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ephefiáns,
Chap.2.
2
I
16.
6.
The
reafon
is,
becaufe Gods
glory
is
moft dear unto him,
nei-
ther
can he indure
therein to have
any partner.
Wherefore
(in
the
bufinefle
of
our falvation)
he
doth
fo
work
,
that
man may have no
matter
of
rejoycing
out
of God,
who
Both
all
this work
in
himfelf,
and out
of
man, that
who
fo
rejoyceth,
might
rejoyce
only
in
the
Lord,
a
Cor. 1.31.
Now
this
Dottrine,
that the
grace
of
God
is
all in all
about our fal.
vation,
even this
grace
of
the
Gofpel
;
it
doth teach
us
the errour
of
the Popifh
Church,
in
holding
a
concurrence
of
our works,
&c.
But
of
this more afterwards. In the taean time we
are
to know, that
if
our
juffification
be
of
grace, there
can
be no Reliques
of
holineffe,
nor works
of
our own
that
concur
thereunto; for
the
Apoftte
makes
a flat oppoficioa
betwixt grace and
works,
Rom.
in
6.
If
it
be
of
grace,
it
is no more
of
works, elfe
were
grace
no more
grace
:
there are
fo oppofite,
that
like
fire
and
water,
they expell each
other
;
and as
one faith
well,
Grace
is no
way
to
be
accounted
grace,
tole
ye
every
way
it
be
moll free.
By
grace
are ye
raved,
&c.
And the Apoftle,
We are
jufified [freely,]
.te.vviv,
which word anfwereth
to
the Hebrew
Chirma,
which
is
very emphaticall
, and
is
efpecially taken up
in
three
cafes
a.
When
a
man
doth
a
thing without
hope of the
leaft
profit.
2.
When
a man
doth
a
thing without
caufe, rafhly
or lightly
;
but
this
fenfe
is
not
here pertinent.
3.
When
a
man
doth
a
thing
undefervedly, nothing moving him
thereunto, but much which might
lead
him
to the
contrary;
and
thus
it
is
hire to
be
underftood.
For when there
was nothing
in us
which
might
procure
it,
nay
much
which might
exafperate
the Lord
againft
us,
then
he
faved
us
freely
of
his
grace.
Secondly, this
Dolìrine
hath matter
of
much
comfort
in
it for us;
for
if
our
falvation
be
of
meet grace,
and depend
not
on our
own
worth,
endeavour and holineffe,
why
fhould
we fear
a
If
it were
for
any
thing
in us
to
be procured, we
might utterly
defpair
:
Alas,
what
are we
(poor
crawling
worms) that
we fhould be
of
any
worth
in
Gods fight, before whom the Stars
are unclean
e
What
is
our holi-
nelfe, but
a
filthy menftruous clout
a
And whereunto
can
our
en-
deavours reach
in
any
thing to
God
-ward
a
But
now,
fixce
it
is
not
in
him that willeth,
nor
in him that
reennetb,
bat
in
God
that
bath mer-
cie,
Rom.
9. 16.
we may
boldly
accept,
and
confidently truft
in
this
free
grace
of
God, although
we be
unworthy
of
it.
For why
fhould
we put away
this rich grace offered,and revealed
to
us
e
Why
fhould
we
not cheerfully imbrace
it,
and rejoyce in
it,
fpecially fince it
hath
appeared
unto
all
;
and
God
(without refpeet
of
perfons)hath let
it
to
be injoyed
of
the poor,bafe,
low,
and unlearned, afwell
as
of
the
rich,
high, noble,
and learned
e
And
it
is
not true humility, but
a
fottifh
pride,
to
put
away, and judge our
felves
unworthy
of
this
falvation,
whereof
it
hath
pleafed
God (in rich
mercie)
to
deem
us
worthy.
Y
3
This
Yfe
r:
Confutation
of
Popi/li er-
cour,
Rom,
u
Gratia
nullo
modo
gratia,
fit Omni
modo gratuita.
Yfe
a.
Comfort
in
this free fa-
vour
of
God.