V E R.? Epheanr,Chap.t. doth produce by his fpirir,a lifeofgrace, which would prefently be extin&,if he (hould forfake them. The Vfe is to letvs fee the feareful] e(Iate of the Papifts, who make Cirift and his grace raft no longer then till they are( as they thinke ) enabled to iuftifie and faue themfelues by courfe ofgrace, according to the Law : They. account it grace, that Godwould in- able me, rather then another to come effeéfually to life, but no grace that I come to life ; as when I might fell a Horfe to tinny, it is my fauour that I will fell him to one, and not to another ; but it is not my fauour that hee bath the Horfe which buyeth, and ergo, by force ofcommunicatiue suffice is to haue him. Thus they fay it is Gods grace, that hee will haue Tometo haue life, and glue them wherewithall to buy ir,but that they haue life, isiuftice, net his grace.Poore foules,thas they forfaketheir mercies, betides that,they make mercy to hauenothing to doeat the dayof iudgemenr, and life it felfe not to be grace, contrary to that which is aboue named. We learne hence, euer to humble our felues, and flye iotirely to Gods mercy; let vs confeffeour felues miferab!e, vnprofirable fer- uants in athoufand regards, hauing nothingbur grace to cleaue un- to. Thearch-Papilts confeffe,rhat for uncertainty of our ownrighte- oufneffe, anddanger ofvaine-glory, it is the fafeft, ro tru`I onely on Gods mercyin Chrifl ; furely let vs rake the fafeft way : I would neuer trolt my foule to them, who will not goe the furefl way to worke in their owne ftluations. Obferue 3. from this, he doth with grace with them, when hee would with them the greateft good ;obferue I fay, what is the mo(t excellent thing, whichis ro be fought,aforeall other,vie.. the fauour of God, that his grace may be with vs. To open itoefore we dif= courfe ofit a Grace ioynedwithpiny, Both lignifie Gods loueonly, fo ferre as it is a fountaine,f-romwhence fpringeth his pirtie to vs in mifery ; out of which mercy he doth, when nowwe are miferable, faue vs; thus grace is toward vs; thus gracefoundeth nothing but loue, and theobie&of it is more generally for grace is toward vs, and euery creature, in innocencie,and mifery; but mercy is onely toward vs, as we are confidered in mifery ; velefrè the preferuing the mutable creature fubieét to fall, may alto be an obicct of mer- cy : but when grace is put indefinitely, thengraceincludeth mercy in it; for mercy is but grace reflrained and limited toman, as in mifery ;thedifference is rather inour manner of containing them felues. 'Nowwi(hing them grace, out of whichcame true peace; he wifheththree things. 1. That God himfelfe fliould be fill mer- cifully and graciou(ly inclined to them.for God is lose, r lob; 4.16. 2.Hedoth alfute themof all effeftsofGodsgrace and loue towards them, partly in procuring them all things that weregood; the grace ofthe father of lights, beingas a Sunne; Pfsl.84.a. partly in pro tectin;them from all euill;this fauour being as a (Meld, where- with the Saints arecompaf£edabout, P¡x1.5.13.. 3. In grace, is in- cluded the ligoifcation;the report ofhisgrace, in fuch fort, as that they might haue the fente ofit, that is,ihe difplaying it ontheir heads as a banner ; the ¡bedding of it into their hearts; the lifting ofhis Greti rediti» e axon7e!n- tsriedimens, nanen ebitllie, Y./'e.,.
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