Of EM/ion. CHAP. H. ~ Chap.'-· ~ That God 11 THE GOD OF ALL GRACE di· fpcnfatorily. He gives fupplier of Grace proportiona– b!JI to the Needs, Diflref!es, and femptationr unto which h-H ElefJ are obnoxiolt:f in the courfe oftheir lives here on Earth. He is the God of a/J Grace effentiaUy ; In that his Nature contains Infinite Riches of Grace. HE is tht God of ail Gract difpenfatorily, or by way of perform• ance, and execution, and gracious dilpenfations of all forts: This differs from that other lali difpatch'd. There was fhewn how God had decreed, permillively at leafi, all forts of needs, and wants, fins that may poffibly befall Sainu, Miferies of all kinds, oo purpofe, and with a purpofe to fhew himfelf a God of ali Gr,lct, in giving fupplies and reliefs thereunto: But in this Head is to be fhewn , that there is in God that Grace, which in aClu txtrcito will fupply the needs, and de jaffo doth it : He is a God of all Grace; executively, and in refpect of the Effects: He hath decreed, and is iogaged to be the effecter and gtver forth of an All of gracious Reliefs and Supports; Supplies of all forts of wants, needs, temp– tations, fufferings his Elect can be fuppofed capable of. I fhall difpatch this Head by three things ; 1. By proofout of the Text, that fo it is intended, 2. An Explication, 3· A Confirmation of your Faith added to thefe proofs. I. For the firll: Thatthis fenfe is intended in the Text, I take my Ob{er• vation from the fifth verfo, where 'tis faid, God givts grace to the hum6Je ; and it leads on to the mal!er of this Text. That word givtth grace, fpeaks tht performance, a difpenling, or bellowing of grace, by way of gracious ef• fects. In his fellow Apollle James, Chap. 4· 6, there you find it, He giveth more grrue; quoting the fame words of Scripture which the Apofile Pettr doth, God rrji{ltth the proud, hut givtth gracrto the humble: And obferve the occafton of it in .'lames; it is fpoken in relation to fubduing his peoplts ltifls, particularly tufting afte~ nwy : So in the 1, 2, ~' 4, and ~th verfts. And truly that's grace mdttd; that when lull grows high, the grace io God fhould pro– voke lllm to give the moregrace, whereby to dollroy it; unto them that hum• ble themfelves tor thofe lufts, he gives more gra.ce to tht httm/;le, And there– fore, when here in the Text, he goeth on to give thii promife o( perfeCling; flablifbing, flrengthning, it is in further profecution of what he had begun with, and relates untoGod'sgivi11ggract i11 the fith ver[t. And foby th is co– herence, his ~emg ftiled the God of allgrace, is to be under!lood, as in relati· on unto alllorts of graciom effiCls, that flow from him as the God of all grace, That other llile of his, when he is faid to be the Godof all comfort, as in z. Cor. '· ~· helps likewife to clear the fcnfe of this here , how be is called the God of allgract, in the like manner : Now that is fpoken in reiation to ef– fects of Comforting, and what he doth; ( as in the PfalmJ 'tis f•id, Ue i1 good, and doth good:) and fo it follows, Who comforttth tU i11 aiJ o11r Tribu– lations, verf 4And as we may fay of that Attribute of Gondnefs, That he is aGod of all comforts difpmf.•tority, the like we fay of this. And agam , F f you
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