Of Eiefliori. until that time was our, ahd that he had been admittea into the full poifeffion w, of it. Bur thofe that are called, they have a right inaantly as Heirs thert- Chap. 6. upon, which rightdepe~ded nor upon Works foregoing; as that Third ()f Tt- ~ 1fl4 lhews us; bur upon bmh , and upon thetr bemg called ; only good Works are ordained as the way thereunto, as that we fhould walk in to come to ' tliat end. And during that whole time of their being in this' World, they are as the Son of the Prince under Age, as Gal. 4· r, 2. who h:rth a right, though oat the poifeffion; and we are here as Chtldren under Age , as the Apo!lle .in' his Similitude, while he fpeaks of Heaven, lhews; When I waia chtld, ·I .fPflk~ 114 a child, andunderflood IM a Chtld; when I i:ame to 61! a man, I put awaj childi,~> things, r Cor. t ~· 11, It's fpoken in reference to our E!late in this World from that in Heaven, as the words before and after !hew. So then, put thefe three things together:Fir£1,That that Glory we are called unto is in it felfEternal: Secondly,That thatPerfon that is Called,hath a degree of. that Glory begun, that !hall never dye nor perilh : Thirdly, That withal, be hath a right unto the Eternity of it, and from that time of Calling unto E– ternity; and fa, as that that Eternal right doth not begin, when lira the full po!feffion of it begins, but then when we are lira eaare dinto the right of it, as the manner of Inheritances is, And this put together, will make the Argu• meet compleat. Now if we would be fatisfied in the bottom reafon , how it ·lhould come to pafs, that at, and upon Calling, we lhould be thus cllated into Eternal Glory, we lhall not need to go far off to leek it, for it is in the Text: It is plainly thus, That it is the Godof all Grace tllat calls us, whiclu fpeaks it not only to be an act of (>race, and not of Works, and grace is grace, and will be grace, and fuew it felf to be fuch. Jn all its Gifts it gives like it felf; and theretore when it gives, it gives the wh.olc, and for c~er, without Repenranc~; and it knows in it what it doth when it does fa, for 11 bath wberewtth to matntatn and make good its own act; but befides that, it is an act of the God ofall Grace,he calls usasheisfuchtous, All Grace, info great a-God. born towards us, what will it not effect, maugre all and every thing, that lhould be fuppofed to hin– der? All Grace extends to all times; it bath no bounds of time fer it, wherein it lhould be gracious and no longer; it were not at all Grace, if fo: It impom, that when a Man is called out of God's grace, God had fuch a love he bears to him he calls , as is made up of all love and grace, for intention and extenfion. And if fo, then the indowment into all benefits of Grace-and Priviledges which be hathor had tobefiow,mu1l needs be then conferr'd, It imports, that he had a heart replenilht with all Eternal grace, and the intc<Jtions of it towards him, he had a llock or riches of Grace to maintain all he lhould bellow, to Eternity, and to keep thee together therewith; the conjunction of thefe two, the God of all grace bath called, can produce no other than a perfelt and compleat Do– nation to be a full effect thereof,as of a perfect and campleat Caufe; this Caufe could bellow no lefs , and fuch an effect could not have followed but upon fuch 3 Caufc: We do and mull fuppofe his heart then to have been atthe time ofCal– ling, fraught with, and to co<Jtain within it. felf fuch and fa great riches of Grace if it were all Grace, as would be fuffictent to hold out, and to extend to Eternity, and fa as to maintain an Eternal right and fiate of glory all the while. , Now if it were at Calling, can we imagine that his heart lhould no.t retain as much love and grace after thy Calling, as to keep and preferve thee for that little fpace, unto the po!feffion of that glory? Nay, my Brethren, God had not thus all Grace for every one of us for an Etern.ity that lhould but then begin, whea our Calling began; but there was another Eternity' a partr ant~. before, OUt of which he did call us. an Eterni– ty of a higher date , than what was the prefent Grace, he bore thee at thy Calling, Jer, 31 , ~· Tra, I havelovtdtlue wzth all tverlajlmg lovt,thrrtfort with lovzng k.indnrfs havt I drawn thu, or, thert[ort have I otttnded lo– ving kzndntfs unto thu, as in the Margent ; and therefore no wonder that he calls us for an Eternity to come. And here let us !land agafi, to think that our Calling is the Ceoter of two Eternities , and how there are two everlafiing P p Arms,
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