178 OfSufficient and Efeclual Grace. man] fuppofing .g;E w:v to be the Nominative Cafe and Neuter Gender, and not theAccufativeMafculine) in him was Life, and the Life was the light ofmen (not only to the fanCtified who received,, uneffe tually t'iough quoad fe fufficiently) the lightpined in darknef, and the dark- refs comprehendedit not : The world that was made by him knewhim,not: He came to his own, andhisown received him not (yet he cause to them) But as many as received him, to them gave he power tobecome thefans of God, John 1. 3, fo, II. It is apparent in Scripture that all power in Hea- ven and Earth is given to Chrift, Matth. 28. 19, 20. that all things arede- livered into his hands, John 13. 3. and God bath given him power over all fiefh, John 17.2. and he is head over all things to the Church , Ephef. i. 22,23. C. "We all grant that Chrifl is an univerfal light and saviour : 1.Ob- 0° jeîtively: 2. And as to bis Logrine, Covenant, and Example : But " what's that to internal efficient Grace, which is immediatelyfrom God? B. Great is this myflery of Godlinefs : there is more in Chrift than you takenotice of, even the spirit whichmutt workGrace in mens fouls, is two ways given first to Chrift : a. In that as Adminittrator general , the That Grace habitual power of givingout theSpirit tomankind is nowgiven to Him, even in is participatio natura. di- his humaneNature. And he giveth it out in manner andmeafure fuitable vans, and how , and in I. To himfelf: 2. To us. 3. To his eftablilhedmeans. and Ordinances, What fheo!. z. s Ccap. by which he worketh. So that now the Spirit with its aid (common or fan. Theo!. r. Y P ( And abundanceof Jefu- fpeCial) is not given to any fanner immediately from God , as Creator; ices and other School- men and as it was given to Adam before his fall but by the Mediation of go as far in aflert- , ing its fupernaturality, Chrilt the Redeemer. I mean not only the meritorious and procuring and fome in afcribing tt mediation but alfo the powerful conveying mediation. Though God to atilt , as Prote- > Rants do: But Vafgaev the Holy Ghoft be ftill proximately the caul of Grace, yet Chrift as and many go farther Mediator is made by office , the Mediator and authorized giver of that thanmany Proteftants in fuppofing Christ the spirit and all its Grace; and fo the meafurer and orderer of his helps, caufe not only of Grace and appointer of theconditions. but of our Eleftion to Grace. And yet even 2. And Chrift is first filled with this Spirit perfonally himfelf, that he there the difference is may be a fit Headof vital Influenceto all his Members, who by thepre- ds. if not only in vious operations of his Spirit are drawn and united to him. The Thamills main- C. "Howprove youallthis univerfal power in chrifi ? rain even that cndns B. Youhave heard theexprefs p roof: And ftud y further, I john 5. humanity is the Iolita- ment of the Deity in o- I I , 12. And this is the record that Godbathgivenus eternallife ; and this whichg Grace m life is inhis Son : He that bath the Son bath life, andhe that hash not the which the caufe of the Eucharift leadeth them Sonbathnot life. i0 Rom. 8. y. If any man have not theSpirit of Chrift, thefame is none of his. Mark that it is, The spirit of Chrift. John 15. 26. The Comforter (or Advocate) whom I will fend to you from the Father. John 16. 7. If I depart Iwill find him to you. John 14. 26. The Comforter whom the Father willfend inmy name. Gal. ¢. 6. And becaufe yeare sons Godbath fent forth the Spirit of hit Son istoyour hearts, crying Abba, Father. Gal. 2. 20. i live, yet not i, but Chrf liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the ftefb, I liveby the Faith of the SonofGod who loved me. John 5. 21, 22. The son quickneth whom he will for the Father jag.; eth no man but bath committed alljudgment to theSon.---26. Foras the Fa- ther bath life in himfelf, fo bath he given the Son to have life in himfelf. And that youmay fee that he giveth theSpirit with and by means , he faith, Verfe 24. Verily, verily, I fayuntoyou, He that hearethmy word, and believethon him that fent me, hath everla.fling life. John
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