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V
R.7.
Ephefaans,Chap.
t.
iv
(hall
be
rnoft
of
all
cleared
;
for
though
we fee
the
grace
of
God,
and
the
effects
prepared by
it
et
we
fee
them
in
a laffe
:
no eye
P P
Y
g
feeth, no
heart,
no ear
,
but
in
times
to come
this
(hall
be perfeétly
revealed.
We
have
yet but the
firft
lineaments
of
mercie
drawn
forth, but then
we (hall
fee
the
fame
perfcéted ; God
(hall be
mar
-'
vellous
in his
Saints,
his
glorious
mercie fhining fo
brightly
in
their
glorious falvation. Even
as
the Juftice
of God
,
it is
not yet
fo re-
vealed
as it
(hall be
in
times
to come,
when juflice
/hall return
to
judge-
ment
;
when
Gods
juftice, which now
delayeth,
(hall
thew
it felf
in
judgement, both
of
full
deliverance
to
his, and
of
full vengeance
against
the
wicked
:
So we
fee
then our happineffc,
to whom
thefe
things
are
revealed
in
the
Word.
We
fee
again,
that
there
is a
fur-
ther
manifeftation
of
mercie to be madewhen
the Lords
feafon (hall
come,
in
the
times
that
are infuing.
So
that
we muff be thankfuil
for that
we have and
fee,
and mull
when we cannot
finde
fuch grace and mercie compa(fe
us as
we
de-
fire,
know
that there
are
times to come, for which the
full manifefta-
tion
of
Gods
mercie
is
referved, lude
21.
I
have
told
you
what the quantity
and
quality
of
this grace fhould
teach
us ;
onely
one
thing
mark,
what
leadeth
us
to
fee
the
riches
of
Gods
grace,
even
to confider the height
of
happinelfe
to which
we
are lifted
up in
Chriff
:
God
hath let
us
already
in
heavenly places,
that
he may in time
to come
(hew
how
rich
his
mercie
is
ro us,
when
he
fhall
apply this to
us
in
order.
The
glorious condition
to which
we are
raifed,doth extoll the
greatneffc
of
Gods
mercies.
And we mull
help our
felves
this way
to
raife up
our hearts
to
fome good
(train
of
confideration
;
for when the high God doth
call
it
glorious
grace, rich
grace,
rich mercie,
his
kindneffe towards
us
in
Chriff, refting
on
Chrift,
and
us
in.Chrift, he would
have
us
thorowly
to conceive
of
it,and be
taken
up in
aftoni(hment and admiration here
-
of,to
know
the
length,the breadth,height
mad
depth
ofthù
love
and
mercie
of
god
which paffetb
knowledge.
Here
now observe,
what
is
the
end
of
all
Gods
grace and mercie
towards
Beleevers
in
Chriji
:
wherefore
loth
God
bellow
this rich
grace
upon his
Elea!? It
is
onely
for the manifeflation
of
his
glory,
and the
praif
of
his
Name
;
that the glory
of
his
faving
attributes might be
made
manifeft.
Wherefore do
men build great
and magnificent
houles
,
but for
advancement
of
their honour
, and
to
make their
names great when they
are
gone
a
So wherefore doth
God
raife up
poor miferable linnets under the power of the devil, out of
the
dun-
geon
of
darknelfe ;
but that he might
Phew
how
rich
a
God
he
is in
grace and mercie
;
that
we
fhould
be
to
the
praifi of
theglory of
his
grace?
God
is
more glorified
in
the redemption
of
his
people, then
in
crea-
ting
thewhole world.
This mull teach
us
,
whatfoever good things God
hath beftowed
upon
us, that
we make
God
known by
it
;
we muff
Phew
forth
the
vertices
of him
who
bath
called
as
oai
of
darkneffe into his marvellous
light:
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the
manifeftation
of
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