Of E!eC!ion. 6. Suppofe thou hadf\ been millions of Ages in Heaven, and there been fa- W> tiated with the fullnefs of God and Chnf\, yet thou wilt then fay, Lord hi- Chap. 2 . thatothon haft brought111r; but thiS" but a fmaU thmg, a 6nitc portion of~ time of enjoyment httherto, compared to EtamiJ ; Etermty is !or a long time tocome mdeed, ( as 'D,.v,d here;) the thoughts of whtch do multiply our joys by every moment wheremwe·are yet to enJoy them. So as 1may really fay of this feries of.Difpenfations, what your new Pro– jectours of Philofophy have fetgned ; Say_ thef, Every fixed Star is a Sun, and if we thould travel over and through the tnfimte Heavens, we thould meet flill with new Suns , which at this dif\ance feem but Stars, and then this Sun it felf would beco_me to ~iew but as aS~ar, when they are afcended up fo far above it: Now 'us cenam that Chnf\ hamfelfconfidered as Gool-man, & as now thining in his Difpenfatory Kingdom, is but as the 6right morni11g Jrar unto God himfelf, whm he P,a/J /;e all rn all. ---But to return again to 'Dil- ~~~;.'; ;. 6 • vid. 4· What dothV avidfurther fay to all thefe things? even this, what cm: David Jay mort ulltothu? For thou Lordlmowejl thy [trvm1t. He fpeaks as a man nonpluf\, his thoughts fwallowed up his words, asJo6s ; he could go no farther, feeing that as a Cre_ature he could make no proporrionable return, nor acknowledgment, no not an words: And the Apofile alfo cloth the like Rom. 8. when he had run his Courfe through all the Progrelfes of Free-grace, Ver f. 31 . He !lops Wtth t!HS, What jha!J we f. ay to the(e thi11g1? I ufe to fay, Faith is 11ever 11onplttjl; but we fee that love H-. Faithand Love divide that Yerf'e between them. If God6~ for 111, who call be _againft m? T~at's the V 01 ce of Faith: And therefore tt hath fitll to reply agam!l all can be fatd to the contrary ; What fbaTJ we {tJy to thefe thi11g11 For Love fits down over– come and filenc'd therewith , and hath nothing to fay , but to embrace them. 3. Says 'David,thou knowt~ thy ftrvmtt, that is, 1. Thou knowe!l what myHeart is to thee, as Peter fatd to Chn!l, Lord thou knoweft I love thee 1 2 , He alfo refolves all the ~race of God be!lowed upon him into God's fore~ knowledg, Thouknoweflmt, and that 6y 11amt: As of Mofes God faid, I know thee /;y 11ame, Exod. B• 12. r7. and what elfe is the intimate intent Qf his inferring his own ttame in hisfpeech to God here [what c11n DAVI'D Jay more_,] for'!hott kltow~fl thy fervant: What was it to tell God his name? No . but 1t is as tf he had fatd, Thou haft known 'Davtd of old, whofe name is fwe~t unto thee; and therefore I am bold to mention it, Yea 3· And tbou knowe!l my finfulnefs too, Thott knowrft our frame, andthat 1am but duft, d•ft mingled with fin, and that over-whelmeth me, that thou lbouldfi have refpeel: to fach a wretch, fo as that I can fay no more, but Who am I 0 Lord God! · Q. And la!lly, do tho~ as he, fully admire afreth the infinitegreatnej!,frte~ nefs; ·and no/;/enej!of hasgrace. For there are thefe three things farther in his Speech. r. Aknowledge of the frmujJof that grace, that is, that God dorh all this out of no principle , but his own Heart ; (and that is properly grace) fo faysV avid, thou hafl do11e aft theft thit:gs 011t of thine own Heart, and from no other motive, and for thy Word fake, Vtrf. 21; that is Chrift . for that thefe Promifes refpected Chrift, I thewed afore. ' 2 , The Noblmefs of. this grace. For no ether End, fays he, haft Thou done this but to make thy fervant /mow them. When God thews mercy, He doth it but ~hat you may know it, and blefs him for it: As I faid, he loves , but /Je– cauft he loves; fo he thews love, but that we may know how much he dotll and can love. · 3· There is thegreatnejJof this grace, verf.:t:t. Whtrtfore tho11 art great, 0 LordGod, for there is 11onelike thee: [Great] that is, in thy alls of !'race, for in fuch God had declared himfelf: Thou doll all like the great God. Thou comeft upon a Soul with thy greatnefs,but it is with the greatnefs ofthy grace: And he compares it alfo with what man ufeth to do, Is thn the manner of men l You
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