OfEieaion. ~ riches upon them, as their 11eed thallrequire: And further, that in all his dz– ~Jprnfat:o?Zsof Gract,, he Will thew h1mfell grac1ous as God, and to be a great · - God ol Grace; that 1s, he will be graciOUS funably, and at the rate of the greatnefs of his being God, or offo great a God : This 'David (the grearefi Subject, aild Favourite, and Adorer of this Grace, that we find in the Old Te– fiament) was apprehenfiveof, and it took his Heart and Faith, 1 Cor, '7·I 9 /lccord~t~gtothintownhellrt haf/thou doutthu: And it Jollows 0 Lordf there u notJe like thee; none btfides thu: that is, Thou art a God' of Grace . (For it was a l'oint of Grace, and of h!gh Grace he there fpeaks it of ) and thewe!\ thy lclf fo to be; for he fpeaks 11 of hiS Covenant of Grace with bim in Chri!l, then ~ewly decla~ed to him. And verjt 18, he fays, What cmz Davidj1!)' more? As1f he had fa1d, The favour, the thing it felfis too great for me, that I can fay nothing to it: But if God will have it to be even as Pa,.l, What jhatl we fay to thtfe things? lJ God6t for tu, (!}c, fo 'David here ; He fpeaks as an a!\onitht man that could fay no more: The greatnefs of the thing made him filent; but he cdnfidered that God had done it out ol his Greatnefs, as God : Thus if he pardons, he pardons after the rate and man– ne~ofagreat God: He will a/;u?'dantly pardon; not accord111g toyour tho11ghts, (fanh he) lmt my thoughts: !fat. 55· 8, As the Heavrns art highrr than the Earth, [o are my thoughts in pardoning: (For 'tis of pardoning abundantly that he ut~rs thi•, vrrfe 7•) for this fen his Children a wondring at him; Who u a God /ilu 011r God1 pardoning, (!)c. Micah. 7, 8. Yet withal there obferve how his pardoning mercies in the exertings, and difpenfings of them, are li= mited to the remnant of his inheritance ; Free-grace's Subjects , as I call them. And as it is thus in pardoning, fo in all other exerrings of pure grace, what ever they be, towarps the remnant of his inheritance: He cloth them all, as a great God. Thus 'David, 2 Sam. 7• fpeaks of the advancement of himfelf and his Houfe to the Kingdom; which ended in the promife of Chri!\: Which in Verf. 18, 19. he fpreads afore the Lord , Tbm wmt King David I11, and fat 6~'orttht Lord; and ht [aid, who am I, 0 LordGod1 andwhat u m~ Bott t, that thou ha~ /;rottght me hitherto 1 At~d thil w.u )'tt a fmatl thi11g int 'Yft.ght, OLordGod! Butthouhaf/fpokmat/oofthyfrrvantshou(e,for agreat white to come; andu thil the mamzer ofMa11, 0 Lord God l The latter claufe that I take h~of, is, ilthil the mamzer ofMall, 0 Lord God? The Law of Mm, as in the original, the intendment of which is, to difcri– minate Gods manner of dealings (in point of Grace ) from Mans : And Grace being the foveraign in God ·, enacteth its Laws as well as Men-Soveraigns ufe to do : And with God, the purpofes of his Grace to fave his Children , are fuprema lex, of all other with him; and all his wonted decrees of Grace, are made according to his Divine Greatnefs, or as God ; and are infinitely diffe– ring from, and fuperieur to thofe of Men , though never fo gracious: The height of our comfort, (which is the refult of this palfage of 'DaviJ's) lies in this; That in all his difpenfatiom of grace, he is gracwus as God , and as becomes the great God to be, and whom he takes on him tob~, a Cj_od of all grace; and therein to act, and do for them, and to fuew h1mfell m fuch a manner and meafure, to be a God of all grace, as is worthy offo great a God in himfelf, and that he may be owned as fuch a God; And how farr this will reach, never yet entred into the Heart ofMan. . Now for me to fer forth the infinite Ocean of the Mercy and grace of his Di– vine·Nature, is not, lhall not be the main part of this Difcourfe: But how this may mini!\er fupport to us, comming in the rear to all the former; and how all the grace that is in God , is engaged to fuccour us againfi Temptations; and that it will extend it felfto the utmo!\, to carry us through them; thiS I lhall infifi on a little. It is obfervable, to the end to fuew, how this of the gracioufnefs of his Na· ture, is that ..vhieh engageth it felf to makego~d the two forgone Alfcrtions, about his Purpofes and Difpenfations; that then when God uttered that great Charter of Grace, I wi/J be Gracious to whom I <m!J be Gracious; ( And that is thefum of his decrees, or purpofing Grace we havibeen fpeakiag of, ) . ~
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