196 Of Sufficient and Effet` ual grace. the.glorious work ofDivineLove. Separate not thefe, nor undervalue or dithonour any one of them; But Rudy the Gloryof Gods Sapientidl Kingdom and works. And remember that Moral Means, and Moral Operations of God , are not unfuitable to the Government of Moral Agents, in Moralworks. IV. Forget not the great difference between the way of operation fuitable to fuch a Moral Keiler asfuck, and to a meer Proprietor or Alior, and Benefactor. And then you will fee, that fianding Laws are the Rectors Infiruments ; and judgments, nd Executions equalaccording to thole Laws. And that Life Eternal andGods Glory and pleafurebeing the endsof Government, it cannot bedoubted but Gods Laws to all the world, have tome aptitude and fuitablenefs on their part to that end. And therefore that theframe of Moral means and annexed help bath acertain univerfal equality, antecedent toman's finful will, which by forfeiture and reje&ion maketh an inequality : And therefore it is one of the nobleft parts of your fludyhere, to find out what AéìsGod doth as Legiflator, (for thole are firfi and equal) and as judge (which man makethunequal) and what he doth as Owner and free-Benefallor 5 For fo he may make what difference he pleafes : And the wonder- ful varieties through all the world tell us , that he pleafeth to make very much. V. Forget not that the Humane Nature of Chrifi Glorified is made of God, the Univerfal Sun, or Cern of all Grace, by whom it is tobe given out to all mankind 5 to draw them toGod, and to rule andSan- ttifie them further when converted. Anddo not thinkof anyReco- vering Influxof God but by the Holy Ghofi 5 nor of the Spirit given any way but by-and from, Chr , whó firft draweth men to him, by the fame Spirit which dwelleth in them as a Divine Nature when they are united to him. VI. And as Chrilt is the Healing Sun of righteoufnefs , and the univerfalMedium or Mediatorand Adminiltrator both of Rule and in- flux, fo forget not that he giveth out thisSpirit and Recovering Grace, much by aLawor Conditional promife , which bath its terms which mutt be obferved. And as the meafures of thrifts Influx are oft re- faltible, fo it is fpecially, by all wife Chriftians to be noted, that the Givingor Denying oftheGrace or operationsoftheSpirit, are thegrand Rewards and Punifhments in this world , aboveall Corporal ones, and thofe which all Chriflians fhould daily and principally refpett in their Hopes andFears 5 Marking when the Spirits operations are denyed them, that theymay find out'the Caufe , andwith David cry ( betimes) Catf me not away from thy prefence, and tale not thy Holy Spirit from me, Pf: 51. VII. Lathy, forget not, that as man is not moved as a icon but *MelanSt. Loc. Cono. governed as a Moral agent, * and as the wonderful changes by motion deLib. orb: c. 7 Job.fP. in the world, are made recipiendo ad madman recipientium, by : the di- New a Nonvi qua- verity ofReceptive difpofttions, which are no efficient caúfesof what 'dam tog: trabtqueeredeutes they receive ; fo Man can and mull do fomewhat yea much under God yurandxm e¡i ; fed mo- Y o Y tiene , doetrena , revela- to the-due Receptivity of Divine Influx ; not without God, nor by any tiene: Omnis gut aolditdr Power which is not freely given him of Godf;.-But by a Power which difcit a,patre vent ad me: endures difeiplsna, he mayor maynotufe. And that the neglelt of what wecan do, and dottrina adelt, III fides non vi, fed perfuafione occlue.' Non enies poffnm fecundem Écclefia veritatifq; dogmata liberam poteftatem hominis, quad lib. ark ' 'mamas Oa mode negare. ¡ta Aug. tr. in Job. e6. Non traherìs ? Ora xt traberrs. ' Addit Strige. p. 389. Sicuì nonplacent has C}'rilli da Augu4. is ewer tea (amnia quoted voles. -- teramg; er creders dr Yelle eft Dei quta ip /e praperat 1/oluntatem& no/in, q+ia tton fitaifi nabis volentibus. Aug.8ictra&.li.z3. doing
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