
             Less
          
           of
           GRACE
           ,
           Tho
           it
           be
           through
           FAITH
           And
           not
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           several
           Sermons
           on
           EPH.
           II.
           vsii
           .
        
         
           By
           
             John
             Sheffield
          
           .
        
         
           
             Rom.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           Therefore
           it
           is
           of
           Faith
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           by
           Grace
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             S.
             Bridge
          
           ,
           for
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           
             Three
             Crowns
          
           in
           Cheapside
           near
           
           Mercers-Chapel
           ,
           M
           DC
           XCVIII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           my
           Beloved
           Friends
           the
           Members
           and
           Auditors
           of
           my
           Congregation
           .
        
         
           
             Dearly
             Beloved
             ,
          
        
         
           THese
           Discourses
           when
           first
           meditated
           ,
           were
           designed
           chiefly
           for
           your
           Instruction
           and
           Edification
           in
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           ;
           and
           was
           never
           intended
           to
           be
           made
           more
           Publick
           ,
           than
           the
           Auditory
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           Preached
           ;
           but
           many
           of
           those
           that
           heard
           them
           ,
           having
           oft
           expressed
           their
           Desires
           that
           they
           might
           be
           Published
           ,
           hoping
           that
           themselves
           should
           reap
           further
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           Benefit
           by
           a
           deliberate
           Reading
           ,
           than
           the
           bare
           transient
           Hearing
           of
           them
           .
           
           And
           withal
           ,
           hoping
           that
           what
           they
           had
           found
           beneficial
           to
           themselves
           might
           be
           so
           to
           others
           ;
           and
           when
           after
           some
           considerable
           Delay
           some
           did
           continue
           to
           enquire
           when
           they
           might
           expect
           it
           ;
           these
           Things
           did
           at
           length
           prevail
           with
           me
           ,
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           Publishing
           of
           them
           ;
           though
           not
           without
           some
           Reluctancy
           :
           Both
           because
           I
           judged
           the
           work
           it self
           not
           fit
           for
           Publick
           view
           ,
           especially
           in
           a
           Time
           when
           we
           are
           so
           full
           of
           good
           Books
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           excellent
           ones
           than
           this
           can
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           ,
           lye
           by
           neglected
           .
           And
           also
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           been
           much
           pleased
           with
           that
           common
           saying
           ,
           
             Bene
             vixit
             qui
             bene
             latuit
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Advice
           that
           a
           Grave
           and
           Pious
           Person
           when
           Dying
           ,
           gave
           to
           his
           near
           Relation
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           endeavour
           to
           pass
           through
           the
           World
           without
           making
           any
           great
           noise
           as
           he
           went.
           For
           indeed
           a
           noise
           is
           troublesome
           ,
           but
           especially
           if
           it
           be
           a
           contentions
           one
           .
           But
           this
           small
           Tract
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           far
           enough
           
           from
           administring
           any
           occasion
           of
           that
           Nature
           ;
           if
           I
           could
           foresee
           that
           it
           was
           like
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           it
           should
           never
           come
           abroad
           .
           For
           alas
           !
           we
           have
           too
           much
           of
           that
           already
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           it
           here
           offered
           to
           your
           Eye
           ,
           the
           same
           as
           it
           was
           to
           your
           Ears
           ,
           without
           any
           Alteration
           ;
           bating
           only
           some
           few
           Excerptions
           where
           they
           might
           be
           spared
           without
           prejudicing
           the
           Sence
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           gratifie
           your
           Desire
           with
           as
           little
           Charge
           to
           you
           as
           might
           be
           .
           If
           I
           am
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           you
           have
           here
           (
           though
           very
           briefly
           )
           the
           true
           Doctrine
           of
           Salvation
           by
           Grace
           betwixt
           the
           extreams
           on
           both
           Hands
           ;
           however
           weakly
           it
           be
           handled
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           am
           Confident
           ,
           that
           many
           weak
           People
           ,
           who
           think
           they
           do
           exalt
           Grace
           ,
           do
           greatly
           dishonour
           it
           ,
           and
           strip
           it
           of
           its
           principal
           Glory
           ,
           while
           they
           set
           it
           in
           Opposition
           to
           Evangelical
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           ;
           and
           therefore
           my
           earnest
           Prayer
           to
           God
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           
           with
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           
           Flavell
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             God
             preserve
             all
             his
             People
             from
             the
             gross
             and
             vile
             Opinions
             of
          
           Antinomian
           Libertines
           ,
           
             who
             cry
             up
             Grace
             and
             decry
             Obedience
             ;
             who
             under
             specious
             Pretences
             of
             exalting
             a
             naked
             Christ
             upon
             the
             Throne
             ,
             do
             indeed
             strip
             him
             naked
             of
             a
             great
             Part
             of
             his
             Glory
             ,
             and
             vilely
             dethrone
             him
             ,
          
           thus
           far
           Mr.
           Flavell
           :
           You
           have
           here
           (
           as
           I
           Iudge
           )
           the
           true
           Doctrine
           of
           Grace
           ,
           in
           a
           Plain
           and
           Easie
           Method
           and
           Stile
           ,
           suited
           to
           the
           Capacities
           of
           the
           Meanest
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           do
           contribute
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           setling
           of
           your
           Minds
           in
           the
           Truth
           and
           against
           Errors
           on
           either
           Hand
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           furtherance
           and
           increase
           of
           your
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           I
           have
           my
           End
           and
           Design
           .
           If
           you
           and
           others
           of
           Christs
           Servants
           do
           but
           reap
           this
           Fruit
           by
           it
           ,
           I
           matter
           not
           what
           others
           shall
           say
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           or
           the
           Work
           it self
           .
           And
           that
           you
           may
           do
           so
           ,
           is
           and
           shall
           
           be
           the
           earnest
           Prayer
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           ambitious
           of
           no
           greater
           Thing
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           the
           Servant
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           Souls
           ,
           for
           his
           Sake
           ,
        
         
           
             John
             Sheffield
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Books
           Sold
           by
           Mr.
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           .
           All
           Mr.
           Nath.
           Vincent's
           Works
           ,
           particularly
           mentioned
           at
           the
           End
           of
           this
           Book
           .
        
         
           THE
           Divine
           Conduct
           :
           Or
           ,
           Mystery
           of
           Providence
           ,
           its
           Being
           and
           Efficacy
           asserted
           and
           vindicated
           :
           All
           the
           Methods
           of
           Providence
           in
           our
           Course
           of
           Life
           open'd
           ,
           with
           Directions
           how
           to
           apply
           and
           improve
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Fountain
           of
           Life
           open'd
           ,
           or
           a
           Display
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           Essential
           and
           Mediatorial
           Glory
           ;
           containing
           Forty
           two
           Sermons
           on
           various
           Texts
           .
           Wherein
           the
           Impetration
           of
           our
           Redemption
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           orderly
           unfolded
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           begun
           ,
           carried
           on
           ,
           and
           finished
           by
           his
           Covenant
           Transaction
           ,
           mysterious
           Incarnation
           ,
           solemn
           Call
           and
           Dedication
           ,
           blessed
           Offices
           ,
           deep
           Abasement
           and
           Supereminent
           Advancement
           .
        
         
           A
           Treatise
           of
           the
           Soul
           of
           Man
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Divine
           Original
           ,
           excellent
           and
           immortal
           Nature
           of
           the
           Soul
           are
           opened
           ;
           its
           Love
           and
           Inclination
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           with
           the
           necessity
           of
           its
           Separation
           from
           it
           ,
           consider'd
           and
           Improved
           .
           The
           Existence
           ,
           Operations
           and
           States
           of
           separated
           Souls
           both
           in
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           immediately
           after
           Death
           ,
           asserted
           ,
           discussed
           ,
           and
           variously
           applied
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           by
           Mr.
           
             John
             Flavell
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           SALVATION
           OF
           GRACE
           .
        
         
           
             EPHES.
             II.
             viii
             .
          
           
             For
             by
             Grace
             are
             ye
             saved
             thro'
             Faith
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             of
             your selves
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Gift
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           Apostle
           tells
           these
           Ephesians
           ,
           Chap.
           1.
           16.
           
           That
           he
           did
           not
           cease
           to
           give
           Thanks
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Pray
           for
           them
           :
           To
           give
           Thanks
           for
           what
           God
           had
           already
           wrought
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           done
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           pray
           for
           a
           greater
           increase
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Revelation
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           know
           what
           is
           the
           Hope
           of
           
           their
           Calling
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Riches
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Inheritance
           ;
           and
           the
           surpassing
           
             greatness
             of
             his
             Power
             towards
             them
             that
             Believe
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           18
           ,
           19.
           which
           he
           compare
           to
           that
           
             mighty
             Power
             which
             raised
             Christ
             from
             the
             Dead
             ,
          
           to
           the
           End
           of
           the
           
             first
             Chapter
          
           .
        
         
           And
           Chap.
           2.
           ver
           .
           1.
           
           He
           shews
           ,
           what
           was
           the
           Effects
           of
           this
           exceeding
           greatness
           of
           Power
           towards
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           quickening
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           
             were
             dead
             in
             Trespasses
             and
             Sins
          
           ;
           and
           the
           preserving
           and
           increasing
           that
           Life
           ,
           and
           perfecting
           of
           it
           in
           Glory
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           be
           sensible
           how
           mighty
           a
           Power
           was
           exerted
           towards
           them
           ,
           he
           shews
           how
           sad
           their
           Case
           was
           ;
           
             Dead
             in
             Sin
             ,
             and
             Children
             of
             Wrath
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           Both
           legally
           and
           spiritually
           Dead
           ;
           Dead
           in
           Sin
           ,
           and
           Dead
           through
           Sin
           ,
           or
           by
           Reason
           of
           Sin
           ;
           dead
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           spiritual
           and
           saving
           good
           ;
           and
           liable
           by
           guilt
           to
           Eternal
           Death
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           be
           our
           Case
           ,
           how
           or
           by
           whom
           are
           we
           saved
           and
           delivered
           out
           of
           it
           ?
           Why
           ,
           this
           is
           wrought
           by
           the
           exceeding
           greatness
           of
           God's
           Power
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           spoken
           of
           .
           But
           what
           was
           the
           impulsive
           or
           moving
           Cause
           ?
           Why
           ,
           his
           own
           Grace
           ;
           and
           here
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           in
           this
           
           Text
           and
           Context
           ,
           heap
           up
           many
           words
           ,
           much
           of
           a
           like
           Import
           and
           Signification
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           could
           never
           enough
           express
           the
           greatness
           and
           freeness
           of
           the
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           towards
           Sinners
           :
           
             Rich
             in
             Mercy
             ,
             great
             Love
          
           or
           much
           Love
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           ver
           .
           4.
           
           And
           
             exceeding
             Riches
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           ver
           .
           7.
           
           
             By
             Grace
             ye
             are
             saved
             thro'
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           We
           have
           here
           two
           Things
           .
           1.
           
           The
           principal
           impulsive
           or
           moving
           Cause
           of
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Sinners
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           Grace
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Way
           or
           Means
           of
           our
           being
           made
           actual
           Partakers
           of
           this
           Salvation
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           through
           Faith.
           
        
         
           To
           explicate
           the
           Terms
           ;
           First
           ,
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           Grace
           ?
           There
           are
           several
           Acceptations
           of
           this
           word
           Grace
           ,
           but
           two
           most
           notable
           .
           1.
           
           It
           is
           sometime
           taken
           for
           Gods
           free
           Favour
           and
           good
           Will.
           2.
           
           And
           sometimes
           for
           the
           Effects
           of
           it
           in
           us
           .
           But
           here
           it
           is
           meant
           in
           the
           first
           Sence
           ;
           the
           free
           Favour
           ,
           good
           Will
           ,
           or
           good
           Pleasure
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Here
           are
           several
           Words
           in
           this
           Text
           and
           Context
           ,
           that
           do
           all
           express
           the
           impulsive
           ,
           moving
           Cause
           of
           our
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           hath
           something
           peculiar
           in
           it
           ,
           the
           more
           fully
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           free
           
           Favour
           ,
           gracious
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           good
           Will
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Business
           ,
           of
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Sinners
           .
           1.
           
           Here
           is
           Love
           and
           great
           or
           much
           Love
           ,
           which
           Notes
           a
           great
           or
           ardent
           Desire
           and
           Affection
           to
           any
           Thing
           or
           Person
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           the
           Person
           loving
           doth
           rest
           or
           take
           pleasure
           in
           ,
           and
           so
           some
           derive
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           from
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           ,
           Zeph.
           3.
           17.
           
           
             He
             will
             rest
             in
             his
             Love.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Here
           is
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           rich
           Mercy
           ,
           that
           Notes
           Gods
           great
           Pity
           and
           Compassion
           towards
           those
           that
           are
           miserable
           ,
           God
           loves
           the
           Angels
           ,
           and
           is
           gracious
           to
           the
           Angels
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           not
           said
           to
           be
           merciful
           to
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           never
           were
           miserable
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Again
           ,
           here
           is
           Grace
           ,
           and
           
             exceeding
             Riches
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           and
           that
           Notes
           the
           freeness
           of
           Gods
           Love
           and
           Kindness
           ,
           whereby
           he
           doth
           Things
           freely
           ,
           without
           merit
           or
           desert
           ,
           Grace
           doth
           all
           gratis
           without
           any
           precedent
           Debt
           or
           Obligation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Are
           saved
           ,
           some
           say
           that
           is
           inchoate
           and
           so
           would
           limit
           it
           to
           Justification
           .
           But
           other
           learned
           Expositors
           ,
           as
           
             Zanch.
             Simpli
          
           .
           and
           Beza
           ,
           say
           here
           is
           intended
           not
           only
           Justification
           ,
           but
           whole
           and
           compleat
           Salvation
           ,
           as
           is
           manifest
           from
           the
           
           whole
           Context
           ;
           in
           ver
           .
           7.
           of
           the
           former
           Chapter
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             we
             have
             forgiveness
             of
             Sin
          
           ,
           in
           which
           is
           included
           Justification
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Grace
           .
           And
           then
           Chap.
           2.
           ver
           .
           1
           ,
           5.
           
           There
           he
           speaks
           of
           Sanctification
           ,
           and
           adds
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           by
           Grace
           ;
           and
           now
           again
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             For
             by
             Grace
             ye
             are
             saved
             ,
             quasi
             dicat
             ,
          
           all
           the
           steps
           and
           degrees
           of
           Salvation
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           from
           first
           to
           last
           is
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           Through
           Faith
           or
           by
           Means
           of
           Faith
           ,
           Faith
           being
           the
           means
           ,
           dispositive
           Condition
           ,
           Qualification
           ,
           or
           Instrument
           of
           our
           receiving
           or
           being
           actually
           Partakers
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           not
           of
           your Selves
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           there
           is
           some
           Difference
           amongst
           Expositors
           ,
           what
           this
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           doth
           refer
           to
           ,
           some
           think
           to
           the
           whole
           Sentence
           ,
           
             quasi
             dicat
          
           ,
           and
           this
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           saved
           is
           not
           of
           your Selves
           ;
           but
           rather
           I
           should
           think
           with
           other
           Expositors
           ,
           that
           it
           doth
           refer
           to
           Faith
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           immediate
           antecedent
           ,
           
             Ye
             are
             saved
             by
             Grace
          
           ,
           through
           Faith
           ,
           and
           this
           Faith
           ,
           
             hoc
             ipsum
          
           ,
           this
           very
           Thing
           is
           not
           of
           your selves
           .
        
         
           
             
               Doct.
               I.
            
             That
             the
             principal
             Efficient
             and
             first
             moving
             Cause
             of
             a
             Sinners
             Salvation
             ,
             from
             first
             to
             last
             is
             the
             free
             Grace
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             
             
               Doct.
               II.
            
             That
             we
             receive
             and
             partake
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             of
             Grace
             ,
             through
             Faith
             ,
             or
             by
             means
             of
             Faith.
             
          
           
             
               Doct.
               III.
            
             That
             Salvation
             being
             through
             Faith
             ,
             doth
             not
             hinder
             or
             oppugn
             its
             being
             of
             Grace
             ,
             for
             Faith
             it self
             is
             of
             Grace
             ,
             or
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             which
             is
             the
             same
             ;
             nay
             ,
             Faith
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             opposite
             to
             Grace
             ,
             or
             making
             it
             to
             be
             less
             of
             Grace
             ,
             that
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             ,
             
               Rom.
               4.
               16.
            
             
             It
             is
             of
             Faith
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             by
             Grace
             .
          
        
         
           This
           great
           Work
           of
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Sinners
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           sometimes
           ascribes
           to
           God
           the
           Father
           ;
           thus
           he
           is
           called
           ,
           
             God
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             God
             that
             Justifies
             :
          
           And
           sometimes
           to
           Christ
           the
           Mediator
           ,
           therefore
           was
           his
           Name
           called
           
             Jesus
             ,
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             because
             he
             shall
             save
             his
             People
             from
             their
             Sins
          
           ;
           and
           again
           ,
           sometime
           we
           are
           said
           to
           be
           saved
           
             by
             Grace
          
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Text
           and
           elsewhere
           ;
           and
           sometime
           
             by
             Faith
          
           ;
           as
           Christ
           said
           to
           that
           Woman
           ,
           
             Thy
             Faith
             hath
             saved
             Thee
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Jaylor
           ,
           
             Believe
             on
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             and
             thou
             shalt
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             thy
             House
             .
          
           You
           see
           the
           Scripture
           useth
           these
           several
           forms
           
           of
           speaking
           ,
           in
           the
           Matter
           of
           Salvation
           ;
           God
           saves
           us
           ,
           and
           Christ
           saves
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           saved
           
             by
             Grace
          
           ,
           and
           saved
           
             by
             Faith
          
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           of
           these
           have
           a
           distinct
           Notion
           in
           the
           business
           of
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           yet
           not
           one
           opposite
           to
           another
           ,
           but
           one
           subordinate
           to
           another
           ;
           and
           all
           do
           admirably
           Consent
           and
           Agree
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           in
           the
           least
           interfere
           or
           clash
           .
        
         
           When
           God
           is
           said
           to
           be
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           Notes
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           first
           Fountain
           and
           Original
           ,
           the
           principal
           Author
           and
           efficient
           Cause
           of
           it
           .
           And
           when
           we
           are
           said
           to
           be
           saved
           by
           Mercy
           ,
           or
           Grace
           ,
           that
           shews
           us
           ,
           what
           was
           the
           first
           internal
           moving
           Cause
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           his
           own
           free
           Favour
           or
           good
           Will
           ,
           without
           any
           Merit
           or
           Desert
           in
           the
           Sinner
           .
           And
           when
           Christ
           is
           called
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           said
           to
           save
           us
           ,
           that
           shews
           the
           principal
           medium
           ,
           the
           meritorious
           Cause
           through
           or
           for
           whose
           sake
           God
           vouchsafes
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           Effects
           of
           it
           to
           us
           ;
           thus
           the
           very
           Words
           before
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           Tit.
           3.
           6.
           
           Again
           ,
           when
           Faith
           is
           said
           to
           save
           us
           ,
           that
           Notes
           the
           qualifying
           Condition
           ,
           or
           receptive
           Disposition
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           made
           ,
           qualified
           ,
           disposed
           and
           meet
           subjects
           of
           the
           Salvation
           that
           Gods
           free
           Grace
           doth
           give
           ,
           and
           Christs
           Merit
           hath
           purchased
           for
           us
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           the
           principal
           Efficient
           ,
           first
           moving
           Cause
           of
           a
           Sinners
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           speak
           to
           from
           this
           Text
           ;
           which
           from
           first
           to
           last
           is
           the
           free
           Grace
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Which
           Grace
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           the
           better
           see
           ;
           understand
           what
           a
           State
           we
           are
           all
           in
           by
           the
           fall
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           in
           this
           Context
           ,
           dead
           in
           Sin
           ,
           legally
           and
           spiritually
           Dead
           .
        
         
           Legally
           Dead
           ,
           or
           as
           it
           is
           in
           other
           Terms
           ,
           under
           the
           Curse
           ,
           Children
           of
           Wrath.
           And
           spiritually
           Dead
           ,
           or
           Dead
           in
           Sin
           ,
           dead
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           all
           spiritual
           and
           saving
           good
           ;
           having
           no
           more
           Inclination
           or
           Disposition
           to
           any
           spiritual
           and
           gracious
           Acts
           ,
           than
           there
           is
           in
           a
           Dead-man
           to
           the
           Actions
           or
           Comforts
           of
           Life
           ;
           again
           Dead
           in
           sin
           ,
           as
           fast
           bound
           ,
           chained
           ,
           and
           inslaved
           under
           the
           Power
           of
           fleshly
           vicious
           and
           sinful
           Dispositions
           ,
           and
           habits
           ,
           as
           a
           Dead-man
           is
           by
           Death
           ,
           from
           ever
           rising
           by
           his
           own
           Power
           ,
           such
           are
           we
           in
           a
           spiritual
           Sence
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           have
           what
           is
           our
           due
           ,
           that
           is
           Death
           ,
           Eternal
           Death
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           be
           saved
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           God
           that
           is
           the
           principal
           Author
           and
           Efficient
           of
           Salvation
           .
           But
           if
           you
           ask
           ,
           what
           moved
           him
           to
           it
           ?
           why
           he
           would
           so
           concern
           himself
           for
           the
           Recovery
           and
           Salvation
           
           of
           lost
           and
           miserable
           Sinners
           ?
           Why
           ,
           it
           was
           only
           his
           own
           Grace
           ,
           and
           free
           Favour
           that
           moved
           him
           to
           it
           .
           Consider
           Salvation
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Degrees
           and
           Steps
           that
           lead
           to
           it
           from
           first
           to
           last
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           see
           that
           Grace
           doth
           all
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           was
           of
           his
           Grace
           that
           he
           gave
           his
           Son
           to
           be
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           the
           Scripture
           every
           where
           Attributes
           it
           to
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           lost
           Sinners
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           his
           Son
           Jesus
           Christ
           to
           be
           their
           Saviour
           ,
           John
           3.
           16.
           
           
             God
             so
             loved
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             his
             only
             begotten
             Son.
          
           Rom.
           5.
           8.
           
           
             God
             commended
             his
             Love
             to
             us
             ,
             in
             that
             while
             we
             were
             Sinners
             Christ
             dyed
             for
             us
             .
          
           Heb.
           2.
           9.
           
           
             But
             we
             see
             Jesus
             —
             that
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             he
             should
             taste
             Death
             for
             every
             Man
          
           ;
           this
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           of
           God
           in
           providing
           us
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           is
           exprest
           in
           all
           those
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           speak
           of
           God
           giving
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           sending
           him
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           
             to
             be
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             a
             Propitiation
             for
             our
             Sins
             .
          
           Gal
           4.
           4.
           
           
             But
             when
             the
             —
             God
             sent
             his
             Son
             made
             of
             a
             Woman
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           1
           John
           4.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           And
           this
           providing
           ,
           and
           giving
           a
           Saviour
           for
           us
           ,
           can
           be
           put
           upon
           no
           other
           account
           ,
           but
           the
           free
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           of
           God
           towards
           us
           ,
           for
           we
           deserved
           that
           God
           should
           have
           
           sent
           an
           Executioner
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           execute
           the
           just
           Penalty
           of
           his
           broken
           Law
           upon
           us
           :
           As
           he
           sent
           an
           Angel
           to
           destroy
           the
           first-born
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           into
           the
           Camp
           of
           
             Assyria
             ,
             that
             slew
             one
             hundred
             fourscore
             and
             five
             thousand
             Men
             in
             one
             Night
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           we
           might
           rather
           have
           expected
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           have
           sent
           an
           Executioner
           of
           his
           Wrath
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           Saviour
           to
           save
           us
           from
           it
           .
           If
           God
           had
           dealt
           with
           us
           in
           Justice
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           Deserts
           ,
           we
           had
           then
           been
           as
           the
           fallen
           Angels
           are
           ,
           bound
           in
           Chains
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           without
           Hope
           or
           Possibility
           of
           Deliverance
           ;
           it
           is
           only
           his
           Grace
           and
           free
           Favour
           that
           makes
           all
           the
           Difference
           that
           there
           is
           betwixt
           us
           and
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           was
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           that
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Christ
           ,
           he
           hath
           made
           and
           offered
           to
           us
           a
           New
           Covenant
           ,
           a
           better
           Covenant
           that
           offers
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           Life
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           upon
           easier
           Terms
           ,
           than
           the
           first
           Covenant
           did
           ;
           hence
           it
           is
           called
           by
           way
           of
           Distinction
           ,
           and
           Eminence
           ,
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           Gospel
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Partly
           because
           free
           Grace
           hath
           the
           principal
           Hand
           ,
           and
           Stroke
           in
           the
           making
           of
           it
           ;
           hence
           the
           Covenant
           is
           called
           by
           the
           
           Name
           of
           Mercy
           it self
           ,
           Mic.
           7.
           20.
           
           God
           might
           ,
           had
           he
           so
           pleased
           ,
           have
           dealt
           with
           us
           ,
           upon
           the
           Terms
           of
           the
           old
           broken
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           since
           we
           had
           violated
           the
           Precept
           ,
           he
           might
           with
           rigour
           have
           executed
           the
           Threatning
           .
           Justice
           deals
           with
           Men
           according
           to
           Desert
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           Grace
           that
           gives
           that
           which
           is
           not
           due
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           fitly
           called
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           partly
           because
           of
           the
           abundant
           Riches
           of
           Gods
           Grace
           that
           it
           doth
           reveal
           ,
           and
           make
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           the
           Infinite
           Power
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           was
           gloriously
           Displayed
           in
           the
           Creation
           ;
           his
           Righteousness
           and
           Holiness
           ;
           the
           exact
           Justice
           and
           Purity
           of
           his
           Nature
           in
           the
           Perfection
           of
           his
           Law
           ;
           but
           the
           Rich
           and
           Abundant
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           was
           not
           made
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           so
           gloriously
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           New
           Covenant
           ,
           Tit.
           2.
           11.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Again
           ,
           it
           is
           fitly
           called
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           gracious
           Effects
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           great
           ,
           free
           Favours
           ,
           and
           Blessings
           that
           it
           confers
           upon
           all
           that
           are
           under
           it
           ,
           and
           interested
           in
           it
           ;
           it
           Pardons
           those
           that
           are
           guilty
           of
           the
           Violation
           of
           the
           first
           Covenant
           ,
           it
           forgives
           the
           Debt
           of
           Punishment
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           Covenant
           did
           exact
           ;
           it
           justifies
           and
           acquits
           
           those
           that
           the
           first
           doth
           condemn
           ;
           it
           saves
           those
           that
           by
           the
           first
           were
           Sentenced
           to
           Everlasting
           Destruction
           .
           It
           is
           Gods
           Instrument
           ,
           whereby
           he
           gives
           many
           great
           ,
           unspeakable
           ,
           and
           undeserved
           Blessings
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           to
           miserable
           and
           lost
           Sinners
           ;
           as
           a
           King
           doth
           by
           his
           Charter
           ,
           grant
           many
           Priviledges
           and
           Immunities
           to
           a
           Corporation
           .
           Why
           so
           ,
           the
           New
           Covenant
           is
           Gods
           Charter
           of
           Grace
           ,
           whereby
           he
           gives
           the
           great
           and
           invaluable
           Priviledges
           ,
           of
           Pardon
           and
           Peace
           with
           God
           ,
           Justification
           ,
           Adoption
           ,
           Eternal
           Glory
           and
           Happiness
           to
           Sinners
           ,
           that
           are
           altogether
           undeserving
           of
           these
           Things
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           first
           Covenant
           deserve
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           because
           the
           Grace
           ,
           Favour
           and
           Good-will
           of
           God
           doth
           freely
           give
           all
           the
           Benefits
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           that
           it
           doth
           contain
           ,
           and
           doth
           confer
           upon
           the
           Children
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           Again
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           as
           it
           promiseth
           ,
           and
           gives
           Grace
           ,
           to
           perform
           whatsoever
           it
           requires
           ,
           as
           a
           Condition
           of
           its
           subsequent
           Benefits
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           is
           of
           meer
           Grace
           that
           any
           are
           elected
           and
           chosen
           to
           obtain
           Salvation
           by
           Christ.
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Spring
           of
           all
           that
           
           special
           Mercy
           that
           some
           of
           the
           lost
           Children
           of
           Men
           receive
           ,
           more
           than
           others
           .
           That
           there
           is
           a
           Christ
           ,
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           given
           to
           the
           lost
           World
           ,
           a
           new
           and
           better
           Covenant
           ,
           made
           and
           offered
           to
           undone
           Sinners
           for
           their
           Acceptance
           ;
           this
           is
           Grace
           ,
           and
           rich
           Grace
           ,
           vouchsafed
           to
           the
           humane
           kind
           in
           general
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           done
           to
           the
           fallen
           Angels
           .
           We
           Children
           of
           Men
           have
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           provided
           and
           given
           for
           us
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           none
           ,
           we
           are
           through
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           under
           a
           better
           Covenant
           than
           that
           we
           broke
           ;
           while
           they
           are
           held
           strictly
           bound
           to
           the
           Terms
           of
           their
           broken
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           Election
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           more
           special
           and
           distinguishing
           Grace
           still
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           Grace
           vouchsafed
           ,
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           and
           not
           unto
           others
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           is
           an
           Election
           whereby
           God
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           doth
           pick
           and
           choose
           some
           from
           amongst
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           whom
           he
           will
           actually
           bring
           to
           Salvation
           by
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           and
           means
           that
           he
           hath
           appointed
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           cannot
           be
           denied
           without
           manifest
           Violence
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           meerly
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           and
           good
           Pleasure
           ,
           Eph.
           1.
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           Rom.
           11.
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           Grace
           is
           the
           sole
           Spring
           of
           this
           Election
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           out
           of
           any
           foresight
           of
           
           Merit
           ;
           or
           Desert
           in
           those
           that
           he
           chooses
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           in
           those
           that
           he
           passeth
           by
           .
           He
           did
           not
           choose
           any
           to
           Life
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           because
           he
           foresaw
           that
           they
           would
           believe
           ;
           or
           more
           readily
           comply
           with
           the
           Gospel
           Offer
           and
           Call
           ,
           than
           others
           ;
           as
           some
           say
           :
           No
           ,
           God
           did
           not
           choose
           any
           because
           he
           foresaw
           that
           they
           would
           believe
           ,
           or
           be
           more
           Holy
           and
           Obedient
           than
           others
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           might
           make
           them
           so
           ,
           Eph.
           1.
           4.
           
           Rom.
           8.
           29.
           
           What
           he
           saith
           of
           the
           the
           whole
           Nation
           of
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           is
           true
           of
           every
           Elect
           Soul
           ,
           Deut.
           7.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
        
         
           But
           here
           take
           Notice
           ,
           that
           though
           God
           doth
           of
           rich
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           meer
           
             good
             pleasure
             of
             his
             Will
          
           ,
           choose
           some
           to
           life
           ,
           and
           not
           out
           of
           a
           foresight
           of
           their
           Faith
           ,
           or
           Holiness
           ,
           or
           good
           Improvements
           ;
           yet
           it
           doth
           not
           therefore
           follow
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           of
           his
           meer
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           decree
           to
           damn
           any
           ,
           without
           any
           consideration
           of
           their
           Sin
           and
           Demerit
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           difference
           betwixt
           these
           two
           ,
           Election
           to
           Life
           and
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           ordaining
           to
           Wrath
           and
           Perdition
           :
           for
           in
           the
           one
           viz.
           That
           execution
           of
           his
           Wrath
           and
           Justice
           ,
           he
           acts
           as
           a
           righteous
           Governour
           ,
           and
           deals
           with
           Men
           according
           to
           his
           Laws
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           them
           for
           their
           rule
           ;
           but
           in
           
           the
           other
           he
           acts
           as
           a
           gracious
           Benefactor
           and
           free
           dispencer
           of
           his
           own
           Gifts
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           without
           Partiality
           ,
           or
           Injustice
           ,
           or
           wrong
           to
           any
           ,
           bestow
           his
           free
           Benefits
           and
           Favours
           ,
           upon
           whom
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           measure
           ,
           and
           degree
           he
           please
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Effectual
             calling
          
           ,
           which
           is
           another
           link
           in
           the
           golden
           chain
           of
           salvation
           ,
           is
           of
           grace
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           1.
           9.
           
           
             Who
             hath
             saved
             us
             and
             called
             us
             with
             a
             Holy
             Calling
             ,
             not
             according
             to
             our
             Works
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             his
             own
             Purpose
             and
             Grace
             .
          
           As
           the
           Heirs
           of
           Salvation
           are
           distinguished
           from
           others
           ,
           by
           Election
           ,
           in
           the
           Bosome
           and
           secret
           Purpose
           of
           God
           from
           all
           Eternity
           ;
           so
           they
           are
           in
           time
           distinguished
           from
           others
           ,
           by
           Regeneration
           and
           Effectual
           Calling
           ;
           and
           this
           you
           see
           is
           of
           Grace
           too
           ;
           not
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           any
           Worth
           ,
           Merit
           ,
           or
           Desert
           in
           them
           that
           are
           Called
           and
           Regenerated
           ,
           more
           than
           in
           others
           that
           are
           not
           so
           :
           though
           the
           ordinary
           way
           whereby
           God
           Calls
           and
           Converts
           any
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Use
           of
           the
           Means
           that
           he
           hath
           appointed
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           serious
           diligent
           Attendance
           upon
           them
           ,
           yet
           even
           that
           is
           of
           Grace
           too
           ;
           Grace
           disposes
           the
           hearts
           of
           some
           to
           use
           the
           Means
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           while
           others
           do
           neglect
           and
           slight
           them
           ;
           and
           Grace
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           more
           Common
           Grace
           ,
           makes
           some
           serious
           and
           
           diligent
           therein
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           would
           be
           as
           vain
           and
           heedless
           ,
           and
           slighty
           in
           them
           as
           any
           others
           ;
           it
           is
           Grace
           that
           leads
           Men
           on
           step
           by
           step
           from
           one
           thing
           to
           another
           ,
           from
           Ignorance
           to
           Knowledge
           ,
           from
           Carnal
           Security
           to
           a
           Conviction
           of
           their
           undone
           and
           lost
           Estate
           ,
           and
           from
           Conviction
           to
           Conversion
           ,
           and
           a
           hearty
           Closure
           with
           Christ
           upon
           the
           Gospel
           Terms
           ;
           Grace
           hath
           a
           secret
           ,
           powerful
           ,
           though
           oft
           an
           undiscerned
           hand
           ,
           in
           leading
           a
           straying
           Sinner
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           and
           in
           turning
           a
           carnal
           ,
           worldly
           Heart
           to
           fix
           it self
           upon
           God
           ,
           as
           its
           end
           and
           chief
           Good.
           As
           a
           River
           or
           Fountain
           ,
           that
           runs
           a
           great
           way
           under-ground
           unseen
           ,
           but
           at
           last
           breaks
           out
           into
           view
           upon
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           so
           Election
           is
           a
           secret
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           great
           while
           hidden
           and
           undiscerned
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Effectual
           Calling
           and
           Conversion
           of
           a
           Soul
           ,
           then
           it
           doth
           as
           it
           were
           appear
           above
           ground
           ,
           in
           its
           precious
           and
           saving
           Fruits
           and
           Effects
           .
           This
           
             Effectual
             Calling
          
           is
           the
           beginning
           of
           Salvation
           in
           us
           ,
           all
           that
           we
           have
           before
           that
           ,
           is
           no
           more
           than
           what
           many
           may
           have
           that
           perish
           for
           ever
           .
           many
           have
           great
           Knowledge
           of
           Divine
           things
           ,
           and
           Convictions
           ,
           and
           some
           superficial
           Joy
           in
           the
           Word
           and
           Ordinances
           ;
           as
           the
           stony-ground-hearers
           ,
           and
           yet
           perish
           at
           last
           ;
           
           but
           when
           we
           are
           Effectually
           Called
           ,
           and
           truly
           Converted
           ,
           then
           we
           begin
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           then
           we
           pertake
           of
           
             those
             things
             that
             accompany
             Salvation
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           ;
           then
           we
           taste
           the
           delicious
           Fruits
           of
           Grace
           ,
           then
           we
           experience
           its
           powerful
           ,
           and
           saving
           Effects
           in
           and
           upon
           our selves
           ;
           then
           the
           Day-Star
           arises
           in
           our
           hearts
           ;
           then
           the
           blessed
           Day
           of
           Grace
           begins
           to
           dawn
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           the
           light
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           feel
           the
           Warmth
           of
           the
           Sun
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           refreshing
           and
           healing
           our
           Souls
           .
           Now
           that
           this
           is
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           the
           good
           Improvement
           onely
           of
           the
           Natural
           Power
           in
           some
           ,
           more
           than
           in
           other
           ,
           doth
           thus
           appear
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           plain
           direct
           Assertion
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           Rom.
           9.
           16.
           
           
             It
             is
             not
             of
             him
             that
             wills
             ,
             nor
             of
             him
             that
             runs
             ,
             but
             of
             God
             that
             sheweth
             mercy
             .
          
           1
           Cor.
           5.
           7.
           
           
             Who
             maketh
             thee
             to
             differ
             from
             another
             ?
          
           If
           any
           could
           reply
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           by
           the
           meer
           Power
           or
           Improvement
           of
           Nature
           ,
           had
           made
           the
           difference
           for
           the
           better
           betwixt
           him
           and
           another
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           had
           acquired
           any
           spiritual
           Indowment
           or
           gracious
           Disposition
           that
           was
           not
           the
           Free
           Gift
           of
           Grace
           to
           him
           ;
           that
           would
           quite
           invalidate
           and
           overthrow
           the
           Apostles
           Argument
           in
           that
           place
           ;
           but
           the
           Apostles
           Argument
           is
           undoubtedly
           good
           ;
           Ergo.
           
        
         
         
           2.
           
           That
           
             Effectual
             Calling
          
           is
           of
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           ,
           doth
           appear
           from
           the
           manifest
           arbitrary
           distinction
           that
           it
           makes
           ,
           in
           those
           those
           that
           are
           the
           Subjects
           of
           it
           ;
           we
           see
           that
           Grace
           doth
           pick
           and
           cull
           out
           ,
           here
           one
           and
           there
           another
           ,
           arbitrarily
           ;
           oft
           we
           see
           those
           called
           that
           have
           less
           Helps
           and
           Advantages
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           while
           those
           that
           have
           greater
           are
           left
           still
           in
           their
           Sate
           of
           Sin
           and
           Death
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           to
           all
           appearance
           seem
           less
           prepared
           for
           Grace
           ,
           while
           those
           that
           have
           greater
           are
           passed
           by
           ;
           as
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           
             Two
             shall
             in
             be
             the
             same
             House
             ,
             or
             Bed
             together
             ,
             the
             one
             taken
             and
             the
             other
             left
          
           ;
           so
           Grace
           doth
           manifestly
           in
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Oft
           we
           see
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           same
           Parents
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           same
           Education
           ,
           Instruction
           ,
           and
           Advantages
           everyway
           ,
           yet
           
             one
             taken
             ,
             and
             another
             left
          
           ;
           those
           that
           sit
           under
           the
           same
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           hear
           the
           same
           Sermons
           ,
           yet
           
             one
             taken
             and
             another
             left
          
           ;
           Grace
           doth
           pick
           and
           cull
           out
           ,
           here
           one
           and
           there
           another
           ,
           and
           leaves
           others
           that
           to
           all
           appearance
           ,
           was
           in
           as
           good
           ,
           nay
           ,
           a
           better
           Preparation
           to
           receive
           Grace
           .
           As
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           
             I
             thank
             thee
             O
             Father
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             hid
             these
             things
             from
             the
             Wise
             and
             Prudent
             and
             hast
             revealed
             them
             to
             Babes
          
           ;
           and
           for
           what
           reason
           ?
           
             why
             ;
             because
             it
             so
             pleased
             Thee
             .
          
        
         
         
           3.
           
           But
           there
           are
           some
           extraordinary
           Instances
           of
           Conversion
           ,
           that
           will
           put
           it
           past
           all
           doubt
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Free
           Grace
           that
           makes
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           one
           and
           another
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           good
           Improvement
           of
           natural
           Power
           ;
           who
           will
           say
           that
           Paul
           while
           he
           was
           a
           Persecutor
           ,
           and
           a
           Blaspemer
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           height
           of
           his
           Rage
           against
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           People
           and
           interest
           ,
           was
           in
           a
           greater
           Preparation
           for
           Grace
           ,
           than
           that
           young
           Man
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           said
           Christ
           
             loved
             Him
          
           ,
           and
           said
           he
           was
           not
           far
           from
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           for
           ought
           we
           do
           know
           ,
           he
           never
           entred
           into
           it
           ;
           and
           is
           it
           likely
           that
           the
           Thief
           upon
           the
           Cross
           ,
           or
           the
           Samaritan
           Woman
           that
           lived
           in
           Adultery
           ,
           was
           in
           a
           greater
           preparation
           for
           Grace
           ,
           than
           those
           many
           that
           followed
           Christ
           up
           and
           down
           from
           Place
           to
           Place
           to
           hear
           his
           Heavenly
           Doctrine
           ?
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           said
           of
           them
           ,
           Joh.
           6.
           that
           
             They
             went
             back
             and
             walked
             no
             more
             with
             Him.
             
          
        
         
           All
           must
           confess
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           wiling
           or
           not
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           pure
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Free
           Grace
           that
           in
           these
           ,
           and
           many
           such
           like
           Instances
           ,
           doth
           make
           the
           difference
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           good
           Improvement
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           I
           readily
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           
           Gods
           usual
           way
           ,
           to
           take
           Persons
           as
           it
           were
           reeking-hot
           out
           of
           their
           Sins
           ,
           into
           a
           State
           of
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           ;
           to
           call
           Men
           to
           himself
           while
           in
           the
           neglect
           of
           his
           Instituted
           Means
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           fighting
           against
           Him.
           
        
         
           Well
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           the
           same
           Grace
           ,
           that
           extraordinarily
           calls
           some
           few
           ;
           and
           ordinarily
           calls
           most
           in
           the
           serious
           and
           diligent
           Use
           of
           his
           Appointed
           Means
           .
           If
           it
           be
           beyond
           all
           Question
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           meer
           Grace
           that
           calls
           some
           that
           were
           running
           away
           from
           God
           as
           fast
           as
           they
           could
           ;
           none
           (
           that
           considers
           what
           the
           consequences
           will
           be
           )
           will
           venture
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           same
           Grace
           ,
           that
           calls
           all
           that
           are
           called
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           different
           way
           :
           God
           meets
           with
           some
           few
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           Career
           of
           Sin
           ,
           that
           none
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           deny
           the
           efficiency
           of
           his
           Grace
           in
           the
           work
           ,
           but
           his
           most
           usual
           ,
           ordinary
           way
           ,
           wherein
           he
           calls
           most
           ,
           is
           in
           a
           serious
           ,
           close
           attendance
           upon
           Ordinances
           ,
           that
           his
           Wisdom
           may
           be
           glorified
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           Grace
           ,
           in
           blessing
           Means
           that
           he
           hath
           appointed
           and
           useth
           for
           that
           End.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           Justification
           is
           of
           Grace
           ,
           which
           is
           another
           link
           in
           the
           Golden
           Chain
           of
           Salvation
           .
           Justification
           is
           God's
           accounting
           
           us
           righteous
           and
           dealing
           with
           us
           as
           righteous
           Persons
           ,
           in
           discharging
           us
           from
           the
           Curse
           of
           the
           Law
           and
           Eternal
           Condemnation
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Christ's
           Meritorious
           Sacrifice
           and
           Righteousness
           made
           ours
           by
           Faith.
           And
           this
           is
           an
           act
           of
           Gods
           Free
           Grace
           towards
           us
           ,
           Rom.
           3.
           24.
           
             being
             Justified
             freely
             by
             his
             Grace
          
           and
           Tit.
           3.
           7.
           
           
             That
             is
             of
             Grace
             or
             Favour
             ,
          
           when
           a
           Benefit
           or
           Priviledge
           is
           bestowed
           that
           was
           not
           due
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           in
           Justice
           be
           claimed
           ,
           thus
           the
           Apostle
           opposeth
           Grace
           and
           Debt
           ,
           Rom.
           4.
           4.
           
           Now
           our
           due
           is
           Death
           and
           Wrath
           ;
           it
           was
           just
           and
           due
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           suffer
           the
           Penalty
           of
           that
           Law
           which
           we
           had
           violated
           .
           but
           God
           instead
           of
           executing
           the
           Penalty
           and
           Curse
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           deserved
           ;
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Righteousness
           ,
           he
           doth
           freely
           acquit
           and
           discharge
           us
           of
           it
           ;
           he
           accounts
           us
           righteous
           ,
           and
           deals
           with
           us
           as
           righteous
           Persons
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           in
           Justice
           he
           might
           have
           condemned
           and
           executed
           as
           guilty
           and
           rebellious
           Sinners
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
             Sanctification
             is
          
           of
           Grace
           ,
           now
           Sanctification
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           distinguished
           from
           Regeneration
           and
           Conversion
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           further
           increase
           and
           improvement
           ,
           the
           further
           strengthening
           and
           confirming
           ,
           
           that
           Principle
           or
           Seed
           ,
           or
           Habit
           of
           Grace
           ,
           that
           was
           first
           given
           ,
           and
           infused
           in
           our
           
             Effectual
             Calling
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           all
           the
           Parts
           of
           it
           ,
           such
           as
           Faith
           ,
           Love
           ,
           Resignation
           to
           God
           ,
           Trust
           and
           Dependance
           upon
           him
           ,
           Subjection
           to
           his
           Governing
           and
           Disposing
           Will
           ;
           these
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           parts
           of
           Sanctification
           ,
           are
           called
           the
           Graces
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           because
           Grace
           doth
           freely
           give
           and
           bestow
           ,
           both
           the
           first
           Principle
           ,
           and
           the
           after
           increase
           and
           improvement
           of
           them
           .
           
             It
             is
             good
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             that
             the
             heart
             be
             established
             with
             Grace
          
           ;
           and
           why
           called
           Grace
           ?
           but
           because
           it
           is
           the
           fruit
           and
           effect
           of
           Gods
           free
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Perseverance
           ,
           and
           holding
           on
           to
           the
           end
           in
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           is
           of
           Grace
           too
           ;
           the
           same
           hand
           that
           works
           the
           Principle
           of
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           at
           first
           ,
           doth
           constantly
           cherish
           and
           preserve
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           do
           not
           fail
           or
           be
           extinct
           ;
           as
           Conservation
           is
           said
           to
           be
           a
           continued
           Creation
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           God
           puts
           forth
           the
           same
           Almighty
           Power
           in
           preserving
           his
           Creatures
           in
           their
           being
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           at
           first
           in
           bestowing
           it
           upon
           them
           ;
           so
           the
           same
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           is
           renewed
           and
           continued
           ,
           in
           the
           exercise
           ,
           increase
           ,
           and
           persevering
           in
           Grace
           to
           the
           
           end
           ,
           as
           was
           at
           first
           put
           forth
           ,
           in
           the
           working
           of
           it
           .
           And
           hence
           our
           Saviour
           prays
           for
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           John
           17.
           11.
           
           
             Holy
             Father
             !
             Keep
             them
             through
             thy
             Name
             .
          
           1
           Pet
           1.
           5.
           
           
             Kept
             by
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             through
             Faith
             unto
             Salvation
             .
          
           Phil.
           1.
           6.
           
           
             He
             that
             hath
             begun
             a
             good
             Work
             in
             you
             will
             perfect
             it
             .
          
           Alas
           !
           should
           Grace
           turn
           us
           off
           to
           shift
           for
           our selves
           ,
           and
           look
           to
           our selves
           alone
           ;
           (
           after
           it
           hath
           brought
           us
           into
           a
           State
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           to
           an
           Interest
           in
           Christ
           and
           his
           Covenant
           )
           we
           should
           quickly
           prove
           Bankrupts
           ,
           and
           lose
           all
           again
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           strength
           of
           remaining
           Corruption
           within
           ,
           and
           of
           Temptations
           and
           Alurements
           without
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           the
           Subtilty
           ,
           Malice
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           Devil
           to
           manage
           all
           to
           the
           best
           advantage
           against
           our
           Souls
           ;
           that
           if
           Grace
           did
           not
           keep
           it's
           hold
           of
           us
           we
           should
           quickly
           make
           Shipwrack
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           our
           Souls
           too
           .
           Grace
           in
           the
           Souls
           of
           the
           best
           ,
           but
           especially
           in
           young
           Converts
           ,
           is
           like
           a
           Spark
           of
           Fire
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           Heap
           of
           Ashes
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           kind
           Breath
           of
           Grace
           did
           not
           constantly
           cherish
           and
           keep
           it
           in
           ,
           it
           would
           quickly
           be
           extinguished
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           The
           Eternal
           Reward
           of
           Glory
           and
           Happiness
           in
           Heaven
           is
           of
           Grace
           too
           ,
           
           this
           we
           have
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             By
             Grace
             ye
             are
             saved
          
           :
           That
           is
           compleatly
           ,
           Tit.
           3.
           5.
           
           
             Not
             by
             Works
             of
             Righteousness
             which
             we
             have
             done
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             his
             Mercy
             he
             saved
             us
             .
          
           Rom.
           6.
           23.
           
           
             The
             Gift
             of
             God
             is
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
           After
           all
           that
           we
           have
           done
           in
           a
           patient
           continuance
           in
           well
           doing
           ,
           and
           working
           out
           our
           Salvation
           with
           Fear
           and
           Trembling
           ,
           and
           persevering
           in
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           to
           the
           end
           ;
           yet
           Eternal
           Life
           is
           a
           free
           Gift
           after
           all
           this
           ;
           though
           it
           be
           in
           some
           Sence
           a
           Reward
           ,
           yet
           that
           makes
           it
           nevertheless
           a
           Gift
           in
           it self
           ,
           Jude
           21.
           
           
             Looking
             for
             the
             Mercy
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             unto
             Eternal
             Life
          
           ;
           thus
           you
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           Salvation
           of
           guilty
           Sinners
           is
           from
           first
           to
           last
           of
           Grace
           ;
           Grace
           begins
           ,
           and
           carries
           it
           on
           ,
           through
           the
           various
           steps
           and
           degrees
           of
           it
           in
           this
           Life
           ;
           and
           Grace
           perfects
           and
           compleats
           all
           at
           last
           too
           ;
           the
           Scripture
           doth
           delight
           to
           compare
           the
           new
           Creation
           to
           a
           beautiful
           and
           stately
           Building
           ,
           wherein
           Grace
           doth
           all
           ,
           laies
           every
           Stone
           in
           it
           from
           first
           to
           last
           ;
           Grace
           laies
           the
           Foundation
           and
           the
           chief
           Corner
           Stone
           ,
           which
           is
           Redemption
           by
           Christ
           and
           our
           Election
           in
           him
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           6.
           
           
             Behold
             I
             lay
             in
             Sion
             a
             chief
             Corner-Stone
          
           —
           and
           Grace
           carries
           on
           the
           Building
           ,
           and
           Rears
           up
           the
           Walls
           ,
           in
           Effectual
           Calling
           ,
           Sanctification
           
           and
           Perseverance
           therein
           ;
           and
           the
           Roof
           and
           Top-stone
           of
           Eternal
           Life
           and
           Glory
           is
           laid
           on
           with
           shouting
           ,
           
             crying
             Grace
             ,
             Grace
             unto
             it
          
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           said
           of
           the
           second
           Temple
           ,
           Zach.
           4.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           Thus
           as
           one
           well
           saith
           ,
           the
           New
           Man
           is
           from
           the
           Sole
           of
           the
           Foot
           ,
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           the
           Head
           ,
           all
           made
           up
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Links
           in
           the
           golden
           Chain
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           are
           all
           of
           pure
           beaten
           and
           massy
           Grace
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           now
           shew
           you
           the
           Properties
           of
           this
           Grace
           ,
           or
           the
           Epethites
           that
           are
           given
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           Scripture
           doth
           not
           only
           call
           it
           Grace
           ,
           but
           it
           gives
           many
           Epethites
           to
           it
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           shew
           its
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           fully
           to
           discover
           and
           manifest
           its
           Glory
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           free
           Grace
           ,
           self-moving
           Grace
           ,
           that
           fetches
           not
           its
           Motives
           and
           Inducements
           of
           any
           thing
           it
           bestows
           from
           Man
           ,
           as
           a
           deserving
           and
           procuring
           Cause
           ,
           but
           it
           Acts
           towards
           us
           ,
           and
           bestows
           its
           Gifts
           and
           Blessings
           upon
           us
           of
           its
           own
           ,
           free
           ,
           gracious
           and
           bountiful
           Inclination
           ,
           Grace
           it self
           ,
           signifies
           the
           freeness
           of
           the
           Gift
           ;
           for
           Grace
           is
           as
           much
           as
           Gratis
           ,
           and
           doth
           all
           Gratis
           ,
           that
           is
           freely
           .
           As
           a
           Gift
           signifies
           the
           freeness
           of
           what
           is
           bestowed
           ;
           so
           
           God
           is
           said
           to
           give
           Christ
           ,
           and
           give
           Faith
           ,
           and
           give
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           give
           
             Eternal
             Life
          
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           
             Heavenly
             Kingdom
          
           ;
           one
           would
           think
           that
           these
           Words
           themselves
           should
           sufficiently
           express
           the
           freeness
           of
           Grace
           :
           So
           true
           is
           that
           common
           saying
           ,
           
             What
             is
             freer
             then
             Gift
          
           ?
           Yet
           the
           Scripture
           doth
           frequently
           adjoin
           the
           Word
           Free
           ,
           and
           freely
           ,
           to
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Gift
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           could
           never
           enough
           set
           forth
           ,
           how
           Free
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           is
           in
           the
           Salvation
           of
           guilty
           ,
           and
           Dead
           Sinners
           ,
           Rom.
           3.
           24.
           
           
             Being
             justified
             freely
             by
             his
             Grace
             .
          
           Ver.
           32.
           
           
             How
             shall
             he
             not
             with
             him
             freely
             give
             us
             all
             Things
             ?
          
           And
           to
           this
           Sence
           do
           some
           expound
           that
           Scripture
           ,
           John
           1.
           16.
           
           
             Of
             his
             fulness
             have
             we
             received
             ,
             Grace
             for
             Grace
             ,
          
           that
           is
           Grace
           for
           Graces
           sake
           ;
           indeed
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           we
           receive
           from
           God
           ,
           all
           things
           that
           tend
           to
           Salvtion
           ,
           the
           Principle
           ,
           the
           Degrees
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           it self
           at
           last
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           the
           Thing
           it self
           ,
           it
           is
           altogether
           a
           Free
           Gift
           of
           God
           to
           us
           ,
           though
           as
           to
           the
           Order
           of
           confering
           ,
           some
           of
           Gods
           Gifts
           do
           require
           a
           preceding
           Disposition
           and
           Qualification
           in
           the
           Subject
           ;
           which
           is
           also
           a
           Gift
           of
           Grace
           too
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Grace
           whereby
           we
           are
           saved
           is
           a
           large
           and
           an
           abundant
           Grace
           ,
           thus
           the
           
           Scripture
           doth
           not
           only
           call
           it
           Grace
           ,
           
             but
             abundance
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           Rom.
           5.
           17.
           
           Yea
           ,
           
             and
             exceeding
             abundant
          
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           14.
           
           The
           word
           abundant
           ,
           is
           
             supra
             modum
          
           ,
           not
           a
           short
           ,
           narrow
           ,
           scanty
           Grace
           ,
           but
           a
           Grace
           that
           overflows
           ,
           and
           exceeds
           all
           Measure
           ,
           a
           Grace
           that
           cannot
           be
           measured
           ,
           or
           fully
           comprehended
           ,
           whose
           Dimensions
           cannot
           be
           founded
           or
           fathomed
           ;
           and
           so
           likewise
           it
           is
           called
           ,
           
             Riches
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           Eph.
           1.
           7.
           
           Nay
           ,
           
             exceeding
             Riches
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           Eph.
           2.
           7.
           
           Now
           Riches
           you
           know
           speaks
           great
           Plenty
           ,
           Largeness
           ,
           Fulness
           ,
           and
           Abundance
           ,
           of
           the
           Things
           that
           we
           speak
           of
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           rich
           and
           abundant
           Grace
           considered
           either
           as
           it
           is
           in
           God
           ,
           or
           as
           to
           the
           Fruits
           and
           Effects
           of
           it
           as
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           This
           Grace
           of
           God
           is
           an
           everspringing
           and
           over
           flowing
           Fountain-Grace
           ,
           nay
           an
           Ocean
           Grace
           ,
           that
           hath
           neither
           Banks
           nor
           Bottom
           ;
           as
           doth
           appear
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           great
           unworthiness
           and
           very
           ill
           deserving
           of
           those
           that
           are
           the
           Objects
           of
           it
           ;
           alas
           !
           we
           were
           not
           small
           Offenders
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           had
           provoked
           ,
           dishonoured
           ,
           and
           contemned
           God
           in
           a
           very
           high
           manner
           ;
           we
           were
           not
           only
           Sinners
           ,
           but
           lothsome
           Sinners
           ,
           such
           as
           his
           Holy
           Eyes
           could
           not
           but
           abhor
           ;
           not
           only
           lothsome
           Sinners
           ,
           but
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           worse
           still
           ;
           
           it
           is
           less
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           shew
           kindness
           to
           an
           unworthy
           ,
           unlovely
           Person
           ,
           than
           to
           a
           to
           a
           mortal
           Enemy
           ;
           nay
           ,
           we
           were
           not
           only
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           stubborn
           Enemies
           ,
           proud
           contemptuous
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           neither
           did
           seek
           nor
           desire
           his
           Favour
           ,
           now
           the
           worse
           those
           are
           that
           are
           the
           Objects
           of
           his
           Grace
           ;
           the
           more
           abundant
           is
           that
           Grace
           ,
           that
           extends
           it self
           to
           them
           .
           It
           is
           less
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           extend
           his
           Favour
           to
           an
           ordinary
           Malefactor
           ;
           than
           if
           he
           should
           do
           it
           to
           a
           profest
           Enemy
           to
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           less
           to
           shew
           Favour
           to
           Enemies
           that
           sue
           and
           intreat
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           to
           contemptuous
           Enemies
           that
           seem
           to
           scorn
           and
           slight
           it
           :
           Why
           ,
           such
           were
           we
           all
           when
           Gods
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           first
           shone
           upon
           us
           :
           O!
           the
           superabundant
           Riches
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           abundant
           Riches
           of
           Grace
           doth
           appear
           from
           the
           number
           and
           greatness
           of
           our
           wants
           and
           miseries
           that
           it
           supplies
           ;
           and
           of
           our
           Sins
           that
           it
           Pardons
           and
           Forgives
           .
           Alas
           !
           if
           it
           was
           not
           a
           rich
           and
           abundant
           Grace
           ;
           our
           slights
           and
           neglects
           of
           it
           ,
           our
           resistings
           and
           strivings
           against
           it
           ,
           our
           unworthy
           carriage
           under
           it
           ;
           our
           repeated
           sinning
           after
           Pardon
           received
           ;
           our
           violating
           the
           Obligations
           even
           of
           
           Mercy
           and
           Grace
           it self
           ;
           our
           often
           breaking
           our
           solemn
           Vows
           and
           Promises
           ,
           of
           new
           and
           better
           Obedience
           ;
           So
           that
           had
           it
           not
           been
           an
           exceeding
           abundant
           Grace
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           wearied
           and
           tired
           out
           before
           this
           Time
           ;
           as
           God
           saith
           of
           the
           old
           World
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           that
           the
           wickedness
           of
           Man
           was
           exceeding
           great
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             That
             it
             repented
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             made
             Man
             ,
             and
             it
             grieved
             him
             at
             his
             very
             Heart
             ,
          
           Gen.
           6.
           6.
           
           So
           were
           not
           his
           Grace
           towards
           us
           an
           exceeding
           abundant
           Grace
           ,
           our
           many
           Provocations
           ,
           Frowardness
           ,
           and
           ill
           Returns
           would
           have
           made
           him
           repent
           before
           now
           ,
           that
           ever
           his
           Grace
           did
           take
           in
           hand
           ,
           to
           recover
           and
           save
           such
           untractable
           ,
           froward
           ,
           and
           ungrateful
           Wretches
           as
           we
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           Grace
           of
           God
           whereby
           we
           are
           saved
           is
           a
           wise
           Grace
           too
           ,
           a
           Grace
           that
           in
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           bestowing
           of
           its
           Fruits
           and
           Effects
           upon
           us
           ,
           doth
           discover
           and
           manifest
           the
           unsearchable
           Depths
           of
           Gods
           Wisdom
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           his
           Love
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           Eph.
           1.
           7
           ,
           8.
           —
           
             According
             to
             the
             Riches
             of
             his
             Grace
             wherein
             he
             hath
             abounded
             towards
             us
             in
             all
             Wisdom
             and
             Prudence
             .
          
           Here
           you
           see
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           Grace
           ,
           and
           rich
           Grace
           that
           is
           the
           rise
           
           and
           spring
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           lost
           and
           undone
           Sinners
           do
           receive
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           ,
           Grace
           God
           abounds
           towards
           us
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           
             in
             all
             Wisdom
             and
             Prudence
          
           ;
           now
           I
           conceive
           the
           meaning
           to
           be
           this
           ,
           that
           though
           it
           be
           free
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           in
           God
           that
           is
           the
           Spring
           of
           all
           that
           we
           receive
           ,
           yet
           an
           infinite
           and
           unsearchable
           Wisdom
           ,
           doth
           order
           ,
           direct
           ,
           and
           appoint
           the
           way
           and
           manner
           of
           its
           being
           communicated
           and
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           ;
           Grace
           saves
           us
           ,
           but
           Wisdom
           dispences
           it
           in
           such
           a
           way
           and
           order
           ,
           as
           doth
           most
           exalt
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           of
           some
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           his
           Perfections
           ;
           and
           yet
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Creature
           is
           most
           strongly
           obliged
           and
           ingaged
           to
           his
           Duty
           too
           ,
           viz.
           to
           the
           greatest
           Subjection
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           dependance
           upon
           him
           :
           Grace
           doth
           all
           in
           the
           business
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           such
           an
           Order
           and
           Method
           ,
           that
           Man
           is
           not
           left
           to
           his
           own
           Will
           ,
           to
           live
           as
           he
           list
           ;
           n●
           nor
           allowed
           or
           indulged
           in
           Sloth
           and
           Carelesness
           ,
           in
           Negligence
           or
           Indifferency
           :
           But
           contrarily
           is
           obliged
           more
           strongly
           then
           ever
           ,
           to
           the
           closest
           adherence
           to
           God
           and
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Commands
           ;
           here
           is
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Grace
           ,
           that
           while
           it
           doth
           all
           ,
           and
           we
           can
           do
           nothing
           without
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           Glory
           
           of
           our
           Salvation
           must
           be
           ascribed
           to
           Grace
           ;
           and
           nothing
           to
           our selves
           ;
           yet
           our
           Obligations
           to
           Duty
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           less
           ,
           but
           the
           greater
           ;
           while
           Grace
           saves
           us
           freely
           ,
           yet
           it
           obligeth
           us
           to
           the
           greatest
           seriousness
           and
           diligence
           in
           working
           out
           our
           own
           Salvation
           with
           Fear
           and
           Trembling
           .
           Yea
           ,
           to
           strive
           ,
           and
           fight
           ,
           and
           run
           ,
           and
           give
           all
           Diligence
           to
           make
           our
           Calling
           and
           Election
           sure
           .
        
         
           The
           Wisdom
           of
           Grace
           might
           be
           shewed
           at
           large
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Impetration
           ,
           and
           the
           Application
           of
           Salvation
           ;
           as
           in
           reconciling
           the
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           as
           Rector
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           violated
           Law
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           Impunity
           and
           Happiness
           of
           the
           Sinner
           .
           And
           in
           the
           Application
           ;
           in
           making
           God
           and
           Christ
           to
           be
           all
           in
           all
           ,
           in
           the
           business
           of
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           such
           a
           wise
           way
           and
           order
           ,
           that
           Mans
           Duty
           in
           seeking
           ,
           and
           praying
           ,
           and
           waiting
           :
           Yea
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           closest
           Attendance
           upon
           God
           in
           the
           use
           of
           his
           appointed
           Means
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Duties
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           is
           not
           vacated
           or
           made
           needless
           thereby
           ;
           but
           contrarily
           is
           more
           strongly
           inforced
           than
           it
           could
           have
           been
           any
           other
           way
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           too
           many
           look
           only
           at
           the
           
           freeness
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           never
           consider
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           it
           ,
           whereas
           this
           is
           the
           Thing
           that
           most
           of
           all
           fills
           the
           Angels
           with
           wonder
           ,
           Eph.
           3.
           16.
           
           —
           
             Might
             be
             known
             the
             manifold
             Wisdom
             of
             God.
          
           1
           Pet.
           1.
           12.
           
           —
           
             Which
             Things
             the
             Angels
             desire
             to
             look
             into
          
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           it
           signifies
           ,
           such
           a
           narrow
           intent
           prying
           ,
           as
           we
           use
           to
           do
           into
           a
           curious
           Piece
           ,
           wherein
           we
           discern
           a
           wonderful
           deal
           of
           Art
           and
           Skill
           ;
           and
           were
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           considered
           and
           understood
           by
           us
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           us
           say
           with
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             O
             the
             Depths
             of
             the
             Riches
             both
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             how
             unsearchable
             !
          
           &c.
           All
           the
           Perfections
           of
           God
           ,
           do
           mutually
           reflect
           a
           Luster
           upon
           each
           other
           ,
           so
           here
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Grace
           doth
           not
           in
           the
           least
           diminish
           its
           freeness
           ;
           but
           greatly
           adds
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Grace
           whereby
           we
           are
           saved
           is
           a
           Pure
           and
           Holy
           Grace
           ;
           in
           that
           while
           it
           imbraces
           the
           Sinner
           with
           a
           most
           free
           and
           abundant
           Favour
           ;
           yet
           without
           the
           least
           Countenance
           or
           Favour
           to
           Sin
           it self
           ;
           tho
           it
           pardon
           the
           Sinner
           ,
           yet
           it
           doth
           not
           spare
           ,
           but
           most
           severely
           punishes
           the
           Sin
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           discovers
           the
           greatest
           hatred
           and
           abhorrence
           of
           Sin
           ,
           while
           it
           shews
           the
           richest
           and
           most
           abundant
           Favour
           and
           
           Kindness
           to
           the
           Sinner
           :
           Though
           it
           Pardon
           the
           greatest
           and
           worst
           of
           Sinners
           ,
           and
           multiplies
           Pardons
           in
           blotting
           out
           Sins
           that
           are
           numberless
           ,
           and
           for
           quality
           of
           the
           most
           Crimson
           dye
           ;
           yet
           it
           doth
           this
           in
           such
           a
           way
           that
           it
           gives
           not
           the
           least
           Countenance
           ,
           or
           Incouragement
           to
           any
           to
           Sin
           or
           to
           continue
           in
           it
           ;
           nay
           ,
           the
           rich
           Grace
           displaied
           upon
           Mount
           Sion
           doth
           more
           effectually
           suppress
           and
           destroy
           the
           Reign
           of
           Sin
           then
           all
           the
           Fire
           and
           Thunder
           of
           Mount
           Sinai
           ;
           though
           it
           Pardons
           Sin
           freely
           ,
           yet
           it
           doth
           it
           in
           such
           a
           way
           and
           order
           ,
           that
           it
           doth
           more
           powerfully
           restrain
           and
           awe
           the
           Soul
           from
           continuing
           in
           the
           Practise
           of
           it
           ;
           then
           all
           the
           terrible
           Threats
           of
           Wrath
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           Tit.
           2.
           11
           ,
           12.
           
           
             The
             Grace
             of
             God
             that
             brings
             Salvation
             —
             teacheth
             us
             to
             deny
             ungodliness
             and
             worldly
             Lusts
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             and
             godly
          
           ;
           hence
           when
           God
           proclaims
           his
           Name
           so
           full
           of
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           Exod.
           34.
           6
           ,
           7.
           —
           
             Mercyful
             ,
             gracious
             ,
             long-suffering
             ,
             abundant
             in
             Goodness
             and
             Truth
             ,
             forgiving
             Iniquity
             ,
             Transgression
             and
             Sin
             ,
          
           (
           yet
           it
           is
           added
           )
           
             and
             that
             will
             by
             no
             means
             clear
             the
             Guilty
             .
          
           Psalm
           99.
           8.
           
           —
           
             Thou
             wast
             a
             God
             that
             forgavest
             them
             ,
             but
             tookest
             Vengeance
             of
             their
             Inventions
          
           ;
           those
           emblematical
           appearances
           
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           Rev.
           1.
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15
           do
           not
           obscurely
           shew
           his
           Holiness
           and
           Purity
           ,
           his
           Hatred
           and
           Revenges
           of
           Impenitence
           and
           Disobedience
           commixt
           with
           his
           Love
           ,
           and
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Kindness
           to
           Sinners
           .
           Here
           you
           see
           him
           represented
           in
           his
           Priestly
           Garments
           ,
           ver
           .
           13.
           which
           shows
           his
           Love
           and
           Grace
           to
           Sinners
           ,
           in
           his
           Sacrifice
           and
           Intercession
           ;
           but
           ver
           .
           15.
           
           
             His
             Feet
             as
             it
             were
             Brass
             that
             burns
             in
             a
             Furnace
             ,
          
           which
           shews
           his
           fiery
           Wrath
           and
           Indignation
           against
           all
           impenitent
           ones
           :
           Hence
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           do
           from
           the
           freeness
           and
           abundance
           of
           Grace
           take
           incouragement
           to
           Sin
           ,
           never
           had
           any
           Experience
           of
           this
           Grace
           in
           themselves
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           Grace
           whereby
           we
           are
           saved
           ,
           is
           a
           powerful
           Grace
           ,
           Eph.
           1.
           19.
           
           —
           
             And
             what
             is
             the
             exceeding
             greatness
             of
             his
             Power
             to
             us-ward
             ,
             who
             believe
          
           ;
           it
           is
           an
           exceeding
           Power
           that
           Grace
           puts
           forth
           ,
           in
           the
           Conversion
           and
           Salvation
           of
           carnal
           ,
           and
           dead
           Sinners
           .
           It
           overcomes
           the
           Resistance
           and
           Opposition
           that
           the
           carnal
           ,
           corrupt
           will
           ,
           assisted
           by
           the
           Devil
           and
           all
           that
           the
           Powers
           of
           Darkness
           can
           make
           against
           it
           .
           It
           is
           a
           mighty
           Power
           indeed
           ,
           that
           of
           Stones
           raises
           up
           Children
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           raiseth
           dead
           Sinners
           to
           Life
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           
           only
           ,
           like
           Lazarus
           ,
           lain
           four
           Days
           in
           the
           Grave
           ;
           but
           that
           have
           lain
           many
           Years
           rotting
           in
           their
           Filth
           and
           Putrefaction
           ;
           that
           is
           a
           mighty
           Power
           ,
           that
           makes
           dry
           and
           dead
           Bones
           to
           live
           ;
           which
           makes
           a
           Holy
           Temple
           for
           God
           himself
           to
           dwell
           in
           ,
           of
           that
           Heart
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           sty
           of
           every
           filthy
           and
           unclean
           Lust.
           Were
           not
           this
           Grace
           whereby
           we
           are
           saved
           ,
           an
           Almighty
           Grace
           ,
           we
           had
           been
           all
           to
           this
           Day
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           ,
           rotting
           in
           the
           Grave
           of
           our
           Sins
           ,
           bound
           in
           the
           Chains
           of
           guilt
           and
           Death
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           a
           mighty
           Power
           that
           first
           raises
           us
           to
           a
           spiritual
           Life
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           the
           same
           mighty
           Power
           that
           keeps
           us
           still
           ,
           
             through
             Faith
             unto
             Salvation
          
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           1.
           5.
           
           I
           shall
           briefly
           open
           the
           other
           two
           Points
           ,
           and
           then
           Apply
           all
           together
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           this
           Salvation
           being
           through
           Faith.
           
        
         
           The
           meaning
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           God
           and
           Christ
           in
           the
           Gospel
           Covenant
           ,
           do
           require
           Faith
           on
           our
           parts
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           our
           being
           actual
           Partakers
           and
           Possessors
           of
           this
           Salvation
           ;
           which
           Gods
           Grace
           doth
           freely
           give
           ,
           and
           Christ
           hath
           merited
           for
           us
           ;
           our
           actual
           Interest
           in
           and
           claim
           to
           this
           Salvation
           ,
           is
           suspended
           till
           we
           believe
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           same
           that
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           saith
           ;
           when
           he
           commissioned
           his
           
           Apostles
           to
           Preach
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Salvation
           to
           the
           lost
           World
           ,
           Mark
           16.
           16.
           
           
             Go
             Preach
             the
             Gospel
             —
             He
             that
             believes
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             believes
             not
             shall
             be
             damned
             .
          
           It
           is
           freely
           offered
           and
           given
           by
           God
           and
           Christ
           in
           the
           Gospel
           Covenant
           ,
           but
           Faith
           is
           required
           as
           a
           necessary
           Disposition
           ,
           in
           all
           that
           shall
           actually
           receive
           and
           partake
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Sincere
           Faith
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           unfeigned
           Consent
           of
           the
           Heart
           to
           receive
           and
           close
           with
           Christ
           upon
           the
           Terms
           of
           the
           Gospel
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           necessary
           to
           our
           first
           Interest
           and
           Title
           to
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           before
           a
           Soul
           is
           brought
           to
           this
           believing
           or
           closing
           with
           Christ
           ,
           it
           is
           (
           as
           to
           the
           special
           and
           principal
           Effects
           and
           Fruits
           of
           it
           )
           but
           a
           Grace
           offered
           ,
           a
           Christ
           ,
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           offered
           and
           tendered
           ;
           but
           when
           we
           believe
           then
           it
           is
           a
           Salvation
           begun
           in
           us
           ,
           then
           we
           actually
           partake
           of
           some
           of
           the
           saving
           Fruits
           and
           Effects
           of
           this
           Grace
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           just
           Title
           and
           Claim
           to
           compleat
           Salvation
           ,
           to
           be
           given
           us
           in
           Gods
           Time
           and
           Way
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           continued
           Exercise
           of
           ,
           and
           persevering
           in
           this
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           necessary
           Fruits
           of
           it
           ;
           Holiness
           and
           sincere
           Obedience
           to
           Christ
           and
           his
           Commands
           ,
           is
           necessary
           to
           our
           final
           and
           compleat
           Salvation
           ;
           
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           our
           full
           Deliverance
           from
           Sin
           and
           Satan
           ,
           Death
           and
           Hell
           ;
           and
           our
           Possession
           of
           Eternal
           Life
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           not
           that
           one
           who
           truly
           believes
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           Dye
           the
           next
           Day
           of
           Hour
           ,
           before
           the
           Performance
           of
           any
           one
           further
           Act
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           ;
           would
           want
           any
           Thing
           ,
           to
           qualifie
           him
           for
           compleat
           Salvation
           ;
           no
           ,
           you
           must
           not
           understand
           it
           so
           .
           For
           true
           Faith
           ,
           as
           it
           justifies
           the
           Believer
           at
           the
           very
           Moment
           of
           his
           believing
           ;
           so
           it
           would
           save
           him
           if
           he
           should
           Dye
           the
           next
           Moment
           :
           But
           if
           God
           gives
           us
           further
           Life
           and
           Time
           ,
           Perseverance
           in
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           to
           the
           very
           end
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           is
           necessary
           to
           continue
           our
           Right
           and
           Title
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           as
           Faith
           was
           at
           first
           to
           the
           obtaining
           of
           it
           .
           Hence
           are
           those
           Promises
           of
           compleat
           Salvation
           to
           continued
           Perseverance
           in
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           Rom.
           2.
           7.
           
           
             To
             them
             who
             by
             patient
             Continuance
             in
             well
             doing
             seek
             for
             —
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
           James
           1.
           12.
           
           
             Blessed
             is
             he
             that
             indures
             Temptation
             ,
             for
             after
             he
             is
             tryed
             he
             shall
             receive
             the
             Crown
             of
             Life
             .
          
           Rev.
           2.
           10.
           
           
             Be
             thou
             faithful
             to
             the
             Death
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             give
             thee
             a
             Crown
             of
             Life
             .
          
           2
           Pet.
           1.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           11.
           
           
             Give
             Diligence
             to
             add
             to
             your
             Faith
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             to
             Vertue
             ,
             Knowledge
             ,
          
           &c.
           —
           
             for
             so
             an
             entrance
             shall
             be
             ministred
          
           
           
             unto
             you
             ,
             into
             the
             Everlasting
             Kingdom
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             :
          
           And
           those
           Threats
           on
           the
           other
           Hand
           to
           those
           that
           do
           not
           Persevere
           .
           Heb.
           10.
           38.
           
           —
           
             If
             any
             Man
             draw
             back
             ,
             my
             Soul
             shall
             have
             no
             Pleasure
             in
             him
             .
          
           Heb.
           12.
           14.
           
           —
           
             And
             Holiness
             ,
             without
             which
             no
             Man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           What
           I
           shall
           say
           to
           the
           last
           Point
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           (
           
             viz.
             That
             Salvation
             being
             thro'
             Faith
             ,
             doth
             not
             hinder
             or
             oppugn
             its
             being
             of
             Grace
          
           )
           shall
           be
           in
           answering
           three
           Questions
           or
           Objections
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           made
           against
           its
           being
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           Quest.
           1.
           
           How
           is
           our
           Salvation
           of
           Grace
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           not
           without
           the
           Merit
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           Christ
           ?
           But
           before
           I
           come
           directly
           to
           Answer
           this
           ,
           I
           must
           Premise
           something
           for
           the
           better
           Understanding
           of
           this
           Matter
           which
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Sinners
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           assert
           that
           it
           is
           of
           Grace
           ;
           so
           we
           frequently
           meet
           with
           this
           Phrase
           that
           it
           is
           through
           Faith
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           most
           frequently
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           thro'
           Christ.
           It
           is
           of
           Grace
           through
           Faith
           ,
           saith
           the
           Text
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           15.
           
           —
           
             Wise
             unto
             Salvation
             ,
             through
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           Heb.
           6.
           12.
           
           —
           
             Who
             through
          
           
           
             Faith
             and
             Patience
             inherit
             the
             Promises
             .
          
           And
           elsewhere
           we
           find
           that
           Salvation
           and
           all
           the
           Parts
           of
           it
           are
           said
           to
           be
           through
           Christ
           ,
           Rom.
           3.
           24.
           
           —
           
             Through
             the
             Redemption
             that
             is
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           Eph.
           1.
           7.
           
           —
           
             Redemption
             through
             his
             Blood.
          
           Tit.
           3.
           5
           ,
           6.
           —
           
             But
             according
             to
             his
             Mercy
             he
             saved
             us
             —
             which
             he
             shed
             on
             us
             abundantly
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Saviour
          
           ;
           in
           these
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Scriptures
           ,
           you
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           Grace
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           or
           Love
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Love
           of
           Benevolence
           or
           Good-will
           ;
           is
           at
           the
           Head
           or
           Top
           of
           all
           ;
           which
           is
           Gods
           gracious
           Free
           ,
           Propension
           and
           Inclination
           to
           do
           good
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           Pardon
           and
           Save
           us
           ;
           this
           you
           see
           is
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           before
           all
           ;
           but
           the
           Effects
           and
           Fruits
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           be
           given
           to
           us
           sometimes
           through
           Christ
           ,
           through
           his
           Blood
           ,
           and
           through
           his
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           through
           Faith
           ;
           and
           yet
           these
           hinder
           not
           its
           being
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Salvation
           is
           through
           Christ
           with
           respect
           to
           God
           giving
           and
           bestowing
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           give
           such
           great
           and
           undeserved
           Mercies
           and
           Benefits
           to
           Sinners
           ,
           in
           a
           way
           becoming
           himself
           ,
           becoming
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           given
           absolutely
           without
           respect
           to
           the
           Redemption
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
         
           2.
           
           And
           it
           is
           said
           to
           be
           through
           Faith
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           our
           receiving
           and
           being
           made
           actual
           Partakers
           of
           these
           Benefits
           ,
           of
           Pardon
           ,
           Life
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           :
           We
           must
           receive
           these
           great
           and
           undeserved
           Benefits
           through
           Faith
           ,
           and
           partake
           of
           them
           only
           by
           Faith
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           in
           our
           very
           partaking
           of
           them
           ,
           honour
           both
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           ,
           both
           our
           Supream
           Rector
           ,
           and
           Redeemer
           ;
           that
           is
           we
           must
           receive
           and
           partake
           of
           them
           in
           such
           a
           way
           ,
           wherein
           we
           shall
           acknowledge
           ,
           admire
           ,
           and
           adore
           the
           Love
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           the
           Wisdom
           ,
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           Justice
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           :
           Together
           with
           the
           Love
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           Condescension
           ,
           and
           Kindness
           of
           our
           Saviour
           and
           Redeemer
           .
           God
           gives
           Salvation
           through
           Christ
           and
           his
           Redemption
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           give
           as
           becomes
           himself
           ,
           so
           as
           becomes
           ,
           an
           infinitely
           Wise
           ,
           Holy
           ,
           and
           Just
           Governour
           ;
           and
           we
           must
           receive
           or
           partake
           of
           it
           only
           through
           Faith
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           receive
           it
           as
           becomes
           our selves
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           becomes
           miserable
           ,
           guilty
           ,
           lost
           ,
           and
           undone
           Sinners
           ;
           we
           must
           receive
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Grace
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           way
           ,
           wherein
           our
           very
           receiving
           ,
           is
           an
           acknowledgment
           that
           our selves
           are
           nothing
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           and
           Christ
           is
           all
           ;
           that
           even
           when
           we
           receive
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           we
           shall
           at
           
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           yea
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Act
           acknowledge
           that
           we
           deserve
           to
           be
           condemned
           ;
           and
           that
           Gods
           Grace
           freely
           bestows
           all
           upon
           us
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Redemption
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           Christ
           ;
           so
           much
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           and
           which
           will
           afford
           Light
           for
           the
           solving
           of
           the
           following
           Questions
           or
           Objections
           .
        
         
           Obj.
           1.
           
           How
           is
           our
           Salvation
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           free
           Grace
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           not
           without
           the
           Merit
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           Christ
           ,
           when
           so
           great
           a
           Price
           ,
           as
           the
           Life
           and
           Blood
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           was
           exacted
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           paid
           by
           Christ
           for
           the
           Purchase
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           Ans.
           The
           Socinians
           will
           easily
           answer
           this
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           for
           they
           say
           that
           our
           Pardon
           and
           Salvation
           ;
           is
           meerly
           an
           Act
           of
           Dominion
           and
           Favour
           ;
           and
           not
           procured
           by
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           a
           Punishment
           and
           Satisfaction
           for
           our
           Sins
           :
           For
           they
           say
           that
           Christs
           Sufferings
           was
           no
           Punishment
           for
           our
           Sin
           ,
           nor
           any
           proper
           Satisfaction
           to
           Divine
           Justice
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           Sin
           was
           no
           antecedent
           inpulsive
           Cause
           of
           Christs
           Suffering
           ,
           nor
           his
           Sufferings
           any
           meritorious
           Cause
           of
           our
           Pardon
           or
           Salvation
           .
           But
           this
           cannot
           be
           admitted
           ,
           without
           subverting
           the
           whole
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           destroying
           the
           very
           Foundations
           
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           for
           this
           makes
           the
           whole
           Mediation
           ,
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           to
           be
           in
           vain
           ,
           or
           of
           very
           little
           use
           ;
           for
           they
           assign
           but
           little
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           more
           ,
           to
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           then
           what
           may
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           .
        
         
           This
           therefore
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           that
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           were
           a
           Punishment
           for
           our
           Sins
           ,
           a
           proper
           Satisfaction
           to
           Divine
           Justice
           ,
           a
           price
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           our
           Pardon
           and
           Salvation
           is
           of
           Grace
           notwithstanding
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           right
           Understanding
           of
           which
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           shew
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             How
             or
             in
             what
             Relation
             God
             is
             chiefly
             to
             be
             considered
             in
             this
             business
             of
             the
             Redemption
             and
             Salvation
             of
             Sinners
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             What
             is
             the
             Reason
             and
             Use
             of
             Christs
             Sufferings
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           God
           in
           the
           Business
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           principally
           as
           the
           supream
           Ruler
           and
           Governour
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           infinitely
           Wise
           ,
           Holy
           and
           Just
           ,
           who
           was
           greatly
           offended
           and
           provoked
           by
           Sin
           ;
           and
           his
           Law
           and
           Government
           slighted
           ,
           dispised
           ,
           and
           trampled
           upon
           by
           Sinners
           ;
           and
           yet
           of
           his
           own
           infinitely
           good
           and
           gracious
           Nature
           ,
           was
           propense
           
           and
           inclined
           to
           shew
           Pity
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           deliver
           and
           save
           his
           miserable
           Creatures
           ,
           that
           had
           made
           themselves
           so
           by
           their
           Sin
           and
           Apostalie
           .
           But
           this
           could
           not
           be
           effected
           without
           some
           way
           or
           medium
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Honour
           of
           God's
           Law
           ;
           and
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           as
           the
           righteous
           Governour
           of
           the
           World
           shall
           be
           secured
           and
           preserved
           ;
           for
           God
           can
           do
           nothing
           unjustly
           ,
           nothing
           unwisely
           ,
           or
           unholily
           ;
           but
           should
           he
           of
           meer
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           without
           any
           Punishment
           of
           Sin
           ,
           or
           a
           sufficient
           Satisfaction
           to
           his
           Justice
           ,
           have
           pardoned
           the
           Sin
           of
           Man
           ,
           there
           would
           have
           lain
           great
           Imputations
           against
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           ;
           his
           Truth
           and
           Justice
           ,
           and
           such
           inconveniences
           as
           would
           have
           reproached
           ,
           if
           not
           subverted
           his
           Government
           .
           It
           may
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           give
           you
           alight
           touch
           of
           this
           ;
           for
           I
           design
           to
           not
           insist
           upon
           it
           so
           largely
           as
           it
           might
           be
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           God
           should
           have
           pardoned
           and
           saved
           Sinners
           without
           a
           Satisfaction
           ,
           this
           would
           have
           reflected
           upon
           his
           Wisdom
           ;
           for
           since
           he
           had
           with
           infinite
           Wisdom
           and
           Counsel
           made
           a
           Law
           for
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ;
           with
           a
           Penalty
           annexed
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           Disobedience
           ;
           how
           could
           it
           stand
           with
           his
           Wisdom
           to
           suffer
           
           the
           Contempt
           and
           Violation
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           own
           Authority
           therein
           ;
           to
           go
           altogether
           unpunished
           ?
           What
           ?
           to
           have
           his
           Law
           trampled
           upon
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           were
           made
           void
           assoon
           as
           made
           ;
           if
           he
           should
           suffer
           this
           to
           go
           unpunished
           ,
           he
           would
           seem
           to
           disregard
           his
           own
           Law
           ,
           in
           the
           Sanction
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           his
           Creature
           had
           done
           the
           Precept
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Again
           should
           he
           suffer
           the
           Violation
           of
           of
           his
           Law
           to
           go
           altogether
           unpunished
           ;
           would
           it
           not
           seem
           as
           if
           he
           now
           saw
           Reason
           to
           alter
           his
           Mind
           ;
           since
           he
           saw
           good
           not
           to
           exact
           that
           Punishment
           he
           had
           denounced
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           if
           he
           should
           have
           exacted
           no
           Punishment
           or
           Satisfaction
           for
           Sin
           ,
           there
           would
           lye
           a
           great
           Impeachment
           against
           his
           Justice
           and
           Wisdom
           together
           ;
           for
           ,
           either
           Sin
           did
           deserve
           Punishment
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           a
           Punishment
           as
           was
           threatened
           ,
           or
           it
           did
           not
           deserve
           it
           .
           If
           it
           did
           not
           deserve
           it
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           unjust
           to
           enact
           it
           in
           the
           Law
           :
           But
           if
           it
           did
           deserve
           it
           ,
           as
           no
           doubt
           it
           did
           ;
           then
           upon
           the
           entrance
           of
           Sin
           Justice
           must
           necessarily
           require
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           Punishment
           threatened
           ,
           or
           an
           equivalent
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           full
           Satisfaction
           be
           exacted
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           observe
           ,
           that
           though
           a
           Creditor
           ,
           
           may
           freely
           forgive
           a
           Debt
           ;
           that
           is
           owing
           to
           him
           without
           Injustice
           ,
           yet
           a
           Governour
           in
           many
           Cases
           connot
           forgive
           a
           Criminal
           without
           Injustice
           ,
           because
           Punishments
           are
           in
           some
           Cases
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           for
           the
           keeping
           up
           a
           due
           Reverence
           and
           Regard
           of
           the
           Governour
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Laws
           .
           And
           likewise
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           the
           preserving
           of
           due
           Order
           ,
           and
           the
           securing
           of
           the
           Lives
           and
           Properties
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ;
           why
           ;
           God
           is
           here
           to
           be
           considered
           as
           the
           righteous
           
             Governour
             of
             the
          
           World.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           there
           would
           lye
           an
           Impeachment
           against
           his
           Truth
           and
           Veracity
           too
           ;
           for
           having
           threatened
           such
           a
           Punishment
           for
           the
           Violation
           of
           his
           Law
           ;
           would
           not
           his
           Veracity
           be
           called
           into
           
             Question
             if
          
           none
           was
           exacted
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           And
           from
           all
           these
           there
           would
           arise
           a
           great
           inconveniency
           and
           disorder
           in
           the
           future
           Government
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           for
           Men
           would
           hence
           take
           occasion
           to
           imbolden
           themselves
           in
           Sin
           ;
           and
           flatter
           themselves
           with
           Hopes
           of
           Impunity
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           they
           might
           thus
           Reason
           ;
           if
           God
           did
           once
           ,
           without
           any
           Satisfaction
           ,
           shew
           mercy
           to
           his
           sinning
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           that
           contrary
           to
           the
           Sentence
           of
           his
           own
           Law
           ,
           then
           why
           may
           he
           not
           do
           so
           again
           ?
           And
           ,
           if
           it
           
           be
           not
           inconsistent
           with
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           governing
           Justice
           ,
           to
           let
           one
           Sin
           go
           unpunished
           (
           and
           that
           such
           a
           one
           as
           did
           
             quantum
             in
             se
          
           spoil
           the
           design
           of
           his
           works
           assoon
           as
           made
           )
           then
           why
           not
           another
           ,
           and
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           Men
           would
           be
           incouraged
           to
           Hope
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           threatenings
           of
           Gods
           Law
           ,
           that
           yet
           they
           might
           have
           Peace
           though
           they
           did
           walk
           on
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           their
           own
           Hearts
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           lay
           a
           Foundation
           for
           Men
           to
           distrust
           and
           be
           suspicious
           ,
           of
           the
           certainty
           and
           stability
           of
           his
           Promise
           too
           ;
           for
           if
           God
           do
           disregard
           the
           threatning
           of
           his
           Law
           ,
           then
           why
           not
           the
           Promise
           too
           ;
           and
           so
           both
           the
           stability
           of
           his
           Promise
           ,
           and
           the
           awe
           and
           terrour
           of
           his
           Threats
           ,
           would
           be
           mightily
           shaken
           at
           once
           ;
           the
           wicked
           imboldened
           and
           hardened
           in
           Sin
           ,
           with
           Hopes
           of
           Impunity
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           Threats
           .
           And
           the
           Comforts
           and
           Confidence
           of
           the
           Righteous
           weakened
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           Promises
           .
        
         
           These
           and
           many
           more
           such
           like
           great
           inconveniencies
           and
           disorders
           would
           necessarily
           have
           followed
           if
           Sin
           should
           have
           been
           pardoned
           ,
           and
           Sinners
           saved
           without
           a
           Satisfaction
           to
           the
           Justice
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           These
           Things
           are
           necessary
           to
           understand
           the
           Reason
           and
           Use
           of
           Christs
           Sufferings
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           And
           now
           here
           comes
           in
           the
           Necessity
           ,
           and
           Reason
           of
           Christ
           Sufferings
           ;
           not
           that
           God
           was
           so
           delighted
           with
           the
           Blood
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           ,
           meerly
           considered
           as
           Sufferings
           ;
           that
           he
           would
           sell
           his
           great
           Benefits
           to
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           Blood
           of
           his
           innocent
           Son
           :
           nor
           to
           incline
           God
           to
           be
           merciful
           ,
           that
           was
           before
           averse
           to
           it
           .
           No
           ;
           but
           since
           he
           was
           propense
           to
           shew
           Mercy
           ,
           he
           might
           in
           this
           way
           do
           it
           ,
           without
           any
           prejudice
           to
           his
           other
           Perfections
           ,
           because
           in
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           sufficient
           salvo
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Law
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ;
           so
           that
           now
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Kindness
           is
           exercised
           in
           pardoning
           of
           guilty
           Sinners
           ,
           without
           any
           Impeachment
           of
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           other
           Perfections
           ;
           he
           can
           now
           be
           just
           as
           well
           as
           merciful
           in
           Pardoning
           ,
           and
           holy
           as
           well
           as
           pitiful
           and
           kind
           in
           Sparing
           .
        
         
           And
           his
           rich
           and
           free
           Grace
           in
           pardoning
           and
           saving
           Sinners
           in
           this
           way
           doth
           thus
           appear
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           that
           this
           way
           for
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           his
           own
           Justice
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           vindicating
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Law
           and
           Government
           ,
           was
           of
           his
           own
           finding
           out
           and
           provideing
           ;
           the
           Scripture
           every
           where
           attributes
           the
           contrivance
           of
           Redemption
           
           to
           God
           himself
           ,
           Job
           33.
           24.
           
           —
           
             I
             have
             found
             a
             ransome
          
           ;
           God
           did
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Treasure
           provide
           for
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           his
           own
           Justice
           ;
           the
           giving
           of
           Christ
           to
           be
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           was
           the
           Fruit
           of
           his
           free
           self-moving
           Love
           
             and
             Grace
             ,
             Joh.
          
           3.
           16.
           
           
             God
             so
             love
             the
             World
             that
             he
             gave
             his
             Son.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           His
           Grace
           appears
           in
           accepting
           of
           what
           Christ
           did
           and
           suffered
           for
           us
           ,
           so
           as
           thereupon
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Christ
           to
           Pardon
           and
           Acquit
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           beleive
           in
           him
           ;
           for
           though
           the
           Suffering
           of
           Christ
           ,
           were
           abundantly
           sufficient
           to
           make
           Satisfaction
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           of
           the
           free
           Grace
           of
           God
           to
           accept
           them
           on
           our
           behalf
           ;
           for
           in
           that
           very
           Thing
           there
           is
           a
           Relaxation
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           for
           that
           did
           threaten
           every
           Offendor
           in
           his
           own
           Person
           ,
           and
           none
           else
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Nay
           here
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           more
           abundant
           Grace
           and
           Love
           in
           giving
           Pardon
           and
           Salvation
           through
           Christ
           ,
           then
           if
           he
           had
           given
           it
           as
           a
           meer
           Act
           of
           Dominion
           and
           Favour
           ,
           without
           any
           Satisfaction
           to
           his
           Justice
           .
           For
           you
           see
           that
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           was
           not
           to
           purchase
           Gods
           Love
           of
           Goodwill
           to
           us
           ,
           for
           that
           was
           Antecedent
           to
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           moving
           Cause
           of
           his
           giving
           Christ
           ;
           but
           the
           true
           Reason
           of
           Christs
           Sufferings
           is
           ,
           that
           
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Law
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           his
           Perfections
           might
           be
           secured
           and
           provided
           for
           ,
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           and
           pardoning
           Mercy
           towards
           us
           .
           Now
           that
           he
           should
           give
           his
           only
           begotten
           and
           dearly
           beloved
           Son
           ;
           to
           be
           so
           humbled
           and
           abased
           ,
           to
           undergo
           such
           Shame
           and
           Misery
           and
           Death
           for
           us
           ,
           this
           was
           of
           all
           others
           the
           highest
           Instance
           and
           Demonstration
           of
           his
           Grace
           and
           Love
           to
           us
           ;
           it
           was
           impossible
           that
           he
           should
           be
           merciful
           at
           a
           dearer
           Rate
           ,
           or
           shew
           his
           Love
           and
           Kindness
           in
           a
           more
           stupendious
           Way
           .
           We
           have
           a
           story
           of
           Zaleucus
           King
           of
           Locris
           ,
           that
           when
           his
           own
           Son
           was
           found
           to
           have
           transgressed
           a
           Law
           ,
           that
           threatened
           the
           loss
           of
           both
           Eyes
           to
           the
           Offendor
           ,
           the
           King
           resolves
           to
           execute
           the
           Law
           ,
           to
           save
           that
           from
           Contempt
           ;
           and
           yet
           withal
           to
           shew
           Mercy
           and
           Kindness
           to
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           he
           consented
           to
           have
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Eyes
           put
           out
           to
           save
           one
           of
           his
           Sons
           Eyes
           ;
           now
           will
           not
           all
           acknowledge
           that
           herein
           he
           shewed
           his
           Love
           to
           his
           Son
           ,
           more
           than
           if
           he
           had
           freely
           remitted
           the
           whole
           Penalty
           .
           Why
           ,
           thus
           it
           is
           here
           ,
           God
           hath
           shewed
           his
           Grace
           and
           Love
           to
           us
           much
           more
           in
           giving
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           saving
           of
           us
           through
           his
           Satisfaction
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           
           done
           it
           as
           a
           meer
           
             Act
             of
          
           Dominion
           and
           Favour
           .
           So
           much
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           first
           Objection
           .
        
         
           Obj.
           2.
           
           How
           is
           Salvation
           by
           Grace
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           only
           by
           or
           through
           Faith
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           it
           ;
           since
           such
           a
           Condition
           ,
           Disposition
           or
           Qualification
           is
           necessary
           to
           our
           actual
           receiving
           or
           partaking
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Ans.
           1.
           
           Grace
           and
           Faith
           are
           not
           inconsistent
           ,
           not
           opposite
           or
           contrary
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           is
           ,
           nevertheless
           of
           Grace
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           only
           through
           Faith
           and
           not
           without
           it
           ;
           for
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           is
           no
           procuring
           ,
           meriting
           ,
           or
           deserving
           Cause
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           only
           a
           necessary
           Disposition
           to
           our
           receiving
           of
           it
           ;
           viz.
           that
           which
           makes
           us
           duely
           qualified
           and
           disposed
           Subjects
           ;
           as
           the
           Sun
           Communicates
           its
           Light
           freely
           ,
           but
           the
           Window-shuts
           must
           be
           removed
           before
           it
           can
           inlighten
           our
           House
           and
           Dwelling
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           the
           Window-shuts
           is
           no
           Cause
           of
           the
           Suns-light
           ,
           only
           it
           removes
           that
           which
           did
           hinder
           its
           shining
           into
           our
           House
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           Faith
           is
           but
           like
           the
           unstoping
           of
           the
           Window
           ,
           the
           removing
           that
           which
           did
           hinder
           the
           healing
           and
           saving
           Beams
           of
           Grace
           from
           shining
           into
           our
           Souls
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Faith
           as
           to
           the
           most
           vital
           and
           essential
           Act
           of
           it
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Consent
           or
           Choice
           of
           the
           Heart
           and
           Will
           )
           is
           but
           a
           hearty
           ,
           thankful
           Acceptance
           of
           the
           Gift
           of
           Grace
           ,
           according
           to
           its
           proper
           Nature
           and
           Use
           ;
           for
           when
           you
           do
           heartily
           and
           sincerely
           Consent
           to
           take
           Christ
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           ends
           and
           uses
           that
           he
           is
           offered
           to
           you
           for
           ,
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           then
           are
           you
           Believers
           indeed
           ,
           and
           Christ
           and
           Salvation
           is
           yours
           in
           Right
           and
           Title
           ;
           when
           you
           thankfully
           accept
           of
           Christ
           to
           save
           you
           from
           Sin
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           from
           the
           evil
           Consequents
           and
           Miseries
           that
           follow
           it
           ,
           then
           Christ
           is
           yours
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           is
           yours
           in
           Title
           ;
           now
           I
           hope
           a
           Gift
           is
           nevertheless
           free
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           given
           to
           none
           but
           those
           that
           are
           willing
           to
           receive
           it
           ,
           yea
           and
           to
           those
           only
           that
           will
           heartily
           and
           thankfully
           receive
           it
           .
           If
           the
           King
           Pardon
           a
           Traytor
           on
           Condition
           that
           he
           will
           thankfully
           Accept
           it
           ,
           and
           Promise
           to
           Rebel
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           become
           a
           Loyal
           Subject
           ,
           I
           hope
           he
           Pardons
           freely
           though
           upon
           such
           a
           Condition
           ;
           if
           you
           give
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           Poor
           on
           this
           Condition
           ,
           that
           they
           reach
           forth
           their
           Hand
           to
           receive
           what
           you
           give
           ,
           and
           be
           thankful
           to
           you
           for
           it
           ,
           would
           you
           not
           reckon
           that
           you
           give
           freely
           ?
           and
           
           nevertheless
           freely
           ,
           though
           you
           require
           that
           they
           should
           thankfully
           receive
           your
           Alms
           :
           Why
           ,
           thus
           is
           our
           Salvation
           of
           Grace
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           only
           through
           Faith
           and
           not
           without
           it
           ,
           for
           Faith
           is
           but
           our
           hearty
           ,
           thankful
           ,
           receiving
           of
           the
           Gift
           according
           to
           its
           Nature
           and
           Use.
           
        
         
           Obj.
           But
           it
           may
           possibly
           be
           objected
           against
           this
           ,
           that
           many
           carnal
           and
           ungodly
           Men
           would
           gladly
           accept
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           therefore
           saved
           ,
           nor
           have
           any
           Right
           or
           Title
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           Ans.
           Take
           notice
           ,
           that
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           Faith
           is
           but
           a
           hearty
           ,
           thankful
           ,
           accepting
           of
           the
           Gift
           according
           to
           its
           proper
           Nature
           and
           Use
           ?
           and
           is
           any
           carnal
           and
           ungodly
           Man
           ,
           while
           such
           ,
           heartily
           willing
           and
           desirous
           to
           accept
           it
           so
           ?
           No
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           ,
           nor
           can
           he
           be
           ,
           while
           he
           remains
           carnal
           and
           ungodly
           ;
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           He
           is
           willing
           to
           accept
           of
           Salvation
           :
           Yea
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           what
           sort
           of
           Salvation
           ?
           Not
           the
           Salvation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           not
           that
           Salvation
           that
           is
           Purchased
           and
           Offered
           by
           Christ.
           At
           most
           ,
           he
           desires
           only
           a
           part
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           whole
           of
           it
           ;
           he
           would
           be
           saved
           from
           Hell
           ,
           but
           he
           would
           not
           be
           saved
           from
           Sin
           ;
           he
           abhors
           and
           loaths
           that
           part
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           he
           doth
           wish
           for
           ,
           and
           desire
           the
           other
           .
           No
           doubt
           ,
           there
           
           are
           none
           but
           would
           be
           saved
           from
           the
           Miseries
           of
           the
           Damned
           ,
           from
           Everlasting
           Burnings
           ,
           and
           Chains
           of
           Darkness
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           Thousands
           that
           would
           not
           be
           saved
           from
           their
           vain
           ,
           carnal
           ,
           earthly
           ,
           sensual
           ,
           and
           selfish
           Disposition
           of
           Mind
           and
           Heart
           .
           Alas
           !
           All
           that
           we
           can
           do
           ,
           we
           cannot
           perswade
           Men
           to
           this
           ,
           we
           cannot
           by
           all
           manner
           of
           Arguments
           and
           Intreaties
           ,
           prevail
           with
           Men
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           saved
           from
           these
           :
           And
           Salvation
           from
           these
           and
           such
           like
           evil
           and
           carnal
           Dispositions
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           and
           Principal
           Part
           of
           the
           
             Salvation
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           There
           are
           many
           that
           are
           willing
           to
           accept
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           how
           ?
           Not
           wholly
           and
           intirely
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           offered
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           they
           would
           have
           him
           to
           Pardon
           them
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           rule
           overthem
           ;
           they
           would
           have
           him
           to
           save
           them
           from
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           Curse
           for
           Sin
           ;
           but
           not
           from
           the
           Power
           and
           Dominion
           of
           it
           :
           They
           would
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           hearts
           ,
           have
           him
           to
           make
           them
           happy
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           make
           them
           holy
           ,
           not
           to
           conform
           them
           to
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ;
           No
           ,
           in
           this
           respect
           they
           hate
           him
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           they
           desire
           him
           in
           other
           respects
           ;
           they
           would
           have
           Christ
           to
           be
           to
           them
           a
           Hiding
           Place
           from
           the
           Wind
           ,
           a
           Refuge
           and
           Shelter
           from
           the
           
           Storms
           of
           Wrath
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           not
           not
           have
           him
           as
           a
           Physician
           to
           heal
           their
           diseased
           Souls
           of
           their
           inordinate
           love
           of
           Self
           and
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           Creature-comforts
           ,
           of
           their
           Sensuality
           ,
           and
           Selfishness
           .
        
         
           Thus
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           found
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           carnal
           Man
           in
           the
           World
           that
           is
           truely
           willing
           and
           desirous
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           in
           the
           true
           and
           full
           sence
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Faith
             it self
             is
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             ,
          
           though
           it
           be
           but
           a
           hearty
           thankful
           acceptance
           of
           the
           Gift
           ,
           according
           to
           it
           's
           proper
           Nature
           and
           Use
           ,
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           Pravity
           and
           Corruption
           of
           our
           Nature
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           Carnality
           ,
           Earthliness
           ,
           Sensuality
           of
           our
           Dispositions
           ,
           naturally
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           never
           consent
           to
           this
           ,
           unless
           Gods
           special
           Grace
           did
           incline
           and
           perswade
           us
           to
           it
           .
           Did
           not
           God
           give
           us
           Faith
           we
           should
           never
           have
           it
           .
           All
           the
           Intreaties
           ,
           Promises
           ,
           Threatenings
           of
           the
           Gospel
           would
           never
           perswade
           our
           hearts
           to
           it
           without
           the
           special
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           all
           the
           Arguments
           taken
           from
           God
           or
           our Selves
           ,
           from
           Life
           and
           Death
           ,
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           ,
           everlasting
           happiness
           or
           misery
           ,
           would
           never
           prevail
           with
           the
           carnal
           ,
           corrupt
           Heart
           of
           Man
           
           to
           believe
           ,
           without
           the
           powerful
           ,
           efficacious
           Grace
           of
           God
           :
           This
           is
           clear
           from
           many
           express
           Testimonies
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           Text
           saith
           ,
           
             it
             is
             not
             of
             our selves
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Gift
             of
             God.
             Phil.
          
           1.
           29.
           
             unto
             you
             it
             is
             given
             —
             to
             beleive
             in
             him
             —
             Isa.
          
           53.
           1.
           
           
             Who
             hath
             believed
             our
             report
          
           ;
           and
           then
           follows
           as
           a
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           
             to
             whom
             hath
             the
             Arm
             of
             the
             Lord
             been
             revealed
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           tho
           God
           give
           Salvation
           to
           none
           but
           Believers
           ,
           yet
           since
           Faith
           it self
           is
           his
           Gift
           too
           ,
           that
           makes
           it
           to
           be
           nevertheless
           of
           Grace
           still
           .
           Indeed
           was
           Faith
           a
           Disposition
           ,
           acquired
           meerly
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Nature
           ,
           or
           onely
           by
           our
           own
           Diligence
           and
           Industry
           in
           the
           Use
           of
           Means
           ,
           without
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           then
           it
           would
           lessen
           the
           Glory
           of
           Grace
           indeed
           ;
           and
           at
           best
           make
           it
           to
           be
           partly
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           partly
           of
           our Selves
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           so
           ;
           Faith
           that
           doth
           qualifie
           and
           dispose
           us
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           is
           Gods
           Gift
           as
           well
           as
           Salvation
           it self
           ;
           Grace
           gives
           all
           ,
           both
           the
           Disposition
           to
           receive
           ,
           and
           the
           consequent
           Benefit
           received
           too
           .
           But
           he
           always
           gives
           it
           in
           this
           wise
           ,
           and
           holy
           Way
           and
           Order
           ,
           that
           he
           makes
           one
           Gift
           to
           be
           the
           necessary
           Qualification
           to
           dispose
           the
           Soul
           for
           the
           receiving
           of
           another
           :
           He
           gives
           Repentance
           ,
           to
           dispose
           the
           Soul
           
           to
           receive
           Forgiveness
           of
           Sin
           ;
           gives
           Faith
           ,
           to
           dispose
           the
           Soul
           to
           receive
           the
           great
           benefits
           of
           Justification
           and
           Adoption
           ;
           gives
           Holiness
           and
           Purity
           of
           Heart
           ,
           to
           dispose
           the
           Soul
           for
           Communion
           with
           God
           and
           the
           everlasting
           Injoyment
           of
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           always
           observe
           this
           Order
           and
           Method
           ,
           in
           bestowing
           the
           great
           and
           saving
           Gifts
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           and
           never
           varies
           it
           .
           So
           that
           those
           shall
           never
           have
           the
           Gift
           of
           forgiveness
           of
           Sin
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           first
           the
           Gift
           of
           Repentance
           ;
           and
           those
           shall
           never
           have
           the
           Gift
           of
           Salvation
           that
           have
           not
           first
           the
           Gift
           of
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           .
        
         
           Obj.
           3.
           
           But
           if
           Salvation
           be
           by
           Grace
           though
           it
           be
           through
           Faith
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           but
           the
           hearty
           ,
           thankful
           ,
           acceptance
           of
           the
           Gift
           )
           yet
           how
           is
           compleat
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Possession
           of
           Eternal
           Life
           and
           Glory
           of
           Grace
           ;
           when
           so
           much
           Care
           and
           Diligence
           and
           persevering
           Continuance
           in
           the
           Duties
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           is
           required
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Possession
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Ans.
           1.
           
           It
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           Diligence
           and
           Seriousness
           in
           the
           Duties
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           Continuance
           therein
           to
           our
           Lives
           end
           ,
           are
           required
           to
           our
           compleat
           Salvation
           ;
           
           yet
           this
           is
           not
           opposite
           to
           Grace
           ,
           nor
           make
           Salvation
           to
           be
           ever
           the
           less
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           That
           these
           are
           necessary
           ,
           see
           what
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           ,
           Phil.
           2.
           12.
           
           
             Work
             out
             your
             own
             Salvation
             with
             Fear
             and
             Trembling
             .
          
           Rom.
           2.
           7.
           
           
             To
             them
             who
             by
             patient
             continuance
             in
             well
             doing
             —
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
           Heb.
           12.
           14.
           
             follow
             —
             and
             Holiness
             without
             which
             no
             Man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord.
          
           2
           Pet.
           1.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           10.
           
           
             And
             besides
             this
             giving
             all
             Diligence
             ,
             add
             to
             your
             Faith
             ,
             Vertue
          
           —
           It
           discovers
           great
           ignorance
           for
           any
           to
           call
           the
           Preaching
           of
           ,
           and
           Pressing
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           legal
           Preaching
           :
           For
           if
           so
           ,
           never
           was
           greater
           legal
           Preachers
           heard
           then
           the
           Apostles
           Peter
           and
           Paul.
           Nay
           ,
           if
           the
           meer
           pressing
           of
           such
           Duties
           be
           legal
           Preaching
           ,
           then
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           was
           a
           legal
           Preacher
           too
           ,
           Luke
           13.
           24
           ,
           27.
           
           
             Strive
             to
             enter
             in
             at
             the
             strait
             gate
             .
             —
             Mat.
          
           5.
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           and
           Mat.
           7.
           24.
           
           
             He
             that
             hears
             these
             sayings
             of
             mine
             ,
             and
             doth
             them
          
           —
           And
           what
           Sayings
           were
           these
           ?
           why
           ,
           those
           excellent
           Precepts
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           that
           he
           had
           Preached
           to
           them
           in
           his
           Sermon
           upon
           the
           Mount
           ;
           whence
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             not
             the
             pressing
             of
             the
             Duties
             of
             Holiness
             and
             Obedience
             that
             makes
          
           
           
             Preaching
             to
             be
             Legal
             Preaching
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             the
             Ends
             and
             Uses
             that
             they
             are
             pressed
             for
             ,
             that
             must
             denominate
             it
             :
          
           If
           they
           are
           pressed
           for
           Gospel-Ends
           and
           Uses
           ,
           that
           is
           Gospel-Preaching
           ;
           and
           I
           see
           not
           how
           the
           Gospel
           can
           be
           truly
           Preached
           without
           the
           pressing
           of
           them
           in
           their
           place
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           do
           pretend
           to
           Preach
           the
           Gospel
           without
           it
           ,
           they
           either
           Preach
           not
           Christ's
           Gospel
           ,
           or
           but
           by
           the
           Halves
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           do
           press
           the
           Duties
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           for
           Legal-ends
           and
           purposes
           ,
           that
           is
           Legal
           Preaching
           indeed
           .
        
         
           But
           tho
           Holiness
           and
           sincere
           Obedience
           are
           necessary
           to
           Eternal
           Life
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           nevertheless
           of
           Grace
           ;
           for
           whosoever
           sets
           Grace
           and
           Evangelical
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           in
           opposition
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           they
           set
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Word
           or
           Gospel
           against
           it self
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           to
           speak
           Contradictions
           ;
           and
           they
           ignorantly
           lessen
           ,
           and
           reproach
           and
           degrade
           that
           Grace
           which
           they
           would
           seem
           to
           exalt
           ;
           for
           Salvation
           is
           
             never
             the
             less
          
           of
           Grace
           ,
           tho
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           are
           necessary
           ,
           as
           the
           Means
           and
           Way
           to
           attain
           it
           ;
           which
           will
           thus
           appear
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           
             Evangelical
             Holiness
             and
             Obedience
             is
             it self
             a
             Gift
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           even
           as
           Faith
           is
           ;
           for
           Faith
           is
           the
           Root
           and
           Principle
           
           of
           all
           true
           Obedience
           ;
           and
           all
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           is
           the
           Natural
           and
           Necessary
           Fruits
           and
           Products
           of
           it
           :
           So
           that
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           are
           given
           virtually
           in
           the
           Gift
           of
           Faith
           it self
           ;
           when
           God
           gives
           a
           principle
           that
           necessarily
           produces
           such
           and
           such
           Effects
           ;
           he
           truely
           gives
           those
           Effects
           themselves
           in
           giving
           of
           the
           Principles
           ;
           as
           he
           that
           gives
           you
           a
           Tree
           that
           naturally
           and
           certainly
           will
           bear
           such
           Fruits
           ,
           he
           gives
           you
           the
           Fruit
           in
           giving
           of
           you
           the
           Tree
           ;
           as
           in
           Creation
           God
           gave
           Man
           a
           Principle
           of
           Reason
           ,
           which
           doth
           principally
           Difference
           him
           from
           bruit
           Creatures
           ;
           why
           now
           in
           giving
           him
           this
           principle
           of
           Reason
           he
           gave
           all
           the
           following
           Acts
           of
           Reason
           ,
           whereby
           a
           Man
           Acts
           in
           a
           higher
           and
           more
           excellent
           way
           than
           the
           Bruits
           are
           capable
           of
           ,
           why
           thus
           it
           is
           here
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           further
           ,
           Grace
           doth
           not
           only
           give
           the
           Principle
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           ;
           but
           Grace
           doth
           still
           continue
           to
           actuate
           the
           Principle
           ,
           and
           concurs
           to
           the
           Production
           of
           every
           individual
           Act
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           .
           Grace
           doth
           not
           turn
           us
           off
           to
           Trade
           with
           the
           Stock
           that
           is
           first
           given
           and
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           ,
           but
           
           it
           daily
           gives
           forth
           ,
           and
           communicates
           renewed
           influxes
           to
           us
           ;
           there
           is
           an
           exciting
           quickening
           Grace
           ,
           that
           stirs
           us
           up
           when
           we
           are
           dull
           ,
           and
           rouses
           us
           up
           to
           a
           Holy
           Diligence
           and
           Fervour
           when
           we
           are
           Drowsie
           and
           Slothful
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           helping
           ,
           aiding
           ,
           or
           assisting
           Grace
           ,
           given
           forth
           to
           every
           renewed
           Act
           of
           Obedience
           ;
           
             Without
             me
          
           ,
           saith
           Christ
           ,
           
             you
             can
             do
             nothing
             ;
             And
             if
             you
             abide
             in
             me
             ,
             as
             the
             Branch
             in
             the
             Vine
             ,
             then
             you
             shall
             bring
             forth
             Fruit
             ,
          
           but
           not
           else
           ,
           John
           15.
           
           Phil.
           2.
           13.
           
           —
           
             For
             it
             is
             God
             that
             Works
             in
             you
             both
             to
             will
             and
             to
             do
             of
             his
             own
             good
             Pleasure
          
           ;
           hence
           it
           is
           most
           plain
           that
           Salvation
           is
           of
           Grace
           ,
           notwithstanding
           such
           Care
           and
           Diligence
           in
           the
           Dutys
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           be
           necessary
           in
           order
           to
           it
           :
           For
           you
           see
           that
           Evangelical
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           it self
           is
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Further
           still
           ,
           the
           more
           Holy
           and
           Obedient
           any
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           Grace
           do
           they
           receive
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           they
           are
           beholden
           to
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           Obligations
           they
           have
           to
           Praise
           and
           Admire
           the
           Riches
           of
           it
           towards
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           more
           Holy
           and
           Obedient
           any
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           large
           and
           bountiful
           is
           Grace
           in
           its
           Gifts
           to
           them
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           
           10.
           
           
             By
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             am
             what
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             his
             Grace
             bestowed
             upon
             me
             ,
             was
             not
             in
             vain
             ,
             for
             I
             laboured
             more
             abundantly
             than
             they
             all
          
           —
           and
           to
           this
           Purpose
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           saying
           of
           St.
           Augustine
           ,
           the
           more
           any
           one
           doth
           ,
           the
           more
           Holy
           and
           Obedient
           he
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           is
           he
           a
           Debtor
           to
           the
           Grace
           of
           God.
           Mr.
           Rutherford
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           p.
           198.
           
           Speaking
           of
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           Gospel
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Adam
           in
           Innocency
           ;
           saith
           ,
           in
           Gospel
           Obedience
           ,
           we
           offer
           more
           of
           the
           Lords
           own
           ,
           and
           less
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           because
           he
           both
           Commands
           ,
           and
           gives
           us
           Grace
           to
           obey
           .
           You
           may
           hence
           see
           ,
           what
           strange
           Preachers
           of
           Grace
           they
           are
           (
           if
           such
           there
           be
           ,
           as
           is
           said
           )
           that
           set
           it
           in
           Opposition
           to
           Evangelical
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           .
           For
           ,
           alas
           !
           they
           do
           (
           unwittingly
           no
           doubt
           )
           lessen
           Grace
           and
           deny
           many
           of
           its
           greatest
           Gifts
           ,
           and
           strip
           it
           of
           a
           principal
           Part
           of
           its
           Glory
           ,
           while
           they
           think
           they
           do
           exalt
           it
           .
           This
           whole
           Matter
           may
           be
           illustrated
           by
           a
           Similitude
           or
           two
           .
           Suppose
           a
           Nobleman
           takes
           a
           Beggar
           from
           the
           Dunghil
           ,
           designing
           to
           make
           him
           his
           Heir
           ;
           or
           to
           give
           him
           an
           Estate
           of
           many
           hundreds
           or
           thousands
           
             per
             Annum
          
           ;
           but
           before
           he
           will
           bestow
           it
           upon
           him
           ,
           he
           
           will
           make
           him
           an
           accomplished
           Man
           ,
           fit
           to
           be
           useful
           and
           serviceable
           in
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           will
           not
           give
           it
           him
           ;
           and
           in
           Order
           hereunto
           ,
           he
           is
           at
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Pains
           ,
           and
           Care
           ,
           and
           Charge
           ,
           in
           educating
           of
           him
           ,
           at
           the
           Schools
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           University
           ,
           and
           the
           Inns
           of
           Court
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           is
           compleatly
           accomplisht
           ,
           he
           gives
           his
           Honour
           and
           Estate
           to
           him
           ;
           now
           doth
           this
           make
           his
           Gift
           to
           be
           ever
           the
           less
           ,
           or
           the
           less
           free
           ,
           because
           he
           gave
           him
           the
           former
           Gift
           of
           his
           Education
           ,
           and
           made
           that
           a
           Condition
           of
           his
           receiving
           the
           other
           ?
           Will
           not
           all
           Men
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           his
           Bounty
           ,
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           the
           less
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           really
           the
           greater
           for
           it
           :
           That
           the
           Gift
           of
           his
           Education
           ,
           did
           much
           the
           more
           inhance
           his
           Bounty
           and
           Kindness
           to
           him
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           given
           him
           his
           Estate
           alone
           without
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           was
           much
           the
           more
           obliged
           and
           beholden
           to
           him
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           gave
           him
           not
           only
           his
           Estate
           ,
           but
           his
           Education
           too
           .
        
         
           Why
           ,
           really
           this
           is
           our
           Case
           ,
           should
           God
           give
           us
           Heaven
           ,
           without
           Holiness
           (
           was
           that
           possible
           )
           his
           Grace
           would
           be
           unspeakably
           less
           to
           us
           than
           it
           is
           ;
           in
           first
           making
           o●
           us
           Holy
           and
           Obedient
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           thereby
           be
           made
           fit
           and
           meet
           to
           injoy
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Again
           ,
           suppose
           a
           Coundemned
           Traytor
           ,
           that
           is
           likewise
           Sick
           of
           a
           Mortal
           Disease
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           Dye
           not
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           Justice
           ,
           he
           is
           sure
           quickly
           to
           Dye
           of
           his
           Disease
           ;
           now
           is
           it
           not
           a
           far
           greater
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           procure
           him
           a
           Physician
           and
           Pay
           for
           his
           Cure
           ,
           and
           to
           Pardon
           his
           Crime
           too
           ;
           than
           it
           would
           be
           only
           to
           Pardon
           his
           Crime
           and
           leave
           him
           to
           Dye
           of
           his
           Disease
           ?
           Why
           ,
           this
           is
           our
           very
           Case
           ,
           we
           are
           Diseased
           as
           well
           as
           Condemned
           Sinners
           ;
           and
           were
           our
           Crimes
           pardoned
           ,
           and
           our
           Diseases
           not
           cured
           we
           should
           be
           miserable
           still
           ,
           but
           the
           rich
           ,
           free
           ,
           and
           abundant
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           doth
           not
           only
           Pardon
           our
           Crimes
           ,
           but
           heals
           our
           Diseases
           too
           ,
           by
           making
           of
           us
           Holy
           and
           obedient
           .
        
         
           USE
           of
           Information
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             by
             Grace
             that
             we
             are
             saved
          
           ;
           then
           this
           is
           directly
           against
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Merit
           of
           our
           good
           Works
           ,
           for
           Grace
           and
           Debt
           are
           directly
           opposed
           by
           the
           Apostle
           as
           inconsistent
           ,
           Rom.
           4.
           4.
           and
           Rom.
           11.
           6.
           
           Grace
           doth
           not
           destroy
           our
           Obligation
           to
           Works
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Obedience
           but
           increases
           it
           ,
           and
           lays
           greater
           Obligations
           upon
           us
           than
           
           ever
           ;
           but
           it
           quite
           overthrows
           the
           Merit
           and
           Desert
           of
           them
           ;
           or
           their
           being
           any
           way
           procuring
           ,
           and
           deserving
           Causes
           of
           Salvation
           ;
           Grace
           obliges
           more
           strongly
           than
           ever
           ,
           to
           the
           greatest
           Diligence
           ,
           Industry
           and
           Endeavour
           in
           the
           Practise
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           when
           we
           have
           done
           all
           that
           we
           are
           able
           ,
           we
           must
           renounce
           all
           in
           Point
           of
           Desert
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             we
             are
             unprofitable
             Servants
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           Salvation
           be
           of
           Grace
           ,
           then
           this
           likewise
           overthrows
           that
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           Nature
           or
           Free-will
           ;
           as
           being
           sufficient
           and
           able
           of
           it self
           for
           Conversion
           without
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           these
           two
           are
           inconsistent
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           Nature
           should
           be
           sufficient
           ,
           without
           Grace
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           other
           must
           be
           false
           .
           
             It
             is
             not
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             wills
             nor
             of
             him
             that
             runs
             ,
             but
             of
             God
             that
             shews
             Mercy
             ;
             And
             who
             made
             thee
             to
             differ
             from
             another
             ,
             or
             what
             hast
             thou
             that
             thou
             hast
             not
             received
             ?
          
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           7.
           and
           Phil.
           2.
           13.
           
           
             It
             s
             God
             that
             Works
             in
             you
             both
             to
             will
             and
             to
             do
             of
             his
             own
             good
             Pleasure
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           let
           us
           come
           to
           some
           Use
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           that
           may
           be
           more
           for
           our
           
           Practice
           ;
           Of
           you
           that
           have
           heard
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Salvation
             of
             Sinners
             is
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           I
           reckon
           there
           are
           these
           two
           sorts
           of
           you
           .
           Some
           that
           have
           had
           as
           yet
           no
           Experience
           of
           the
           saving
           Effects
           of
           this
           Grace
           in
           your selves
           ;
           and
           others
           of
           you
           that
           have
           had
           Experience
           of
           it
           .
           Now
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           what
           Direction
           and
           Instruction
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           Gods
           Grace
           may
           afford
           to
           both
           these
           sorts
           ;
           to
           the
           one
           sort
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           their
           getting
           into
           a
           State
           of
           Grace
           and
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           other
           sort
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           their
           furtherance
           and
           increase
           in
           Grace
           and
           Holiness
           and
           Comfort
           ;
           there
           is
           much
           in
           it
           for
           the
           Instruction
           and
           Help
           of
           both
           sorts
           ,
           if
           God
           give
           you
           but
           Wisdom
           and
           Skill
           ,
           and
           Hearts
           to
           draw
           it
           out
           .
           But
           I
           would
           first
           say
           something
           to
           both
           in
           general
           ;
           and
           then
           shew
           what
           Instruction
           there
           is
           in
           it
           to
           both
           more
           particularly
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           general
           ,
           let
           me
           Caution
           all
           Persons
           whatsoever
           to
           take
           special
           heed
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           not
           wrest
           and
           abuse
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           we
           have
           great
           need
           of
           this
           Caution
           ,
           because
           of
           that
           marvelous
           Proneness
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           in
           all
           Men
           to
           it
           .
           Partly
           through
           the
           ignorance
           and
           weakness
           of
           our
           Understanding
           ;
           and
           
           especially
           through
           the
           carnal
           ,
           selfish
           ,
           and
           corrupt
           Disposition
           of
           our
           Hearts
           ;
           1.
           
           Most
           Mens
           Understandings
           are
           so
           weak
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           those
           things
           to
           be
           opposite
           or
           inconsistent
           that
           are
           not
           so
           ,
           but
           are
           subordinate
           ;
           as
           Gods
           Grace
           and
           Mans
           Duty
           ,
           and
           his
           Care
           and
           Diligence
           in
           the
           use
           of
           Means
           ;
           and
           all
           our
           Natures
           are
           so
           corrupt
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           turn
           the
           most
           precious
           Doctrine
           of
           Grace
           into
           Poyson
           to
           our
           Souls
           ;
           as
           the
           Spider
           sucks
           Venome
           out
           of
           the
           most
           sweet
           and
           wholesome
           Plants
           and
           Flowers
           that
           be
           .
           The
           Apostle
           knew
           very
           well
           ,
           how
           prone
           Men
           are
           to
           wrest
           and
           abuse
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           been
           discoursing
           largely
           of
           the
           riches
           and
           freeness
           of
           it
           in
           the
           former
           Chapters
           ,
           he
           subjoyns
           a
           Caution
           against
           the
           abusing
           of
           it
           ,
           Rom.
           6.
           1.
           
           
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             then
             ,
             shall
             we
             continue
             in
             Sin
             ,
             that
             Grace
             may
             abound
             ?
             God
             forbid
             .
          
           And
           Jude
           4.
           
           We
           are
           told
           
             that
             many
             did
             turn
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             into
             Lasciviousness
          
           ;
           therefore
           when
           ever
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           Gods
           Grace
           is
           Preached
           ,
           all
           have
           need
           to
           be
           Cautioned
           against
           the
           abuse
           of
           it
           .
           And
           for
           a
           Caution
           against
           it
           ,
           consider
           these
           two
           Things
           .
           First
           ,
           To
           wrest
           and
           abuse
           Grace
           is
           of
           all
           Sins
           the
           most
           provoking
           to
           God.
           Secondly
           ,
           And
           
           the
           most
           Dangerous
           and
           Pernicious
           to
           Mens
           Souls
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Abuse
           of
           Grace
           is
           of
           all
           Sins
           the
           most
           provoking
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           we
           say
           ,
           
             Corruptio
             optimi
             est
             pessima
          
           ,
           the
           abuse
           of
           the
           best
           Things
           is
           of
           all
           other
           the
           worst
           ,
           and
           doth
           most
           heighten
           and
           aggravate
           the
           Sin
           and
           Guilt
           of
           those
           that
           do
           so
           .
           If
           it
           be
           so
           hainous
           a
           Sin
           to
           abuse
           the
           Mercies
           of
           Gods
           common
           Providence
           ,
           such
           as
           his
           Benignity
           ,
           Patience
           and
           Long-suffering
           ;
           so
           as
           thereby
           to
           be
           more
           bold
           and
           fearless
           in
           sinning
           against
           him
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           be
           led
           thereby
           to
           Repentance
           and
           Thankfulness
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           Rom.
           2.
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           Then
           how
           much
           more
           hainous
           ,
           and
           crimsondyed
           a
           Sin
           must
           it
           needs
           be
           ,
           to
           wrest
           and
           abuse
           his
           Grace
           that
           brings
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           offers
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           tends
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           aims
           at
           and
           designs
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           first
           moving
           and
           efficient
           Cause
           of
           Salvation
           to
           us
           :
           What
           can
           be
           imagined
           worse
           than
           for
           Men
           to
           be
           evil
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           evil
           because
           God
           is
           good
           to
           them
           !
           It
           is
           a
           Sin
           to
           return
           evil
           for
           evil
           to
           Men
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           it
           then
           to
           return
           evil
           to
           God
           for
           the
           greatest
           good
           of
           all
           ?
           There
           is
           nothing
           so
           provoking
           to
           a
           Man
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           his
           free
           Love
           and
           Kindness
           abused
           and
           turned
           against
           himself
           ,
           or
           to
           an
           
           end
           quite
           contrary
           to
           what
           he
           designed
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           to
           God
           ;
           to
           abuse
           his
           Grace
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           greater
           Sin
           than
           to
           distrust
           his
           Power
           ,
           or
           to
           slight
           his
           Authority
           ,
           or
           to
           trample
           upon
           his
           Laws
           ;
           
             you
             only
             have
             I
             known
             of
             all
             the
             families
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             therefore
             I
             will
             punish
             you
             for
             your
             Iniquities
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           abuse
           Grace
           is
           of
           all
           others
           the
           most
           pernicious
           and
           destructive
           to
           Mens
           Souls
           ;
           for
           this
           closes
           up
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           our
           Blessings
           ,
           this
           makes
           Grace
           it self
           a
           Mans
           Enemy
           ;
           and
           then
           who
           or
           what
           shall
           Plead
           for
           him
           ;
           and
           Justice
           will
           not
           fail
           to
           
             avenge
             the
             quarrel
             of
             abused
             Grace
             ,
          
           nay
           
             Grace
             it self
          
           will
           complain
           of
           the
           Wrong
           ,
           and
           solicite
           for
           Vengeance
           upon
           the
           Abusers
           of
           it
           .
           If
           the
           
             only
             thing
          
           that
           can
           recover
           the
           Sinner
           ,
           be
           abused
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           falls
           the
           lower
           thereby
           ,
           that
           will
           be
           an
           irrecoverable
           fall
           indeed
           ;
           If
           a
           Man
           make
           Mercy
           and
           Grace
           it self
           his
           Enemy
           ,
           then
           who
           or
           what
           shall
           be
           his
           Friend
           ?
        
         
           But
           how
           or
           wherein
           is
           Grace
           abused
           ?
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           Grace
           is
           notoriously
           abused
           ,
           when
           Men
           from
           hence
           do
           think
           that
           they
           are
           exempted
           or
           discharged
           from
           the
           Law
           ,
           as
           a
           Rule
           to
           govern
           their
           Hearts
           and
           Practices
           by
           ;
           this
           abuse
           may
           arise
           from
           a
           misunderstanding
           of
           that
           passage
           of
           the
           Apostle
           Rom.
           6.
           14.
           
           
             Ye
             are
             not
             under
             the
             Law
             but
             under
             Grace
             .
          
           As
           if
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           was
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           opposed
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           in
           some
           ;
           as
           if
           because
           God
           doth
           acquit
           a
           Believer
           from
           the
           condemnation
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           therefore
           we
           are
           discharged
           from
           all
           Obedience
           to
           it
           .
           Our
           corrupt
           Hearts
           are
           very
           ready
           to
           imbrace
           such
           Doctrines
           of
           Libertinisme
           and
           Licentiousness
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           shews
           by
           adding
           in
           the
           very
           next
           Words
           ,
           v.
           15.
           
           
             What
             then
             shall
             we
             sin
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             not
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             under
             Grace
             ?
             God
             forbid
             .
          
           It
           is
           very
           pleasing
           to
           our
           carnal
           fleshly
           part
           to
           hear
           that
           Grace
           doth
           discharge
           us
           from
           all
           Obligation
           to
           the
           Law
           ;
           that
           it
           hath
           no
           directing
           ,
           regulating
           Power
           over
           a
           Believer
           .
           But
           this
           is
           a
           gross
           abuse
           of
           Grace
           ;
           for
           when
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           
             that
             we
             are
             not
             under
             the
             Law
          
           ;
           it
           is
           true
           in
           several
           Sences
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           manifestly
           false
           in
           this
           Sence
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           under
           no
           obligation
           by
           it
           as
           a
           
             rule
             of
             life
          
           .
           The
           true
           sence
           how
           we
           are
           not
           under
           the
           law
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           ,
           that
           is
           Believers
           ,
           are
           not
           under
           the
           condemning
           Power
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           but
           are
           by
           Grace
           freed
           from
           the
           Curse
           and
           Condemnation
           of
           it
           ,
           2.
           
           We
           are
           not
           under
           the
           Law
           as
           a
           Covenant
           of
           
             life
             and
             salvation
          
           :
           We
           are
           not
           under
           the
           Law
           as
           to
           the
           
             rigid
             exaction
             of
             perfect
             ,
             sinless
             obedience
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             Term
             or
             Condition
             of
             Salvation
             .
          
           No
           ,
           though
           perfect
           Obedience
           is
           still
           a
           Duty
           ;
           
           
           
           
           
           yet
           through
           Christ
           and
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           sincere
           Obedience
           is
           accepted
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           
             because
             we
             are
             not
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             in
          
           these
           respects
           it
           doth
           by
           no
           means
           follow
           that
           we
           are
           not
           under
           it
           as
           a
           Rule
           ,
           or
           because
           it
           hath
           no
           condemning
           Power
           ,
           that
           therefore
           it
           hath
           no
           regulating
           Power
           ,
           over
           us
           ;
           you
           shall
           see
           ,
           that
           this
           Apostle
           ,
           that
           saith
           ,
           
             we
             are
             not
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           yet
           saith
           ,
           that
           in
           other
           respects
           ,
           
             He
             is
             under
             the
             Law.
          
           1
           Cor.
           9.
           21.
           
           
             Being
             not
             without
             Law
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             under
             the
             Law
             to
             Christ
          
           not
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           but
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Apostle
           James
           saith
           ,
           
             If
             any
             break
             the
             Law
             in
             one
             point
             ,
             he
             is
             guilty
             of
             all
             ,
             Jam.
          
           2.
           which
           plainely
           shews
           that
           all
           are
           under
           the
           Moral
           Law
           as
           a
           Rule
           of
           Life
           ,
           nay
           this
           Apostle
           when
           he
           had
           said
           
             We
             are
             not
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             under
             Grace
          
           ;
           the
           very
           next
           words
           shew
           ,
           that
           he
           means
           it
           in
           a
           restained
           Sence
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           did
           not
           mean
           that
           we
           are
           from
           under
           the
           Law
           as
           a
           Rule
           of
           Duty
           ,
           Rom.
           6.
           15.
           
           
             What
             then
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             shall
             we
             Sin
             because
             we
             are
             not
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             under
             Grace
             ?
             God
             forbid
          
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           should
           say
           ,
           you
           must
           not
           so
           understand
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           discharged
           from
           all
           Obligation
           of
           Duty
           by
           the
           Law
           ;
           for
           if
           so
           ,
           the
           Caution
           had
           been
           needless
           ,
           
             for
             where
             there
             is
             no
             Law
             there
             ▪
             is
             no
             Transgression
             .
          
        
         
         
           Again
           ,
           to
           say
           that
           we
           are
           not
           under
           the
           Law
           as
           a
           Rule
           of
           Duty
           ,
           is
           an
           high
           abuse
           of
           Grace
           ,
           because
           this
           is
           contrary
           to
           ,
           nay
           ,
           doth
           destroy
           the
           essential
           relation
           of
           the
           Creature
           ,
           as
           a
           Creature
           ,
           to
           God
           ;
           for
           our
           State
           and
           Condition
           as
           Creatures
           ,
           is
           necessarily
           a
           State
           of
           Subjection
           to
           God
           ;
           God
           is
           essentially
           related
           to
           us
           as
           our
           Governour
           ,
           and
           we
           to
           him
           as
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           no
           Governour
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           no
           Law
           to
           govern
           us
           by
           ;
           nay
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           Creature
           ,
           no
           not
           the
           highest
           Angels
           ,
           that
           are
           under
           no
           law
           .
           The
           Angels
           ,
           they
           have
           many
           Immunities
           end
           Priviledges
           above
           us
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           exempt
           from
           Duty
           ,
           or
           from
           a
           Law.
           Psalm
           103.
           20.
           
           —
           
             Ye
             his
             Angels
             that
             do
             his
             Commandments
             hearkening
             to
             the
             voice
             of
             his
             Word
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Grace
           is
           abused
           when
           it
           is
           pretended
           to
           the
           excluding
           of
           a
           cautious
           fear
           of
           sinning
           ,
           or
           an
           awful
           reverential
           fear
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           .
           This
           abuse
           may
           arise
           from
           a
           misunderstanding
           that
           Scripture
           1
           John.
           4.
           18.
           
             there
             is
             no
             fear
             in
             love
             ,
             for
             perfect
             love
             casts
             out
             fear
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Apoctle
           plainly
           means
           of
           a
           servile
           slavish
           Fear
           ,
           a
           distracting
           ,
           tormenting
           ,
           dispairing
           Fear
           ;
           but
           not
           of
           an
           awful
           Fear
           of
           God
           ;
           nor
           of
           a
           cautious
           Fear
           of
           offending
           him
           ,
           
           as
           is
           manifest
           by
           a
           multitude
           of
           other
           Scriptures
           both
           in
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           .
           For
           though
           we
           have
           ,
           through
           Grace
           ,
           
             freedom
             and
             boldness
             of
             aoeess
             to
             God
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           is
           still
           with
           reverence
           ,
           and
           godly
           Fear
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           more
           Grace
           ,
           the
           greater
           Reverence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           Fear
           of
           sinning
           against
           him
           .
           Heb.
           11.
           28.
           
             let
             us
             have
             grace
             —
             Psalm
             .
          
           130.
           4.
           
             there
             is
             mercy
             with
             thee
             that
             thou
             mayst
             be
             feared
             ,
             Hos.
          
           3.
           5.
           
             they
             shall
             fear
             the
             Lord
             and
             his
             goodness
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           Prophesie
           of
           Gospel
           times
           ;
           the
           Grace
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           making
           men
           presumptuous
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           greater
           matter
           of
           reverence
           ,
           and
           holy
           trembling
           ;
           nay
           ,
           this
           fear
           of
           reverence
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           abolished
           by
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           it
           continues
           even
           in
           Heaven
           amongst
           the
           Angels
           and
           blessed
           Spirits
           ,
           it
           being
           an
           essential
           and
           necessary
           respect
           of
           the
           Creature
           as
           such
           ,
           to
           his
           Creator
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Grace
           is
           abused
           when
           it
           is
           pleaded
           to
           make
           Repentance
           and
           Sorrow
           for
           Sin
           needless
           ,
           as
           if
           Humiliation
           and
           sorrow
           for
           sin
           was
           a
           
             legal
             duty
          
           ;
           whereas
           Repentance
           and
           all
           the
           acts
           of
           it
           are
           purely
           Gospel
           .
           For
           the
           Law
           knows
           no
           such
           thing
           ;
           it
           neither
           did
           require
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           means
           of
           Pardon
           and
           Life
           ,
           nor
           admits
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           
           Apostle
           speaks
           of
           it
           as
           a
           Duty
           ,
           especially
           appropriated
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           more
           evidently
           known
           and
           discerned
           to
           be
           a
           Duty
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           practised
           ,
           as
           the
           Gospel-light
           shone
           clearer
           and
           brighter
           ,
           Acts
           17.
           30.
           
           
             But
             now
          
           —
           now
           since
           the
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           ,
           
             he
             commands
             all
             men
             every
             where
             to
             repent
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           the
           most
           genuine
           Repentance
           and
           Sorrow
           arises
           from
           a
           sence
           of
           the
           Love
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           Zachary
           ,
           12.
           10.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Grace
             is
             abused
          
           ,
           When
           thereupon
           Men
           take
           encouragement
           to
           be
           more
           careless
           and
           remiss
           in
           Duty
           ;
           more
           slight
           and
           negligent
           in
           the
           use
           of
           God's
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           all
           appointed
           Means
           in
           order
           to
           Salvation
           :
           When
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           saved
           by
           Grace
           ,
           Men
           thence
           conclude
           ,
           that
           their
           Care
           and
           Diligence
           in
           Praying
           ,
           Hearing
           ,
           Seeking
           ,
           and
           Waiting
           upon
           GOD
           in
           the
           use
           of
           his
           appointed
           Means
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           is
           vain
           ,
           and
           to
           little
           purpose
           .
           This
           is
           a
           most
           horrid
           abuse
           of
           Grace
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           used
           to
           make
           void
           God's
           own
           Ordinances
           and
           Institutions
           ;
           and
           to
           teach
           and
           imbolden
           Men
           to
           slight
           and
           neglect
           them
           .
        
         
         
           For
           wherefore
           did
           GOD
           institute
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Worship
           ,
           and
           command
           all
           a
           diligent
           Attendance
           upon
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           Duties
           of
           Hearing
           ,
           Reading
           ,
           Praying
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           if
           He
           did
           not
           intend
           that
           his
           Grace
           should
           be
           communicated
           this
           way
           to
           Sinners
           ,
           and
           ordinarily
           ,
           not
           without
           them
           :
           As
           he
           gives
           His
           Grace
           freely
           ,
           so
           he
           appoints
           the
           Way
           and
           Means
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           will
           communicate
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           in
           the
           serious
           and
           diligent
           use
           of
           His
           Own
           Ordinances
           ,
           Isa.
           55.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             Incline
             your
             ear
             and
             come
             unto
             me
             ,
             hear
             and
             your
             soul
             shall
             live
             .
          
           Prov.
           1.
           23.
           
           &
           8.
           34
           
           
             Blessed
             is
             the
             man
             that
             heareth
             me
             ,
             watching
             daily
             at
             my
             Gates
             ,
             waiting
             at
             the
             Posts
             of
             my
             Doors
             .
          
           GOD
           will
           be
           met
           with
           in
           his
           own
           way
           ;
           and
           ordinarily
           he
           communicates
           his
           Grace
           according
           to
           our
           Diligence
           in
           the
           Use
           of
           Means
           ;
           and
           to
           plead
           the
           efficacy
           of
           Grace
           for
           the
           slackening
           and
           abating
           our
           Diligence
           in
           the
           Use
           of
           Means
           ,
           is
           to
           turn
           God's
           Grace
           against
           himself
           ,
           against
           his
           own
           Honour
           and
           Worship
           ;
           and
           the
           making
           void
           his
           own
           Institutions
           ,
           as
           vain
           and
           needless
           things
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           But
           
             Grace
             is
             worse
             abused
             still
          
           ,
           When
           ,
           because
           our
           
             Salvation
             is
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           Men
           therefore
           think
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           at
           all
           for
           them
           to
           do
           ,
           no
           Duty
           incumbent
           upon
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           putting
           themselves
           in
           the
           way
           of
           it
           ;
           no
           obligation
           to
           make
           use
           of
           their
           natural
           Faculties
           ,
           with
           such
           external
           Means
           of
           Salvation
           as
           God
           affords
           them
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           obtaining
           Salvation
           ;
           this
           is
           such
           an
           abuse
           ,
           that
           in
           effect
           ,
           it
           discharges
           a
           Carnal
           Man
           of
           his
           obligations
           to
           his
           Maker
           ,
           and
           strips
           God
           of
           his
           Authority
           and
           Dominion
           over
           his
           Creatures
           ;
           and
           denies
           all
           that
           Duty
           and
           Homage
           that
           the
           Rational
           Creature
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           do
           owe
           to
           God
           ;
           for
           if
           Man
           have
           no
           Duty
           that
           he
           ought
           ,
           and
           is
           bound
           to
           do
           ,
           then
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           either
           that
           God
           hath
           no
           Right
           to
           command
           him
           any
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           appointed
           him
           no
           Duty
           wherein
           he
           should
           endeavour
           the
           glorifying
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Salvation
           of
           his
           own
           Soul
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           God
           doth
           not
           Govern
           him
           according
           to
           his
           Nature
           .
           It
           is
           a
           very
           great
           abuse
           of
           Grace
           ,
           to
           plead
           it
           to
           the
           lessening
           of
           our
           Duty
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           when
           it
           is
           pleaded
           for
           the
           utter
           abolishing
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           sure
           all
           Men
           must
           needs
           see
           the
           absurdity
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           a
           
           Man
           should
           be
           obliged
           in
           point
           of
           Duty
           ,
           to
           use
           his
           Rational
           Faculties
           in
           the
           lower
           Affairs
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           act
           like
           a
           Man
           in
           buying
           and
           selling
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Concernments
           of
           the
           Bodily
           Life
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           under
           no
           obligation
           to
           use
           his
           thinking
           ,
           reasoning
           ,
           reflecting
           ,
           considering
           Power
           in
           that
           which
           is
           the
           great
           and
           main
           end
           of
           his
           Being
           ,
           the
           glorifying
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           saving
           of
           his
           own
           Soul.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           fore-mentioned
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           are
           gross
           abuses
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           will
           be
           further
           manifest
           ,
           from
           this
           one
           Consideration
           ,
           That
           Grace
           doth
           not
           discharge
           us
           from
           ,
           no
           ,
           nor
           lessen
           any
           obligation
           to
           Duty
           and
           Obedience
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           Man
           was
           under
           before
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           that
           ,
           it
           lays
           us
           under
           greater
           obligations
           than
           ever
           ;
           for
           it
           superinduces
           or
           superadds
           this
           very
           great
           obligation
           to
           love
           ,
           fear
           ,
           serve
           ,
           honour
           and
           obey
           God
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           that
           we
           were
           under
           before
           :
           GOD
           is
           essentially
           related
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           our
           Maker
           ,
           Owner
           ,
           Ruler
           and
           Benefactor
           ;
           and
           the
           obligations
           that
           arise
           from
           hence
           ,
           are
           un-alterable
           ,
           can
           never
           cease
           or
           be
           lessened
           ;
           (
           though
           some
           positive
           Duties
           may
           be
           changed
           or
           abolished
           ,
           as
           God
           pleases
           .
           )
           Grace
           doth
           discharge
           no
           Man
           from
           any
           obligation
           
           that
           these
           relations
           and
           benefits
           lays
           him
           under
           ;
           but
           it
           superadds
           one
           more
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           which
           in
           some
           sence
           is
           greater
           than
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           a
           free
           and
           gracious
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           recovery
           from
           a
           self-procured
           Misery
           and
           Ruine
           ;
           now
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           greater
           absurdity
           ,
           nor
           wickedness
           sure
           ,
           than
           for
           Men
           to
           imagine
           ,
           and
           plead
           that
           their
           obligations
           to
           Duty
           are
           less
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           manifestly
           greater
           than
           before
           ;
           that
           the
           addition
           of
           a
           greater
           Benefit
           should
           make
           void
           or
           lessen
           our
           former
           obligations
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           wise
           and
           as
           just
           reasoning
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           Man
           should
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           casting
           of
           more
           weight
           into
           the
           Scale
           ,
           doth
           make
           that
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           was
           in
           before
           ,
           to
           stand
           for
           nothing
           ;
           as
           if
           Absolon
           ,
           when
           he
           Rebelled
           against
           David
           ,
           should
           plead
           ,
           That
           his
           free
           favour
           in
           pardoning
           him
           the
           Murder
           of
           his
           Brother
           Amnon
           ,
           did
           discharge
           him
           from
           his
           obligations
           that
           he
           was
           under
           to
           David
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           his
           natural
           Father
           ,
           a
           loving
           and
           indulgent
           Father
           ,
           and
           his
           rightful
           Ruler
           and
           Sovereign
           .
        
         
           
             Third
             Use.
          
           If
           it
           be
           by
           Grace
           that
           we
           are
           saved
           ,
           then
           let
           us
           see
           what
           direction
           and
           instruction
           this
           Doctrine
           affords
           to
           
           those
           that
           are
           yet
           in
           a
           graceless
           State
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           getting
           into
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           that
           have
           yet
           had
           no
           experience
           of
           the
           saving
           fruits
           and
           effects
           of
           this
           Grace
           in
           your selves
           ;
           labour
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           ,
           and
           affected
           with
           the
           sadness
           of
           your
           Case
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           sad
           Case
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Showers
           of
           Grace
           that
           fall
           so
           plentifully
           in
           the
           dispensation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           none
           hath
           yet
           dropt
           into
           your
           Souls
           ?
           That
           you
           should
           be
           like
           Gideon's
           Fleece
           ,
           
             wholly
             dry
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Ground
           round
           about
           you
           is
           moistened
           ,
           and
           refreshed
           with
           the
           Dews
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           that
           many
           are
           saved
           ,
           while
           you
           are
           yet
           in
           your
           sins
           ;
           many
           that
           sit
           under
           the
           same
           Ministry
           ,
           hear
           the
           same
           Sermons
           ,
           are
           made
           partakers
           of
           
             those
             things
             that
             accompany
             Salvation
          
           ,
           while
           you
           have
           felt
           no
           such
           Influences
           and
           Operations
           by
           the
           same
           Word
           .
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           would
           think
           it
           a
           sad
           Case
           ,
           if
           the
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           which
           nourishes
           and
           refreshes
           others
           ,
           should
           neither
           nourish
           nor
           refresh
           you
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           you
           should
           starve
           and
           pine
           away
           ,
           and
           die
           for
           want
           of
           nourishment
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Plenty
           :
           But
           it
           is
           a
           much
           more
           sad
           Case
           ,
           if
           that
           Word
           that
           is
           through
           Grace
           effectual
           to
           the
           Salvation
           of
           others
           ,
           hath
           no
           such
           
           effects
           upon
           you
           ;
           that
           many
           round
           about
           you
           ,
           are
           
             of
             darkness
             made
             light
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           while
           you
           are
           in
           darkness
           still
           ,
           though
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           light
           ;
           that
           while
           others
           are
           reconciled
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           brought
           nigh
           to
           him
           ,
           you
           that
           enjoy
           the
           same
           Word
           and
           Means
           of
           Grace
           ,
           are
           as
           far
           off
           from
           God
           as
           ever
           ,
           and
           still
           in
           your
           Enmity
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           O!
           Labour
           to
           get
           your
           hearts
           deeply
           affected
           with
           the
           sadness
           of
           your
           Case
           ,
           and
           this
           would
           be
           a
           good
           step
           towards
           the
           mending
           and
           bettering
           of
           it
           .
           Methinks
           ,
           your
           own
           thoughts
           should
           suggest
           to
           you
           many
           things
           that
           might
           make
           you
           groan
           and
           lament
           the
           sadness
           of
           your
           Case
           ,
           while
           you
           are
           utter
           strangers
           to
           the
           
             saving
             effects
          
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           it
           be
           by
           Grace
           that
           we
           are
           saved
           ,
           then
           consider
           ,
           that
           your
           Case
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           sad
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           hopeless
           and
           remediless
           ;
           though
           it
           be
           dangerous
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           yet
           altogether
           desperate
           :
           Think
           thus
           with
           your selves
           ,
           if
           all
           that
           are
           saved
           are
           saved
           by
           Grace
           ,
           then
           why
           may
           not
           I
           hope
           that
           it
           may
           ,
           one
           time
           or
           other
           ,
           cast
           its
           Skirt
           over
           my
           nakedness
           ,
           and
           shed
           its
           benign
           influence
           over
           my
           soul
           ;
           since
           
           Grace
           saves
           all
           that
           are
           saved
           ,
           it
           saves
           freely
           ,
           and
           none
           for
           any
           Merit
           or
           Desert
           in
           them
           ,
           none
           for
           any
           worth
           or
           worthiness
           that
           it
           sees
           in
           them
           more
           than
           in
           others
           ;
           think
           with
           your selves
           ,
           Grace
           hath
           saved
           Thousands
           and
           Millions
           of
           Sinners
           that
           were
           as
           bad
           as
           I
           ,
           as
           great
           sinners
           ,
           and
           as
           old
           sinners
           as
           I
           ;
           that
           had
           as
           much
           neglected
           and
           slighted
           ,
           and
           sinned
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           abused
           it
           as
           I
           have
           done
           .
           Why
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           really
           a
           humbling
           and
           affecting
           Consideration
           ,
           to
           see
           many
           and
           many
           saved
           ,
           while
           you
           are
           yet
           in
           your
           sins
           ;
           so
           there
           is
           really
           ,
           in
           this
           very
           thing
           some
           ground
           of
           hope
           and
           incouragement
           too
           :
           Is
           it
           not
           some
           ground
           of
           Hope
           to
           think
           that
           such
           and
           such
           were
           dead
           to
           sin
           as
           I
           am
           ,
           but
           at
           last
           were
           
             made
             alive
          
           ;
           were
           in
           a
           lost
           State
           and
           Condition
           ,
           but
           at
           last
           were
           found
           by
           Grace
           ;
           they
           were
           sometimes
           carnal
           ,
           worldly
           and
           disobedient
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           am
           )
           but
           at
           last
           ,
           Grace
           did
           renew
           and
           change
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           wait
           and
           hope
           that
           Grace
           may
           sometime
           shed
           its
           benign
           influences
           upon
           me
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           it
           be
           by
           Grace
           that
           we
           are
           saved
           ,
           then
           you
           hence
           see
           where
           it
           is
           that
           you
           are
           to
           seek
           for
           Salvation
           ;
           You
           see
           you
           must
           go
           to
           GOD
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           cry
           to
           
           him
           ,
           and
           pray
           and
           beg
           of
           him
           for
           it
           .
           Whoever
           is
           saved
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Gift
           of
           God
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           Gift
           of
           his
           Free
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           ,
           yet
           not
           so
           as
           to
           exclude
           our
           seeking
           or
           begging
           of
           it
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           so
           much
           the
           more
           strongly
           obliges
           and
           engages
           us
           to
           seek
           it
           ,
           and
           pray
           to
           him
           for
           it
           .
           When
           GOD
           promises
           Israel
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           
             give
             them
             a
             new
             heart
             ,
             yet
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             for
             all
             this
             will
             I
             be
             enquired
             of
             ,
             by
             the
             House
             of
             Israel
             to
             do
             it
             for
             them
             ,
             Ezek.
          
           36.
           37.
           and
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           
             ask
             and
             ye
             shall
             have
             ,
             seek
             and
             ye
             shall
             find
             ,
          
           and
           though
           Grace
           gives
           all
           freely
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           be
           sought
           unto
           ,
           and
           inquired
           after
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           is
           elsewhere
           ,
           
             ask
             of
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             give
             thee
          
           ;
           so
           God
           will
           have
           his
           Grace
           asked
           ,
           intreated
           and
           sought
           for
           ;
           now
           ,
           have
           you
           not
           either
           neglected
           this
           crying
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           intreating
           of
           his
           Grace
           ?
           or
           else
           have
           you
           not
           done
           it
           in
           a
           careless
           ,
           slighty
           and
           customary
           manner
           ?
           You
           have
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           used
           other
           Means
           ,
           such
           as
           Reading
           and
           Hearing
           the
           Word
           ,
           but
           have
           you
           not
           neglected
           to
           Pray
           ,
           and
           cry
           unto
           God
           for
           his
           Grace
           to
           bless
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           effectual
           to
           you
           ?
           Saving
           Benefits
           are
           principally
           to
           be
           obtained
           upon
           your
           Knees
           ,
           in
           earnest
           Prayers
           and
           Crys
           to
           the
           
             GOD
             of
             all
             Grace
          
           .
        
         
         
           Oh!
           That
           you
           would
           try
           this
           Course
           ,
           every
           day
           to
           solicite
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           never
           give
           over
           your
           Suit
           till
           God
           give
           you
           an
           
             Answer
             of
             Peace
          
           ;
           If
           you
           want
           necessary
           Food
           for
           your
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           can
           no
           otherwise
           get
           it
           ,
           you
           will
           ask
           it
           of
           those
           that
           have
           it
           to
           give
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           easily
           take
           a
           Denial
           for
           such
           things
           ;
           and
           should
           you
           not
           much
           more
           ask
           of
           God
           saving
           Grace
           for
           your
           Souls
           ,
           for
           he
           only
           hath
           it
           to
           bestow
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           it
           be
           by
           Grace
           that
           we
           are
           saved
           ,
           then
           as
           this
           directs
           you
           where
           to
           seek
           it
           ,
           even
           of
           
             the
             God
             of
             all
             Grace
          
           ;
           so
           it
           directs
           what
           is
           your
           chief
           Argument
           and
           Plea
           that
           you
           must
           make
           use
           of
           with
           him
           ,
           viz.
           his
           own
           rich
           Mercy
           and
           
             Free
             Grace
          
           ;
           you
           must
           beg
           of
           God
           Mercy
           for
           Mercies
           sake
           ,
           and
           Grace
           for
           Grace's
           sake
           :
           This
           is
           the
           Principal
           Argument
           that
           Sinners
           have
           to
           plead
           with
           GOD
           ,
           His
           own
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           :
           but
           this
           contains
           many
           Arguments
           under
           it
           ,
           all
           which
           are
           ultimately
           and
           reductively
           a
           pleading
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           I
           do
           here
           put
           all
           Graceless
           Persons
           upon
           praying
           and
           crying
           to
           God
           for
           his
           Grace
           ,
           as
           their
           undoubted
           Duty
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Means
           appointed
           by
           GOD
           ,
           in
           
           order
           to
           their
           obtaining
           of
           Grace
           ;
           so
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           what
           Arguments
           all
           may
           use
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           use
           with
           God
           in
           seeking
           his
           
             saving
             Grace
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           may
           plead
           with
           God
           ,
           That
           you
           are
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           he
           made
           you
           ,
           his
           Power
           gave
           you
           these
           Beings
           that
           you
           have
           .
           This
           is
           a
           good
           Argument
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           should
           never
           find
           it
           so
           often
           made
           use
           of
           in
           Scripture
           .
           When
           we
           cannot
           plead
           a
           special
           Interest
           and
           Relation
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           our
           reconciled
           God
           and
           Father
           in
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           we
           may
           plead
           our
           general
           Relation
           to
           him
           as
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           he
           our
           Maker
           ;
           thus
           Job
           10.
           3.
           
           
             Is
             it
             good
             unto
             thee
             that
             thou
             shouldst
             oppress
             ,
             that
             thou
             shouldst
             despise
             the
             work
             of
             thy
             hands
             ?
          
           And
           ver
           .
           8.
           
           
             Thy
             hands
             have
             made
             me
             and
             fashioned
             me
             ,
          
           and
           Ps.
           119.
           73.
           
           
             Thy
             hands
             have
             made
             me
             and
             fashioned
             me
             ,
             give
             me
             understanding
             that
             I
             may
             learn
             thy
             Commandments
             .
          
           Job
           14.
           15.
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             call
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             answer
             thee
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             have
             a
             desire
             to
             the
             work
             of
             thine
             hands
             .
          
           Isa.
           64.
           9.
           
           
             But
             now
             O
             Lord
             —
             We
             are
             the
             Clay
             ,
             and
             thou
             art
             the
             Potter
             ,
             we
             are
             all
             the
             work
             of
             thy
             hands
             ,
             be
             not
             wroth
             ,
             very
             sore
             ,
             &c.
          
           though
           it
           be
           no
           good
           Argument
           with
           Men
           ,
           to
           ask
           one
           gift
           because
           they
           have
           given
           us
           
           another
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           with
           God.
           Go
           to
           him
           and
           say
           ,
           
             behold
             Lord
             ,
             I
             am
             thy
             Creature
             ,
             thy
             Power
             hath
             made
             me
             ,
             and
             thy
             Grace
             only
             can
             new
             make
             me
             ,
             destroy
             not
             the
             work
             of
             thy
             own
             Hands
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           You
           may
           plead
           the
           end
           of
           your
           Creation
           ,
           which
           was
           that
           you
           might
           serve
           him
           your
           Maker
           in
           a
           pleasing
           and
           acceptable
           manner
           ;
           go
           to
           him
           then
           and
           plead
           this
           ;
           Can
           you
           not
           say
           ,
           Lord
           thou
           hast
           shewed
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           end
           of
           my
           Being
           is
           that
           I
           might
           please
           and
           serve
           thee
           which
           in
           this
           corrupt
           and
           depraved
           state
           I
           am
           in
           ,
           I
           can
           never
           do
           ,
           without
           thy
           renewing
           and
           sanctifying
           Grace
           .
           O
           ,
           that
           as
           thou
           hast
           magnified
           thy
           Power
           in
           making
           of
           me
           out
           of
           nothing
           ;
           so
           let
           thy
           Grace
           be
           magnified
           in
           recovering
           a
           lost
           and
           undone
           Creature
           ,
           in
           reconciling
           an
           apostate
           Creature
           to
           thy self
           ;
           deny
           not
           the
           help
           of
           thy
           Grace
           to
           recover
           a
           depraved
           ,
           corrupted
           Creature
           ,
           that
           would
           fain
           answer
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Being
           ,
           that
           would
           fain
           be
           capable
           of
           that
           Work
           and
           Service
           thou
           madest
           him
           for
           .
           Lord
           I
           would
           fain
           fill
           up
           the
           place
           in
           thy
           Creation
           that
           thou
           hast
           set
           me
           in
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           an
           unprofitable
           Drone
           or
           a
           useless
           Burden
           in
           it
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           Your
           may
           plead
           your
           own
           Misery
           ,
           as
           Ps.
           79.
           8.
           
           
             Let
             thy
             tender
             Mercy
             prevent
             us
             ,
             for
             we
             are
             brought
             very
             low
             .
          
           While
           Persons
           are
           under
           the
           Means
           of
           Grace
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           Misery
           is
           a
           good
           Argument
           to
           plead
           with
           a
           gracious
           and
           merciful
           God
           ;
           plead
           then
           your
           Misery
           with
           God
           :
           say
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           I
           am
           a
           lost
           Creature
           ,
           an
           undone
           Creature
           ,
           laiden
           with
           Guilt
           and
           Sin
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           be
           lost
           and
           undone
           for
           ever
           ,
           if
           thy
           Mercy
           pity
           not
           ,
           if
           thy
           Grace
           do
           not
           help
           and
           save
           me
           in
           time
           ;
           my
           Misery
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           none
           can
           help
           or
           save
           me
           but
           thou
           ;
           and
           if
           thou
           save
           not
           I
           must
           perish
           for
           ever
           .
           Say
           ,
           tho
           as
           I
           am
           an
           Apostate
           sinner
           ,
           I
           am
           a
           most
           deserving
           object
           of
           thy
           Wrath
           ,
           yet
           as
           I
           am
           a
           miserable
           lost
           creature
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           fit
           object
           for
           thee
           to
           glorifie
           thy
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           upon
           .
           Will
           it
           not
           be
           the
           Glory
           of
           thy
           Mercy
           to
           Pity
           and
           Help
           the
           miserable
           ?
           and
           will
           it
           not
           be
           the
           Glory
           of
           thy
           Grace
           to
           save
           such
           as
           deserve
           thy
           Wrath
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           You
           may
           plead
           your
           own
           weakness
           and
           inability
           to
           help
           or
           save
           your selves
           ;
           that
           you
           can
           do
           nothing
           without
           him
           ;
           nothing
           that
           will
           be
           to
           any
           purpose
           ,
           or
           that
           will
           be
           of
           any
           avail
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           
           without
           his
           special
           Grace
           .
           Say
           ,
           
             Lord
             I
             have
             destroyed
             my self
             ,
             I
             confess
             :
             but
             in
             thy
             Grace
             alone
             ,
             is
             all
             my
             Hope
             and
             Help
             ;
             thou
             knowest
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             such
             an
             hard
             Heart
             that
             none
             but
             thou
             can
             soften
             ;
             such
             an
             Iron
             Sinew
             in
             my
             Will
             that
             none
             but
             thou
             can
             bend
             ;
             such
             a
             carnal
             ,
             corrupt
             ,
             earthly
             Temper
             ,
             and
             Disposition
             ,
             that
             none
             but
             thou
             can
             renew
             and
             change
             it
             .
          
           O
           ,
           let
           thy
           Mercy
           Pity
           ,
           and
           thy
           own
           Grace
           move
           thee
           to
           help
           a
           miserable
           lost
           Creature
           ,
           that
           has
           no
           help
           in
           himself
           or
           in
           any
           other
           besides
           thee
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           You
           may
           plead
           the
           very
           End
           and
           Design
           of
           Redemption
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           free
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           in
           the
           recovery
           and
           Salvation
           of
           miserable
           and
           lost
           Sinners
           .
           Say
           ,
           Lord
           didst
           not
           thou
           contrive
           the
           Work
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           send
           thy
           Son
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           deliver
           him
           up
           to
           Death
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           End
           and
           Design
           ,
           that
           thy
           Grace
           ,
           together
           with
           other
           of
           thy
           Perfections
           ,
           might
           be
           glorious
           in
           pardoning
           ,
           justifying
           sanctifying
           and
           saving
           of
           depraved
           ,
           guilty
           ,
           and
           lost
           Sinners
           .
           Now
           behold
           here
           a
           miserable
           lost
           Child
           of
           Adam
           ,
           didst
           thou
           not
           send
           thy
           Son
           that
           thy
           Grace
           might
           be
           glorified
           in
           the
           Salvation
           
           of
           such
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           thy
           Grace
           be
           as
           glorious
           in
           saving
           of
           me
           ,
           as
           of
           any
           other
           ?
           O
           ,
           be
           not
           Angry
           with
           the
           Prayer
           ,
           stop
           not
           thine
           Ears
           against
           the
           cries
           of
           thy
           poor
           lost
           Creature
           ,
           that
           begs
           but
           for
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           are
           suitable
           and
           agreeable
           to
           thy
           own
           gracious
           Design
           .
           Thus
           you
           see
           what
           Arguments
           all
           may
           use
           with
           God.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           If
           it
           be
           
             by
             Grace
             that
             we
             are
             saved
             ,
          
           then
           if
           you
           would
           partake
           of
           it's
           saving
           Influences
           ,
           this
           directs
           you
           to
           lye
           in
           the
           way
           of
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           exhibite
           the
           greatest
           Seriousness
           ,
           Diligence
           ,
           Earnestness
           in
           the
           Use
           of
           Gods
           appointed
           Means
           that
           possibly
           you
           can
           ;
           for
           as
           Grace
           gives
           all
           freely
           ,
           and
           chooses
           it
           's
           own
           Objects
           upon
           whom
           it
           will
           bestow
           it's
           Gifts
           :
           so
           it
           chooses
           and
           appoints
           it
           's
           own
           Way
           and
           Means
           ,
           wherein
           and
           whereby
           it
           will
           communitate
           it's
           saving
           fruits
           and
           Effects
           to
           Men
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           the
           Word
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           Duties
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Worship
           .
           Hence
           the
           Gospel
           is
           called
           ,
           
             the
             Gospel
             of
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Worship
           are
           called
           ,
           
             the
             Means
             of
             Grace
          
           ;
           not
           only
           because
           ,
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           therein
           revealed
           and
           made
           known
           ;
           but
           also
           because
           ,
           it
           is
           
           thereby
           ,
           in
           the
           serious
           diligent
           and
           reverend
           Use
           of
           them
           ,
           communicated
           and
           bestowed
           upon
           carnal
           ,
           blind
           ,
           and
           dead
           Sinners
           ,
           for
           the
           inlightening
           ,
           sanctifying
           and
           saving
           them
           ;
           therefore
           here
           you
           must
           lie
           and
           wait
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           impotent
           Man
           did
           at
           the
           Pool
           of
           Bethesda
           ,
           waiting
           for
           the
           Motion
           of
           the
           Waters
           :
           There
           was
           a
           healing
           Vertue
           communicated
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           by
           those
           Waters
           and
           no
           others
           .
        
         
           So
           Grace
           doth
           communicate
           it's
           healing
           ,
           sanctifying
           ,
           and
           saving
           Virtue
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           by
           it's
           own
           chosen
           and
           appointed
           Means
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           .
           As
           it
           is
           the
           influence
           and
           blessing
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           give
           us
           the
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           but
           this
           only
           by
           blessing
           Mans
           Labour
           and
           Industry
           in
           Plowing
           and
           Sowing
           ,
           and
           never
           without
           it
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           here
           .
        
         
           Carnal
           Hearts
           are
           apt
           to
           draw
           a
           quite
           contrary
           Conclusion
           from
           hence
           ;
           and
           to
           say
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           Grace
           that
           saves
           us
           ,
           then
           we
           have
           the
           less
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           ,
           to
           do
           our selves
           .
           But
           you
           see
           the
           contray
           Inference
           to
           this
           of
           theirs
           is
           clear
           viz.
           that
           we
           should
           not
           do
           the
           less
           our selves
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           more
           ,
           because
           Grace
           saves
           us
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             Work
             out
             your
             Salvation
             with
             Fear
             and
             Trembling
             ,
             for
             it
          
           
           
             is
             God
             that
             Works
             in
             you
             both
             to
             will
             and
             to
             do
             .
          
           A
           strange
           Inference
           !
           some
           would
           think
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           very
           clear
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           the
           Husbandman
           ,
           when
           the
           season
           fits
           him
           doth
           bestir
           himself
           the
           more
           ,
           in
           plowing
           ,
           and
           sowing
           ,
           and
           gathering
           in
           the
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           because
           he
           knows
           he
           hath
           not
           the
           Season
           in
           his
           own
           Power
           ;
           and
           all
           his
           Labor
           and
           Industry
           without
           that
           ,
           will
           signifie
           nothing
           at
           all
           ;
           so
           here
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           Grace
           that
           must
           save
           us
           ,
           if
           ever
           we
           be
           saved
           :
           Then
           you
           have
           great
           Reason
           ,
           to
           bestir
           your selves
           in
           using
           the
           Means
           wherein
           Grace
           communicates
           it self
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           If
           Grace
           saves
           us
           ,
           then
           as
           you
           must
           use
           the
           Means
           that
           are
           of
           it's
           appointing
           ,
           so
           you
           must
           use
           then
           dependently
           ,
           with
           an
           Eye
           to
           Grace
           for
           its
           Blessing
           upon
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           successful
           .
           Grace
           is
           too
           little
           eyed
           ,
           too
           little
           sought
           unto
           ,
           too
           little
           depended
           on
           in
           the
           Use
           of
           Means
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Success
           is
           for
           the
           most
           part
           accordingly
           .
           Persons
           in
           hearing
           the
           Word
           eye
           Men
           that
           are
           Instruments
           ,
           but
           eye
           not
           God
           and
           his
           Grace
           which
           is
           the
           Life
           and
           Soul
           of
           all
           Ordinances
           .
           Persons
           eye
           Men
           and
           not
           God
           ,
           depend
           more
           upon
           Mens
           Parts
           
           and
           Abilities
           ,
           than
           upon
           Gods
           Grace
           and
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           find
           in
           Ordinances
           ,
           what
           a
           Man
           can
           do
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           :
           And
           what
           is
           that
           ?
           Why
           ,
           a
           sound
           in
           their
           Ears
           ,
           but
           no
           powerful
           Effects
           and
           Operations
           upon
           their
           Hearts
           ;
           a
           little
           pleasing
           of
           the
           Fancy
           ,
           with
           some
           light
           ,
           superficial
           touches
           upon
           the
           Affections
           but
           no
           renewing
           ,
           sanctifying
           Change
           of
           the
           Soul.
           But
           was
           Gods
           Grace
           more
           eyed
           ,
           and
           more
           depended
           on
           ,
           in
           the
           use
           of
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           we
           should
           doubtless
           see
           its
           saving
           Fruits
           and
           Effects
           ,
           more
           plentifully
           ,
           and
           more
           ordinarily
           communicated
           than
           now
           they
           are
           .
        
         
           Men
           speak
           but
           to
           the
           Sences
           ,
           it
           is
           God
           only
           that
           can
           speak
           to
           the
           Heart
           ;
           Men
           may
           argue
           with
           the
           Will
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           only
           ,
           that
           can
           incline
           and
           perswade
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           built
           the
           Wall
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           wrought
           with
           the
           Trowel
           in
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           Sword
           in
           the
           other
           ;
           so
           you
           must
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           work
           in
           the
           diligent
           use
           of
           Gods
           appointed
           Means
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           with
           the
           one
           hand
           ;
           and
           with
           the
           other
           lift
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           for
           his
           Grace
           to
           bless
           them
           to
           you
           :
           Thus
           if
           Grace
           saves
           us
           ,
           then
           you
           
           must
           be
           sure
           to
           eye
           Grace
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           it
           for
           Success
           in
           the
           use
           of
           Means
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           If
           it
           be
           by
           Grace
           that
           we
           are
           saved
           ,
           then
           here
           is
           great
           incouragement
           ,
           against
           the
           difficulties
           that
           attend
           the
           Conversion
           and
           Salvation
           of
           a
           Sinner
           ;
           the
           difficulties
           are
           great
           ,
           both
           from
           the
           Malice
           and
           Power
           of
           Satan
           ,
           the
           Opposition
           of
           an
           alluring
           and
           insnaring
           World
           ,
           and
           especially
           from
           the
           carnal
           and
           corrupt
           Temper
           and
           Disposition
           of
           our
           own
           Hearts
           :
           all
           these
           together
           ,
           do
           cast
           such
           Impediments
           and
           Rubs
           in
           our
           Way
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           enough
           ,
           utterly
           to
           discourage
           all
           Attempts
           and
           to
           make
           us
           to
           sit
           down
           in
           Despair
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           no
           greater
           Power
           than
           our
           own
           to
           trust
           to
           ,
           or
           depend
           upon
           ;
           but
           here
           is
           your
           Incouragement
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           Grace
           that
           saves
           us
           ,
           and
           therefore
           those
           things
           that
           are
           Difficulties
           with
           us
           ,
           are
           none
           with
           God
           ;
           those
           things
           that
           are
           impossible
           to
           be
           overcome
           by
           your
           own
           Strength
           ,
           are
           easily
           superable
           by
           an
           Almighty
           Grace
           .
           When
           our
           Saviour
           told
           his
           Disciples
           that
           is
           was
           
             easier
             for
             a
             Cammel
             to
             go
             through
             the
             eye
             of
             a
             Needle
             ,
             than
             for
             a
             rich
             man
             to
             be
             saved
          
           ;
           they
           were
           amazed
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             who
             then
             can
             be
             saved
          
           ?
           why
           ?
           saith
           our
           saviour
           
             those
             things
          
           
           
             that
             are
             impossible
             with
             Men
             ,
             are
             easie
             with
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Most
           Men
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           in
           Ignorance
           and
           Carnal
           Security
           ;
           Strangers
           to
           God
           and
           themselves
           too
           ;
           they
           think
           it
           an
           easie
           thing
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           but
           when
           once
           their
           Eyes
           come
           to
           be
           opened
           ,
           and
           their
           Consciences
           convinced
           of
           their
           dead
           ,
           lost
           ,
           and
           undone
           State
           ;
           how
           dead
           their
           Hearts
           are
           to
           God
           and
           Holiness
           ;
           how
           powerful
           Corruption
           is
           ,
           and
           how
           weak
           and
           unable
           they
           are
           to
           conquer
           it
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           alass
           !
           who
           can
           be
           saved
           ?
           Why
           ,
           here
           is
           great
           incouragement
           for
           you
           ,
           that
           though
           Conversion-work
           be
           above
           your
           own
           power
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           any
           meer
           Creature
           ,
           yet
           Grace
           can
           inlighten
           your
           darkness
           ,
           quicken
           your
           deadness
           and
           overcome
           your
           resistance
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           when
           the
           Soul
           considers
           its
           own
           earthly
           ,
           carnal
           Temper
           and
           Disposition
           ;
           how
           disinclined
           and
           averse
           it
           is
           to
           God
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           all
           Spiritual
           and
           Divine
           things
           ;
           it
           is
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           how
           shall
           this
           heart
           of
           mine
           ever
           be
           made
           to
           love
           God
           above
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           delight
           in
           Him
           and
           his
           Service
           ?
           why
           ,
           here
           is
           Incouragement
           ,
           God
           that
           made
           the
           heart
           ,
           can
           Master
           it
           ;
           can
           renew
           and
           change
           it
           ;
           he
           can
           
             of
             stones
             raise
             up
             Children
          
           
           
             to
             Abraham
          
           ;
           he
           can
           make
           
             dry
             and
             dead
             bones
             live
          
           ,
           he
           can
           breath
           Life
           into
           a
           dead
           Soul
           ;
           he
           can
           make
           a
           Temple
           for
           himself
           ,
           of
           the
           most
           filthy
           and
           unclean
           Heart
           that
           is
           ;
           he
           that
           made
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           of
           nothing
           ,
           can
           turn
           a
           heart
           of
           Stone
           into
           flesh
           ;
           he
           can
           turn
           the
           most
           earthly
           ,
           carnal
           ,
           sensual
           temper
           that
           is
           ,
           into
           a
           holy
           ,
           heavenly
           Disposition
           ;
           he
           can
           stamp
           his
           own
           Image
           and
           Likeness
           upon
           a
           slave
           of
           Sin
           and
           Satan
           .
        
         
           Thus
           since
           it
           is
           by
           Grace
           that
           we
           are
           saved
           ;
           then
           notwithstanding
           all
           Difficulties
           ,
           here
           is
           great
           Incouragement
           to
           use
           his
           appointed
           Means
           ;
           to
           pray
           ,
           and
           wait
           ,
           and
           strive
           in
           hopes
           of
           Success
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Issue
           ;
           for
           were
           the
           difficulties
           more
           ,
           and
           greater
           than
           they
           are
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           insuperable
           to
           an
           Almighty
           Grace
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           it
           be
           by
           
             Grace
             that
             we
             are
             saved
          
           ,
           than
           what
           use
           should
           those
           make
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           that
           have
           already
           tasted
           and
           experienced
           ,
           the
           saving
           Fruits
           and
           Effects
           of
           Grace
           in
           themselves
           ?
           it
           will
           afford
           much
           for
           their
           furtherance
           and
           increase
           in
           Grace
           and
           Holiness
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           we
           
             are
             saved
             by
             Grace
          
           ;
           And
           have
           you
           experienced
           the
           saving
           Effects
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           your Selves
           ,
           then
           you
           have
           Reason
           to
           be
           humbled
           ;
           Pride
           ,
           self-conceitedness
           ,
           
           and
           over-weaning
           Thoughts
           of
           our selves
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           most
           hateful
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           God
           ,
           most
           contrary
           to
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           his
           Law.
           God
           resists
           the
           Proud
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           said
           to
           know
           the
           Proud
           afar
           off
           .
           But
           Humility
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           of
           great
           Price
           and
           Value
           in
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           3.
           4.
           
           
             Yea
             the
             humble
             Spirit
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Habitation
           that
           he
           makes
           choice
           of
           ,
           as
           a
           Seat
           of
           his
           special
           Residence
           :
           Isa.
           57.
           15.
           
           And
           therefore
           ,
           God
           hath
           contrived
           ,
           the
           whole
           business
           of
           our
           recovery
           and
           Salvation
           by
           Christ
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Way
           and
           Method
           ,
           as
           shall
           most
           effectually
           hide
           Pride
           from
           Man
           ;
           Salvation
           is
           of
           Grace
           from
           first
           to
           last
           ,
           that
           the
           loftiness
           of
           Men
           may
           be
           humbled
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           alone
           exalted
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           if
           Gods
           Grace
           has
           taken
           hold
           on
           your
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           begun
           a
           sanctifying
           ,
           saving
           Work
           upon
           you
           ;
           if
           he
           hath
           begun
           to
           Form
           you
           after
           the
           Divine
           Image
           and
           likeness
           ,
           he
           hath
           highly
           exalted
           you
           indeed
           ;
           he
           hath
           lifted
           you
           up
           from
           the
           Dunghil
           ,
           and
           set
           you
           with
           Princes
           ,
           yea
           higher
           than
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Earth
           in
           true
           Worth
           and
           Dignity
           .
           But
           yet
           ,
           though
           God
           hath
           thus
           highly
           exalted
           you
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Reason
           or
           Cause
           in
           all
           this
           why
           you
           should
           exalt
           your selves
           ,
           or
           be
           puffed
           up
           with
           high
           Thoughts
           or
           Conceits
           
           of
           your selves
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           Grace
           that
           hath
           done
           all
           this
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           not
           you
           your selves
           ;
           it
           is
           Gods
           free
           Gift
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           worth
           or
           desert
           of
           yours
           .
           Therefore
           oft
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Apostles
           Question
           ,
           
             What
             hast
             thou
             that
             thou
             didst
             not
             receive
             ?
          
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           7.
           
           O!
           therefore
           walk
           humbly
           ,
           be
           low
           in
           your
           own
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           be
           pleasing
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God.
           This
           will
           be
           to
           Answer
           the
           very
           Design
           of
           Grace
           in
           its
           great
           Gifts
           to
           you
           ;
           this
           will
           make
           you
           more
           fit
           for
           Communion
           with
           God
           ;
           this
           will
           make
           your
           Souls
           a
           Temple
           that
           he
           will
           Delight
           to
           dwell
           and
           walk
           in
           ;
           and
           this
           will
           dispose
           you
           to
           receive
           more
           ,
           and
           more
           Grace
           from
           him
           ;
           
             He
             resists
             the
             Proud
             ,
             but
             gives
             Grace
             to
             the
             Humble
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           saved
           by
           Grace
           ,
           then
           let
           Grace
           have
           the
           Glory
           of
           all
           that
           it
           hath
           wrought
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           done
           for
           you
           .
           Gods
           own
           Glory
           is
           his
           great
           End
           and
           Design
           in
           all
           his
           Works
           ;
           it
           is
           that
           which
           above
           all
           things
           else
           ,
           he
           is
           most
           tender
           and
           Jealous
           of
           .
           He
           freely
           communicates
           his
           choicest
           and
           greatest
           Gifts
           to
           Men
           ;
           but
           his
           Glory
           ,
           he
           will
           give
           to
           none
           ;
           that
           the
           reserves
           wholly
           and
           solely
           to
           himself
           ;
           and
           the
           
           Glory
           of
           his
           Grace
           is
           the
           great
           Aim
           and
           Design
           of
           his
           redeeming
           and
           recovering
           Work
           ,
           Eph.
           1.
           6.
           
           
             To
             the
             Praise
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             Grace
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Take
           heed
           then
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           not
           rob
           Grace
           of
           any
           of
           its
           Glory
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           very
           prone
           to
           ascribe
           to
           our selves
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Atheist
           ,
           tho'
           he
           doth
           not
           speak
           out
           with
           his
           Tongue
           ,
           yet
           he
           saith
           in
           his
           Heart
           ,
           
             there
             is
             no
             God
          
           ;
           So
           though
           we
           speak
           not
           out
           ,
           yet
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           have
           such
           Thoughts
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ;
           as
           if
           God
           did
           see
           something
           more
           or
           better
           in
           us
           than
           in
           others
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           better
           disposed
           and
           prepared
           for
           Grace
           than
           others
           ;
           or
           that
           we
           were
           more
           serious
           ,
           diligent
           and
           industrious
           in
           the
           use
           of
           Means
           than
           others
           ;
           or
           that
           God
           did
           foresee
           that
           we
           would
           bring
           more
           Glory
           to
           him
           than
           others
           ;
           that
           we
           are
           prone
           to
           such
           self
           ascribing
           Thoughts
           ,
           doth
           appear
           by
           that
           Caution
           that
           is
           given
           to
           Israel
           ,
           Deut.
           9.
           4.
           
             speak
             not
             in
             thine
             Heart
             saying
             —
             for
             my
             righteousness
             ,
             the
             Lord
             hath
             brought
             me
             in
             to
             possess
             this
             land
          
           &c.
           
           It
           is
           likely
           ,
           before
           your
           Conversion
           ,
           you
           was
           more
           serious
           ,
           diligent
           and
           industrious
           in
           the
           use
           of
           Means
           than
           many
           others
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           a
           more
           common
           Grace
           ,
           that
           
           made
           you
           so
           ;
           that
           brought
           you
           to
           that
           :
           Grace
           gave
           you
           that
           first
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           his
           bestowing
           of
           his
           more
           special
           .
           and
           excellent
           Gifts
           upon
           you
           .
           O!
           therefore
           see
           to
           it
           that
           you
           rub
           every
           filing
           of
           this
           Gold
           ,
           off
           from
           your
           own
           Fingers
           ;
           and
           let
           Grace
           have
           the
           Glory
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           wrought
           in
           you
           ;
           
             say
             ,
             not
             I
             ,
             but
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             that
             was
             with
             me
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             unto
             us
             ,
             not
             unto
             us
             ,
             but
             to
             thy
             Name
             be
             the
             Praise
             .
          
        
         
           As
           the
           Moon
           shines
           not
           by
           its
           own
           ,
           but
           a
           borrowed
           Light
           ;
           so
           there
           is
           nothing
           excellent
           in
           you
           above
           others
           ;
           no
           holy
           ,
           heavenly
           Inclination
           or
           Disposition
           in
           you
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           a
           Gift
           of
           Grace
           to
           you
           :
           Your
           breathing
           after
           God
           is
           an
           Effect
           of
           his
           breathing
           upon
           you
           first
           .
           Say
           then
           ,
           with
           the
           Apostle
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           9.
           10.
           
           
             I
             am
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             called
             an
             Apostle
             ,
             because
             I
             persecuted
             the
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             am
             ,
             what
             I
             am
             .
          
           So
           say
           you
           ,
           I
           was
           a
           carnal
           ,
           dead
           Sinner
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           am
           alive
           ;
           I
           was
           a
           lover
           of
           Pleasures
           more
           than
           a
           Lover
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           my
           carnal
           ,
           earthly
           Heart
           ,
           is
           in
           some
           measure
           sanctified
           ,
           and
           changed
           ,
           and
           turned
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           .
           I
           was
           foolish
           
           and
           disobedient
           ,
           and
           slighted
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           saving
           Benefits
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           any
           others
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           my
           hard
           Heart
           is
           somewhat
           softened
           ,
           my
           Stuborness
           and
           Resistance
           over
           come
           ,
           my
           Enmity
           taken
           away
           ,
           my
           aversness
           to
           Christ
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           turned
           ,
           into
           a
           desiring
           ,
           loving
           ,
           and
           seeking
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Are
             we
             saved
             by
             Grace
          
           ;
           and
           hath
           Grace
           begun
           a
           saving
           Work
           upon
           you
           ,
           then
           walk
           thankfully
           too
           .
           Every
           Benefit
           calls
           for
           thankfulness
           ;
           and
           then
           much
           more
           ,
           saving
           Benefits
           ;
           which
           are
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           others
           .
           Has
           Grace
           made
           you
           to
           differ
           from
           others
           that
           are
           still
           in
           the
           Gaul
           of
           Bitterness
           ,
           and
           the
           Bond
           of
           Iniquity
           .
           Nay
           ,
           has
           Grace
           made
           you
           to
           differ
           ,
           so
           much
           from
           your Selves
           ;
           from
           what
           you
           sometime
           were
           ;
           and
           should
           you
           not
           be
           thankful
           for
           it
           ?
           Has
           Grace
           brought
           you
           out
           of
           Darkness
           into
           a
           marvelous
           Light
           ,
           brought
           you
           out
           of
           a
           state
           of
           Bondage
           ,
           and
           Slavery
           to
           the
           Devil
           and
           Sin
           ;
           into
           the
           glorious
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           ?
           Of
           Dead
           ,
           has
           made
           you
           alive
           ;
           of
           strangers
           ,
           has
           made
           you
           nigh
           to
           God
           ;
           of
           Enemies
           ,
           hath
           reconciled
           you
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           made
           you
           his
           adopted
           Children
           ;
           of
           cursed
           ,
           condemned
           
           ones
           ,
           has
           brought
           you
           into
           a
           state
           of
           Pardon
           and
           Justification
           ?
           Oh!
           what
           Reason
           have
           you
           to
           be
           thankful
           ?
           Let
           your
           Tongues
           ,
           and
           your
           Lives
           to
           ,
           continually
           speak
           your
           thankfulness
           ,
           for
           such
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           Mercy
           .
           Say
           then
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Bless
             the
             Lord
             ,
             O
             my
             Soul
             ,
             and
             forget
             not
             all
             his
             Benefits
             ,
          
           &c.
           Psalm
           103.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           
        
         
           And
           that
           you
           may
           be
           excited
           to
           Thankfulness
           ,
           consider
           these
           Things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Consider
           the
           greatness
           of
           this
           Mercy
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Mercies
           that
           God
           bestows
           upon
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           saving
           Mercies
           are
           the
           greatest
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           ;
           if
           Grace
           has
           saved
           you
           ,
           or
           given
           you
           such
           Things
           as
           do
           accompany
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           is
           more
           than
           all
           other
           Blessings
           laid
           together
           .
           Indeed
           all
           Gods
           Mercies
           are
           great
           ,
           considering
           how
           undeserving
           we
           are
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           saving
           Mercy
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           Sun
           among
           the
           other
           Planets
           ,
           that
           outshines
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           darkens
           their
           Glory
           when
           it
           comes
           into
           view
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           Grace
           saves
           us
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           greater
           Benefit
           than
           Creation
           it self
           ;
           as
           the
           Redemption
           of
           the
           World
           by
           Christ
           ,
           
           is
           a
           greater
           Work
           ,
           and
           doth
           discover
           more
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Love
           ,
           and
           goodness
           of
           God
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           than
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World.
           And
           the
           making
           of
           any
           Soul
           ,
           actually
           a
           Partaker
           of
           saving
           Benefits
           ,
           is
           a
           greater
           Gift
           ,
           than
           the
           giving
           of
           it
           a
           Being
           in
           Creation
           .
           Now
           consider
           ,
           do
           you
           not
           think
           your selves
           greatly
           obliged
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           your
           Beings
           ;
           that
           he
           made
           you
           something
           ,
           that
           were
           nothing
           ?
           That
           he
           made
           you
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           and
           not
           Toads
           or
           Serpents
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           if
           you
           Love
           your selves
           ,
           if
           you
           value
           your
           Lives
           and
           Beings
           ;
           or
           any
           of
           your
           Creature-Comforts
           and
           Injoyments
           ;
           Then
           you
           must
           needs
           bless
           God
           that
           made
           you
           what
           you
           are
           ,
           out
           of
           nothing
           .
           Ah!
           but
           how
           much
           more
           ,
           should
           you
           bless
           God
           ,
           that
           of
           his
           special
           Grace
           and
           Love
           ,
           hath
           translated
           you
           from
           Darkness
           to
           Light
           ?
           from
           Death
           to
           Life
           ;
           from
           Slavery
           to
           Liberty
           ;
           from
           Wrath
           and
           Curses
           to
           Favour
           and
           Blessedness
           ?
           for
           to
           be
           under
           these
           evils
           ,
           was
           worse
           than
           to
           be
           nothing
           ;
           and
           these
           Blessings
           are
           better
           ,
           than
           meer
           natural
           Life
           and
           Being
           without
           them
           .
           Alas
           !
           What
           good
           would
           your
           Creation
           have
           done
           you
           ,
           since
           the
           Fall
           ,
           without
           sanctifying
           and
           saving
           Grace
           ;
           it
           would
           
           but
           make
           you
           capable
           of
           greater
           Misery
           .
           Better
           a
           thousand
           Times
           ,
           never
           to
           have
           been
           Born
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           a
           Vessel
           of
           Gods
           Wrath
           ;
           and
           a
           Companion
           of
           Devils
           and
           damned
           Fiends
           in
           Everlasting
           Burnings
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           Grace
           saves
           you
           it
           doth
           unspeakably
           more
           for
           you
           than
           the
           bestowing
           of
           all
           the
           outward
           Blessings
           of
           this
           Life
           upon
           you
           ;
           Health
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Friends
           ,
           with
           other
           Injoyments
           and
           Comforts
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           are
           great
           Mercies
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           unspeakably
           short
           of
           renewing
           and
           saving
           Grace
           ;
           you
           that
           have
           healthful
           ,
           and
           comely
           Bodies
           ,
           when
           you
           look
           upon
           any
           decriped
           ,
           maimed
           ,
           deformed
           ,
           monstrous
           Persons
           ,
           do
           you
           not
           admire
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           that
           hath
           not
           made
           you
           such
           ;
           but
           is
           it
           not
           worse
           to
           have
           blind
           ,
           deformed
           ,
           monstrous
           Souls
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           such
           Bodies
           ?
           and
           is
           it
           not
           a
           greater
           Mercy
           ,
           to
           have
           your
           deformed
           Souls
           beautified
           and
           made
           comely
           with
           the
           Divine
           Image
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           comely
           Bodies
           ?
           The
           same
           may
           be
           said
           of
           Riches
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           worldly
           Injoyments
           ▪
        
         
           All
           external
           and
           worldly
           Injoyments
           ,
           are
           but
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           alas
           !
           How
           little
           
           a
           while
           too
           ?
           When
           you
           come
           to
           Dye
           ,
           what
           becomes
           of
           bodily
           Strength
           ,
           and
           Beauty
           ?
           of
           worldly
           Honours
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Friends
           ?
           Alas
           !
           when
           you
           are
           going
           into
           another
           World
           ,
           if
           you
           look
           back
           upon
           these
           Things
           ,
           you
           will
           see
           them
           all
           shrinking
           away
           from
           you
           ;
           and
           leave
           you
           to
           go
           alone
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           Comfort
           you
           are
           like
           to
           have
           of
           them
           .
           Of
           how
           short
           a
           continuance
           is
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           Rich
           and
           the
           Poor
           ;
           the
           honourable
           and
           the
           bafe
           ,
           the
           healthful
           and
           sickly
           ?
           But
           sanctifying
           and
           saving
           Grace
           ,
           will
           stick
           by
           you
           when
           every
           Thing
           else
           will
           leave
           you
           ;
           that
           is
           Beauty
           will
           never
           decay
           ,
           that
           is
           Riches
           you
           can
           never
           loose
           ;
           that
           is
           an
           Everlasting
           Foundation
           ,
           upon
           which
           shall
           be
           built
           an
           immortal
           undecaying
           ,
           never
           ending
           Glory
           and
           Happiness
           ;
           saving
           Mercy
           is
           such
           as
           Death
           it self
           can
           not
           separate
           or
           divide
           you
           from
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Saving
           Mercy
           is
           unspeakable
           Mercy
           indeed
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           Misery
           it
           secures
           and
           delivers
           you
           from
           .
           It
           is
           impossible
           to
           know
           ,
           how
           great
           a
           Mercy
           saving
           Grace
           is
           ,
           unless
           you
           know
           what
           direful
           Misery
           all
           that
           are
           yet
           unsaved
           ,
           are
           under
           and
           liable
           to
           ;
           and
           alas
           !
           the
           Misery
           of
           those
           that
           are
           
           yet
           unsaved
           ,
           is
           such
           as
           no
           Tongue
           can
           express
           .
           For
           the
           present
           ,
           they
           are
           hateful
           to
           God
           ,
           have
           a
           fearful
           Load
           of
           Guilt
           upon
           their
           Souls
           ;
           a
           numberless
           number
           of
           Sins
           upon
           the
           score
           ,
           which
           must
           all
           be
           accounted
           for
           .
           And
           they
           are
           every
           Moment
           ,
           in
           danger
           of
           droping
           into
           the
           bottomless
           Gulf
           of
           Misery
           ;
           alas
           !
           those
           that
           are
           yet
           altogether
           unsaved
           ,
           are
           not
           sure
           to
           be
           one
           Day
           or
           Hour
           out
           of
           Everlasting
           Burnings
           ;
           when
           they
           close
           their
           Eyes
           at
           Night
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           sure
           ,
           but
           they
           may
           open
           them
           in
           Hell
           flames
           ;
           they
           are
           condemned
           already
           ,
           there
           wants
           nothing
           but
           the
           executing
           stroak
           to
           make
           them
           extreamly
           and
           remedilessly
           miserable
           ;
           why
           ,
           this
           was
           once
           your
           Case
           ,
           but
           saving
           Grace
           has
           now
           put
           you
           into
           a
           happier
           and
           securer
           State
           ;
           and
           should
           not
           such
           a
           Mercy
           as
           this
           affect
           your
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           excite
           you
           to
           thankfulness
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Saving
           Grace
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           a
           great
           Mercy
           indeed
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           how
           great
           Happiness
           it
           further
           disposes
           and
           prepares
           you
           for
           .
           And
           what
           is
           that
           ?
           Why
           ,
           for
           the
           Possession
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           for
           the
           Society
           of
           Angels
           and
           blessed
           Spirits
           in
           Glory
           ;
           yea
           ,
           for
           Fellowship
           with
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           and
           a
           perfect
           Everlasting
           Injoyment
           
           of
           him
           ,
           for
           the
           being
           ever
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           seeing
           of
           him
           Face
           to
           Face
           .
           And
           will
           you
           not
           be
           thankful
           for
           such
           a
           Mercy
           as
           this
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           excite
           you
           to
           Thankfulness
           ,
           consider
           the
           freeness
           of
           this
           Grace
           that
           has
           saved
           you
           .
           What
           Motive
           or
           Inducement
           did
           Grace
           see
           in
           you
           more
           than
           in
           others
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           pick
           you
           out
           as
           a
           Vessel
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           while
           it
           hath
           left
           others
           ,
           so
           many
           others
           ,
           still
           under
           Wrath
           and
           the
           Curse
           ?
           Why
           ,
           it
           saw
           nothing
           more
           in
           you
           to
           move
           and
           incline
           its
           kindness
           ,
           and
           Love
           towards
           you
           than
           in
           thousands
           of
           others
           ,
           that
           are
           still
           left
           to
           ripen
           themselves
           for
           Destruction
           ;
           no
           Reason
           can
           be
           given
           of
           Gods
           Love
           and
           Kindness
           to
           you
           more
           than
           to
           any
           others
           ;
           but
           that
           Rom.
           9.
           
           
             I
             will
             have
             Mercy
             upon
             whom
             I
             will
             have
             Mercy
          
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           
             Thou
             hast
             hid
             these
             Things
             from
             the
             Wise
             and
             Prudent
             ,
             and
             hast
             revealed
             them
             to
             Babes
          
           ;
           and
           why
           ,
           the
           only
           Reason
           is
           ,
           
             because
             it
             so
             pleased
             thee
          
           ;
           if
           such
           free
           Grace
           as
           this
           will
           not
           Provoke
           you
           to
           Thankfulness
           ,
           what
           will
           ?
           Look
           upon
           others
           ,
           that
           are
           still
           in
           the
           Gall
           of
           Bitterness
           and
           Bond
           of
           Iniquity
           ;
           that
           slight
           Christ
           and
           his
           Grace
           ,
           that
           delight
           themselves
           in
           the
           high
           Road
           to
           Perdition
           ,
           
           that
           sport
           themselves
           with
           Sin
           and
           Damnation
           ;
           that
           hear
           Sermons
           ,
           but
           are
           little
           more
           moved
           with
           them
           than
           the
           Seats
           they
           sit
           on
           .
           And
           say
           ,
           I
           was
           once
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           so
           to
           this
           Day
           ,
           had
           not
           Grace
           been
           more
           kind
           and
           merciful
           to
           me
           than
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           To
           excite
           your
           Thankfulness
           ,
           consider
           what
           Pains
           and
           Patience
           Grace
           was
           at
           with
           you
           ,
           before
           your
           carnal
           ,
           backward
           ,
           and
           perverse
           Hearts
           were
           prevailed
           with
           .
           How
           long
           did
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           strive
           with
           you
           in
           vain
           !
           How
           oft
           did
           he
           go
           away
           grieved
           because
           you
           slighted
           and
           resisted
           his
           Holy
           Motions
           !
           How
           long
           did
           Christ
           knock
           at
           the
           Door
           of
           your
           Hearts
           ,
           before
           you
           would
           open
           to
           him
           !
           How
           long
           did
           he
           follow
           you
           and
           woe
           you
           by
           the
           offers
           and
           Promises
           of
           his
           Word
           ,
           and
           the
           Motions
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           before
           he
           could
           gain
           your
           Consent
           !
           How
           often
           did
           you
           shut
           your
           Eyes
           against
           Light
           ,
           and
           stifle
           Convictions
           ,
           and
           quench
           the
           Beams
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           break
           one
           Band
           and
           Cord
           after
           another
           ,
           that
           Grace
           had
           fastened
           upon
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           like
           resolute
           Souldiers
           ,
           that
           are
           beaten
           from
           one
           Fort
           ,
           fly
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           will
           never
           yield
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           none
           
           left
           to
           fly
           to
           .
           Ay
           ,
           did
           not
           you
           deal
           thus
           with
           God
           ?
           Did
           not
           Grace
           meet
           with
           all
           this
           and
           more
           Resistance
           from
           you
           ,
           in
           turning
           your
           perverse
           Hearts
           from
           Creatures
           to
           God
           ,
           from
           Sin
           to
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           from
           Self
           to
           Christ
           ?
           And
           yet
           Grace
           bore
           all
           patiently
           at
           your
           Hands
           ,
           and
           continued
           to
           follow
           you
           still
           ,
           and
           would
           never
           leave
           you
           ,
           till
           it
           had
           overcome
           your
           Resistance
           and
           Opposition
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           Almighty
           Arm
           pluckt
           you
           as
           a
           Brand
           out
           of
           the
           Burning
           .
           O
           ,
           how
           free
           and
           rich
           was
           Gods
           Grace
           toward
           you
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           leave
           you
           ,
           notwithstanding
           your
           long
           and
           obstinate
           Resistance
           ,
           and
           striving
           against
           it
           :
           That
           would
           not
           suffer
           you
           to
           be
           miserable
           ,
           when
           you
           your self
           was
           so
           loath
           and
           backward
           to
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Consider
           ,
           saving
           Mercy
           is
           vouchsafed
           but
           to
           a
           very
           few
           comparatively
           ;
           alas
           !
           But
           to
           few
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           injoy
           the
           Means
           of
           Grace
           and
           Salvation
           ;
           nay
           ,
           many
           that
           have
           had
           the
           very
           same
           Means
           ,
           and
           heard
           the
           very
           same
           Sermons
           that
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Life
           from
           God
           hath
           quickened
           you
           ,
           while
           those
           that
           sat
           by
           you
           remain
           dry
           and
           dead
           Bones
           still
           :
           Nay
           ,
           that
           very
           Sermon
           
           that
           Grace
           made
           effectual
           to
           quicken
           and
           save
           you
           ;
           others
           were
           no
           more
           moved
           with
           it
           ,
           than
           the
           Earth
           they
           trod
           upon
           .
        
         
           So
           much
           for
           the
           Third
           Inference
           ,
           walk
           Thankfully
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           you
           are
           saved
           by
           Grace
           ,
           then
           Walk
           fruitfully
           ;
           let
           it
           be
           your
           Care
           and
           Endeavour
           to
           Honour
           Grace
           in
           your
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           ;
           Paul
           when
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           
             By
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             am
             what
             I
             am
          
           ;
           he
           presently
           adds
           ,
           
             And
             his
             Grace
             bestowed
             upon
             me
             was
             not
             vain
             ,
             for
             I
             laboured
             more
             abundantly
             than
             they
             all
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           10.
           
           Thus
           ,
           do
           you
           labour
           to
           Honour
           Grace
           ,
           by
           the
           Holiness
           ,
           Purity
           ,
           and
           Heavenliness
           of
           your
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           ;
           let
           it
           be
           seen
           ,
           by
           your
           whole
           Practice
           ,
           by
           your
           Converse
           and
           Dealing
           with
           all
           Men
           ,
           what
           a
           great
           ,
           what
           a
           wonderful
           ,
           what
           an
           excellent
           Change
           Grace
           has
           made
           in
           you
           ?
           Alas
           !
           you
           will
           greatly
           dishonour
           Grace
           ,
           if
           you
           profess
           to
           be
           partakers
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           appear
           to
           be
           no
           better
           Men
           than
           you
           were
           before
           .
        
         
           And
           Honour
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Channel
           in
           which
           Grace
           doth
           run
           by
           esteeming
           and
           loving
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           your
           Place
           by
           incouraging
           the
           Preaching
           of
           it
           ,
           
           and
           Sinners
           Attendance
           upon
           it
           all
           you
           can
           ;
           invite
           others
           to
           those
           Waters
           where
           you
           have
           found
           healing
           for
           your
           own
           Souls
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           If
           you
           are
           saved
           by
           Grace
           ,
           then
           continue
           in
           a
           close
           Attendance
           upon
           Grace
           ,
           and
           a
           diligent
           waiting
           for
           its
           further
           Influences
           ,
           in
           the
           use
           of
           its
           appointed
           Means
           for
           the
           compleating
           of
           the
           Work
           that
           it
           has
           begun
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           yet
           but
           begun
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           to
           be
           done
           upon
           you
           before
           the
           Work
           be
           compleated
           .
           Most
           of
           you
           are
           yet
           got
           but
           a
           little
           way
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           have
           many
           Stages
           to
           go
           before
           you
           come
           to
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           .
           And
           Grace
           hath
           not
           yet
           put
           its
           last
           Hand
           to
           the
           greatest
           Saint
           ,
           that
           is
           yet
           on
           this
           side
           Heaven
           ;
           therefore
           let
           all
           continue
           seeking
           ,
           and
           waiting
           diligently
           for
           its
           further
           Influences
           in
           his
           own
           appointed
           Way
           ;
           
             Till
             he
             that
             has
             begun
             a
             good
             Work
             in
             you
             ,
             has
             finished
             and
             compleated
             it
             according
             to
             his
             own
             Promise
             ,
          
           Phil.
           1.
           6.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Books
           written
           by
           the
           Late
           Reverend
           Mr.
           
             Nath.
             Vincent
          
           ,
           are
           Sold
           by
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           
             Three
             Crowns
          
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           Cheapside
           ,
           near
           Mercers-Chappel
           .
        
         
           
             WOrthy
             Walking
          
           :
           Pressed
           upon
           all
           that
           have
           heard
           the
           
             Call
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           :
           From
           Eph.
           4.
           1.
           
           
             I
             therefore
             the
             Prisoner
             of
             the
             Lord
             beseech
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             walk
             worthy
             of
             the
             Vocation
             wherewith
             ye
             are
             called
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Spirit
             of
             Prayer
          
           :
           Or
           ,
           a
           Discourse
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Nature
           of
           Prayer
           is
           open'd
           ,
           the
           Kinds
           of
           Prayer
           are
           handled
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           manner
           of
           Praying
           discovered
           :
           Several
           Cases
           about
           this
           Duty
           are
           Resolved
           :
           From
           Eph.
           6.
           18.
           
           
             Praying
             always
             with
             all
             Prayer
             and
             Supplication
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Unto
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           a
           Direction
           for
           the
           Attaining
           the
           Gift
           of
           Prayer
           :
           That
           Family-Duty
           may
           not
           be
           omitted
           ,
           nor
           Secret
           Duty
           discouraged
           through
           Inability
           of
           Utterance
           and
           Expression
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Heaven
             or
             Hell
             upon
             Earth
             :
          
           Or
           ,
           a
           Discourse
           concerning
           Conscience
           ;
           on
           Acts
           24.
           16.
           
           
             Herein
             do
             I
             exercise
             my self
             to
             have
             a
             Conscience
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           The
           True
           Touchstone
           ;
           which
           shews
           both
           Grace
           and
           Nature
           :
           Or
           ,
           a
           Discourse
           concerning
           Self-Examination
           ,
           by
           which
           both
           Saints
           and
           Sinners
           may
           come
           to
           know
           themselves
           .
           Whereunto
           are
           added
           sundry
           Meditations
           relating
           to
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           .
        
         
           The
           more
           Excellent
           Way
           to
           Edifie
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           :
           Or
           ,
           a
           Discourse
           concerning
           Love
           :
           The
           Design
           of
           which
           is
           to
           Revive
           that
           Grace
           (
           now
           under
           such
           decaies
           )
           among
           Protestants
           of
           ALL
           Persuasions
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           :
           Or
           ,
           a
           Discourse
           Explaining
           the
           Nature
           of
           that
           Conversion
           which
           is
           sincere
           ;
           and
           Directing
           and
           Perswading
           all
           to
           cease
           their
           Loving
           Sin
           and
           Death
           ,
           and
           to
           Turn
           to
           God
           and
           Live.
           
        
         
           A
           Warning
           given
           to
           Sinners
           to
           prepare
           for
           Judgment
           ,
           to
           flee
           from
           
             Wrath
             to
             come
          
           ,
           and
           turn
           from
           
             All
             Sin
          
           ;
           but
           especially
           the
           Sin
           which
           does
           
             most
             easily
             beset
             them
          
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Little
             Childs
             Catechism
          
           :
           In
           which
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           are
           in
           plain
           Words
           and
           short
           Answers
           laid
           down
           ,
           and
           suited
           to
           the
           Memories
           and
           Understandings
           of
           Little
           Children
           .
           Whereunto
           are
           added
           several
           short
           Histories
           ,
           
           which
           may
           both
           please
           and
           profit
           them
           ,
           as
           also
           Directions
           how
           to
           Pray
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Principles
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           Or
           ,
           a
           Catechism
           ,
           in
           which
           is
           contained
           the
           Sum
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           ;
           or
           what
           is
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           and
           done
           in
           order
           to
           Salvation
           .
           The
           Answers
           being
           but
           Seventeen
           in
           number
           ;
           and
           in
           very
           plain
           words
           ,
           easie
           to
           be
           understood
           .
           Unto
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           a
           Catechism
           for
           Conscience
           ;
           wherein
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           the
           
             grosly
             Profane
          
           ,
           the
           Young
           ,
           the
           
             meerly
             Moral
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Hypocrites
           ,
           are
           examined
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Instruction
           and
           Awakening
           ;
           and
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           
             sincere
             Christians
          
           are
           tried
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Peace
           and
           Comfort
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Saints
             Triumph
          
           over
           the
           
             Last
             Enemy
          
           :
           In
           a
           Sermon
           Preached
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           that
           Zealous
           and
           Painful
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Mr.
           
             James
             Janeway
          
           .
           Unto
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           His
           Character
           .
           His
           sore
           Conflict
           before
           he
           died
           :
           And
           afterwards
           ,
           His
           Triumphant
           manner
           of
           departing
           from
           Earth
           ,
           to
           the
           Heavenly
           Inheritance
           .
           On
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           55.
           
           
             O
             Death
             ,
             where
             is
             thy
             sting
             ?
          
           —
        
         
           
             Israels
             Lamentation
          
           at
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           Prophet
           .
           In
           a
           Sermon
           Prophet
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           that
           Holy
           ,
           Learned
           ,
           and
           Painful
           
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Cawton
          
           .
           And
           now
           published
           at
           the
           earnest
           Desire
           of
           the
           Hearers
           .
           On
           1
           Sam.
           25.
           1.
           
           And
           Samuel
           
             died
             ,
             and
             all
             the
          
           Israelites
           
             were
             gathered
             together
             ,
             and
             lamented
             him
             .
          
           —
        
         
           A
           
             Funeral
             Sermon
          
           :
           Occasioned
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Mr.
           
             George
             Baker
          
           .
           First
           Preached
           ,
           and
           then
           Published
           ,
           at
           the
           earnest
           Desire
           of
           his
           Relations
           .
           On
           1
           Pet.
           1.
           17.
           
           —
           
             Pass
             the
             Time
             of
             your
             Sojourning
             here
             in
             Fear
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Great
             Change
          
           :
           Discoursed
           of
           in
           a
           Funeral
           Sermon
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Mrs.
           
             Martha
             Thompson
          
           ,
           late
           Wife
           of
           Captain
           
             William
             Thompson
          
           in
           Wapping
           .
           On
           Job
           14.
           14.
           
           —
           
             All
             the
             Days
             of
             my
             appointed
             Time
             will
             I
             wait
             till
             my
             change
             come
             .
          
        
         
           A
           
             Present
             for
             such
             as
             have
             been
             Sick
             and
             are
             Recovered
          
           ;
           Or
           ,
           a
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Good
           which
           comes
           out
           of
           the
           Evil
           of
           Affliction
           .
           Being
           several
           Sermons
           ,
           Preached
           after
           his
           being
           raised
           from
           a
           Bed
           of
           Languishing
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A59623-e180
           
             Fountain
             Life
             ,
             p.
             435.