~ BooK V. ~ Of E/e[l;on CHAP. The 'Vfes of the preceding Dotlrint. What in General we. afJ may be lnprufJed from it, to underfland how large!J God extends hH Al1Jof Gr#e 11nd Favour. The Vfet which the Children of God!J Parentr are to ma~ of thil Doflrine• . What Obliglltion it ;,pon them to be ho!J indeed. Whllt Encouragement they have to be– lieve. The Vfor '1Ph~ch bel?n~ to the Parlnts of fuch Children, Wh11t thetr DHty 11 to God, t~nd what their Carriage ought to be towardfocb their Children. THE V J' E J' of this great Dotlrine, that bath fo largely been infift~ ed on, might be many, and diverfe, if I 1hould go about to dl'!lw Confequences from the feveral Particulars that have been handled therein. I will only take fuch as are proper to the General Dotlrine it felf, from the Explication of it. The tirfi Ufe 1hall be more General to All forts of Chri!tians; the other more Particular, to godly Parenuand their Children. I. Gtntral Htadof V[ts; . V[t 1. See how th~ Priyiledges of Grace are firetched to the utmoll ex• tent that can fiand With us honour: God loves fo to do. In the Civil Law it is a 1\.ulc among Men, That FavortJ {imt mnplianli; All Grants ot Favour are to be the moll candidly, largely, and favourably interpreted that may be. The Priviledge to Inherit was granted the Female as well as the Male; Numb. 2 7· from 1, to '6, This above all hclds in the Law of Grace wherein Priviledges are extended to the utmofl: Yea, though many Cafes'of Exception intervene , whtch haply may eaufe a Demur for a while, yet Grace in the end is prevalent, and will not be made void, but triumphs over all. The Exp"riment of this as manifellly appears by this Do6tnne, as it bath been opened out of this 1 Cor. 7· as in any other Priviltdgc whatfoever. Let me prefent it to you by thefe fieps, beginning at the lowell and fundamental fiep of Grace whcreou God rears his other Priviledges of Grace. . It is much, that through Grace, aSmner, ane! Enemy to God, lhould bo pardoned, and gracioully accepted, and himfdf be jullified, and live: Yea, Who ;, a God Jzkt our God, who pardoneth iniquit:; and fin? But, that ever the Prayers, and Praifes, and vows of a Sinner flowing from fo defi– led a heart, lhould be accepted, and the fruits of hil Soul well.pleafing to God, i• yet more wonderful; namely, that the evil of them lhould not outweigh the little good that is in them, when as one fin would forfeit all the Obedience of the moll holy Angel performed from his lirfi Creati· on : That God lhould not fet off the good in thofe Atlions we have done, to clear the back.reckonings of their evil ; but that he 1hould thus refolve with himfdf, if I vouehfafe to accept your Perfon,., ·I will extend my Grace yet further, and accept your Atlions alfo, and all that is good in them; yu, I will not only pardon the Sin of them, but Reward them too, and cut off oonc of the good that you have done lOr the evils fake, Yea
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