OfSit añd Efec`lúal Grace. John 6.27, 32, 33. Labour for that meat which endureth to everlafling life, which the sonof man will give you: For him bath God the Father fealed 5- that is, openly owned as appointed to thisOffice. He giveth life unto the world---Whofo eateth my Flefh and drinketh my Blood bath eternal Life---Dwelleth in me and I in him:--My Flefh is meat indeedAs the living Father hath fent me, and I live by the Father 5 fohe that eateth me, even he fballlive by me:--Verfe 63. It is the Spirit that quickneth, the Flefhprofiteth nothing. John 3. 34. Godgiveth not the spirit tohim by meafure. John 7. 39. This he fpal;eof theSpirit, which they that believe in him fhould receive. John 1.5. ¢, g. 'Abide in meand Iinyou. As the branch cannot bearfruit of it felf, except it abide in the vine 5 no more can ye except ye abide in me. I am thevine, ye are the branches. He . that abideth in me and I in him, the fame bringethforthmuch fruit 5 for without me (or out of nie) yecan donothing. Matth. 28.2o. I am withyorealways to the end. r Cor. 6.57. He that isjoyned to theLord is one spirit. 2 Cor. 3. 17. The Lord is that spirit : and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Phil. 1.19. Through thefupplyof thespirit.of yefua,Chrifl. Col. 3.3;¢. Forye are dead, and your life is hidwith Chrifi in God: when Chrifl who is our life /hall appear, then (hall ye alfo appear with hint in glory. . Ephef. r. 22, 23. And gavehim tobe head over all things to the Church, which is his body, the fulnefs of him thatfilleth all in all. Do youneed more to prove this great Office of Chrift? C. " /Here is more than Ihave wellthought'on. But I find more to prove t° Chrj the vitalHead to his church, than to prove him the nniverfal X° penfer of all Grace whatever isgiven to theworld. B. Read them over again 5 what would you have more , than all Power, all things, all fisdgment given or committed to him : And to be by Office the Redeemer, Saviour, and light.of the world, coming as filch even to them that neither comprehendhim, know him, or receive him: I add another Text, Prov. 1. 20. to the end.---Wifdom crieth without, the uttereth her voice.---How long ye fimple ones will you loveftmplicity, and the fcorners delight in their fcorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold I will pour outmy) fpiritunto you, I will make known my wordsunto you:-- Becaufe Ihave called andye refuted , (fee the reft.) Ver. 32. For the turning awayof the fiample fhall flay them. And two thingsmore I offer for your convi&ion. r. That to Chew bothhis Power, and that he willexercife it orderly by means, Chrift im- powred his Apofiles and Minitiers tinder him to give the Spirit. And if the extraordinary Gifts were given: by the laying on of their hands, no wonder if the ordinary were given by their Datlrine: 2. That on this ground Chrift (hall be the univerfal judge of all the world, as he was theuniverfal Law-giver and light to all. But what need I more, when it is his very office as Chrifl: as Prophet to be the univerfal Teacher , byspirit andWord 5 and as Priefl to fan&i fie by spirit and Word 5 and as King to rule by spirit and Word. C. "I am amazed to think how little we well underfiand of our very " Fundamentals and catechifmwhich we teach the ignorant Methinks in " this univerfalLight I fee more than ever I before obferved , that God in- "deed hath fee- up a Sun, an univerfäl medium, a Chrift, who in our ná- " tare is a Creature, to be-the Donorand Conveyor of all Recovering A a 2 "Grace 79
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