Q[EMlion. f'o../~ And in the gen<ral, tnere is this reafon by way of deduCtion from the for• BooK IV. mer, that it it had the Set pt<r, t he Thrcnc (as was fhe" n) then the difpo- ' ~frog power of all, the Lcgillative or Difpofitive power •lwa)slollows the Oo. minwn. But pmicularly in reafen, I(CrJce had all the power givcfl up to it, then ro be.fure, it would conunue and iorelay all things io (as w this paint of Per– fevnance) ~· to mal<e iure work, Tb,/1 the p11rpoje of God, accord~ng to J,. /e{(,u/1 ( whrch rndeed IS no other than Free.graces purpofu in God's heart) m1ght (/rwd, as l<orn. 9· 11 · and not be defeated, lruilratcd, or over. thrown or as dfcwhcre, lt would lay fuch a foundation, as might not lland only bu: JirmdJi~re, as 2 Trm.2.1 g,Certainly Free·graco that fate io the Throne a.'nong oil the other Attributes of God, would fee to this: It had all that God fhould purpofe to Jo bcf~re it; oil in its hands to difpofe of: And the heart ot God being, through hts Grace, fa full of thofe two great Interefis mentioned 1. Of fuch a love to thofe whom he was pleofed to love : 2, The other of ex: airing the Glory of that his Love 10 their Salva:ion. Certainly, it would con– trive all that ll10uld befall us fo, as lhould advance thefe two lnrerefls melt. God was now to fer down his Will, and gave to Free-grace the Commil1ioo to draw up all the Writing•, Conveyances and Deeds, with this Charge, to be fure to make all ftire. And all this, though aflrr the maurur of mm, fer out by me, you will find up and down in the Scriptures ftngly and apart, I fhall fmgle forth one place or two, which fpeak home, 111 trrmlnis, to the fubfiance of the words I have now delivered tbts fifth Affertion in. In 2 Sam, 2 5· ;. when 'Davidcamc todyc,ond then had the profpell of all God's foregone dealings throughout his whole lile, what doth he refolve the whole mannnge ofhisSalvation, he now expeCted,tnta?Godbath made antvtr14/u,gCovtnantwitbmt, ordered in all things and furc; for this is all my Jalvmioll. I quote it, a1 being a full and adequate proof to every word of this fifth Head. '· Thi' Covenant was the Covenant of Grace, as you ordinarily !life it, and it c.mies that name from all the other Attributes, For indeed,Free.grace mace that Covenanr, and contrived it, and brought God him{elf under the l ond of it. To confirm which, compare Ifa. 51'· 5· .An tvrrlfljlmg Covenant: Tbe {urt m11·cus of Oavid: ('fhi' pnffage in l{aitlh eminently alludt's to this fpoech of 'D,JvJJ at his Death.) 'ris Mercy's Covenant then you fee; and to fay, 'TISMercy's Covenant, isull one as to fay, Free. grace's Covenant: And obferve, 'tis called Ju.re mere)' ; and fure Mercy will be fure to make o fure Covenant. 2, This Grace (rhe great Covenant. maker there) having all in God to con– cur W>th it fclf, and all rhat fhoul d come from God ar it> di lpofure, it is fa id to have ordered m•ttcrs, f., as to effeCt and bring about it> purpofe, The three Verlions render the word m.u!e •·n•'J' and prepared; and what is Predefiionri– oo bur 'l'rt1'p,1Yatio bemjinorum 'Do, as Auflmof old h~th it? Andr hirdly, Ordered ALL Tf11NGS, nota few PafTages or Events .only, but All that fl10uld concern 'Davtd; or befall him , el'en all and every one: Which Defignmcnt, 'David in Pt<~l. 5'9· 10. calls [His Mere) ] proper– ly and perfonally fer out for him. 4 . And all and eoch unto what End or Ilrue, but unto 'David's Salvation? Tbu i.< allmy(•lvalion. ;. And All things ordered fo firmly, as to make fure work to arrive or thar, and bring 'David ro that End, and lfTue, and Period at tLe laO. And this 'D,wtd had ro rl~a rly diicerned throughout the whole courfe of his life , ig tbe Chain and Serrc' of things thar btf< 11 him, as at his Deorh, upon the view of all, he faw hy experience, b, fidcs his faith on the Promifes, that the whole had been, and mull needs be a plotted contrived Delign by God, that it could be no o– rhtr; and thereupon it is, that now he fet his Senl and Teflimony to tl.is at Death. 1 !J,.v, found tt jo upon the view· of all the Paffages of my life. And
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