Of Elefliop. Jerv .wt DJV Jd, ~c. he would not ddtr one momcnc Anfwer. The grace of~ God 1So([cn feen tn fw1 1t rt wrns, and anfwers to uur Frayers; and the Mcf. C 11ap..2.. {age is all of Grace. God "~ours om hishrarr .upon him, lrom v er{: 8. to 18. ~ And I• t me or. Iy add r!us, l hot 1n all th1s M'.llage of Gods about building, 10 'D tVtd an H uu(e, and about hr1 Son, 'D.tvtdeyed Chnll, and und<rllood ic [._, ; 1or 'Hebr. t . )· what God fay s here 01 p .tvtd's Sulamou, 1 w illbe to h 1 m ,, Ftther, t111d he jhafJ &. to me'' Sun! refers unto the 141h v erfeot this very C!Mpter, and yet rs there pl"oly applred to Chnft, and tl!ar 'DttVtdunder!iood it fo, that of Ptttr w.1rrants, Ails 2, 30. David bnng a 'Propher,,wd h tuw . 111g ;hat God h.1d (wom w /th cm Q,;th to htm, that of tht fruJI of bts lu11ts , accordivg to the ftejh, he w ould r.ufi up Chnf/ tojil 011 hn Tbroue, (lie. Therefore he eyed O;rift, and his eternal Salvation in him, as A6r.th.1111 did in q,;ac, and faw Chrift's day: And verfe 21. of this Chapter inGnuates this ; For thy wordsf.Jke, fayshe, (that is, lorthy Chrill's Jake ) ""d accord'"!!. to th111e ow" htart b.tfliholl donr this" Nay, there had been no !ormer word delivered unto .D,JVid about this, which he lhould here refer to, therei(ne that word is Chrift,; >&)'.,, like that of 'D,wiel, Chap. 9· For the Lord's f ake. \'Vhat God is ro us in point of grace, is not my bufinefs now , the D~chine bath cleored that enoug1. It is the rifta"p,;rt, 'David's reception and euter– t,ullment of all this from God , ond how his heart rook it, that I wcul J ake you eoover-hear, and work an impreilion of upon you anfwcrabie thereto. ·rhus is it will concern you for a pattern and example to you, and \\- Ill ferve as a proper Ut<: of this Doctrine. Now then, thou t hat profdfell rhy fclf a Subject of Free" grace, come and lit down a li tie with 'DtJVJd, for as, Verj. 18. 'D.w id { •t down when be uttered this, and let his Med.tation be thine; what 'D.JViifa vsof his Houfe and King– dom, opply t hou to thy Sou!, for that was chiefly in 'D.1v 1d's Eye: My bouj( indeed is Ho/ (o, as I had hoped ( fays he) but thi; u my ( perfonal) S.•lvatio11; 2 Som. lj. l'tl God b,Jth made with me an ever!af/mg Covnwnt, ordertdn; ,,[Jthings ,md {ztn, for thu is :1!1 my S11lvatio11 and afJ rny defiu. 'Tis true, rhou haft no Meilias to come out of thy Loins, a.~ Davtd had; thou hall no earthly Kingdom to be advanced to; but thou hall greater t:>ings; though thou haft not Chrifi to come out ot thy Loins, yet thou hall Chrift to dwell in thy Heart, and that is more; Chrifl to bt formed i11 thu, as the Apollle fays in t he G"t,uians; ond thou art more intim•tely one wuh him, than if thou had!\ been his Forefather, yea his Mother, or hadft had him m thy womb; for that alone is but an outward priviledge of the Flejh, as Rorn. 9· yea, and as Chrill fpeaks it of his Mother and Brethren: And though thou haft no c an earthly Kingdom,yet thou art inrere!Ted in the rrue Kingdum of'D.tvid. as thar of ,e;lory is called,Luh t.<•• Tht LordGodfbrJ!Igtve UIJ/o hn" the Throne of' bit Ft1ther David &c. And what Davidhere fpeaksof his Houfc , Verf '9· os for" long tilm to come, thou mayllapply to Heaven, tho11 hafl ,, Hou(t, 1101 mmlt with H mds, etanalin tbr He.wens; 2 Cor. )· r. And ( as I faid) the rruth is, 'D JVid is fain (as for his own porfon) to betake himfel f to this at la 1. Now this premifed, I will go over David's fpeech, and do thou in fuch a way apply it to thy felf all along. 1. Says he, wh.1t is my Horefe, that thot1 hafl brought me hithtrto? Alas had God laid; Thott wtrt ''Shepherd, Verf. 8. I took thee from the Shtep·cote; from follow illg the Sheep, to be Rreler over rlflJ People, over lfrael, ,wd /oave m..tde thre tl grrat narm, !Jke u1/lo the great Mw th.1t art on the E••<h. Now, what in lieu of this eanil thou fay? I w.u dt.td in(im and,trt(p.,ffi s, [JII .lfJ(yrimz ready to perijb. Bygr.JCe thotl art r;Jved, and he !u ti; c,wfed thre to /it m HMvmly places with ChrifiJefru. Tr> 'D,JVidGod only faid,!hav r madtthee !dete11tot hegre,Jt Mnuh,Jt are 6111 i11 the nrth; but he hat ll made thee a greater name, !tke umo the uame of thofe th,lt lit with Jefus Chrill 111 !JNJVtll. The Lord Cllkd and converted thee, when thou wall i11 .l hj• Blood and filth, and c.J(/ otll to the!oathing of thy ptrfon; and hej,ud tmlo tha,ltve ; and he called thee the firfi moment of thy being called into rterna!glory, into as perfect right of ir, as ev~r thou !halt have when thou lhalt have been milli· ons
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