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R.
13.
Ephefianr,
Chap
z.
I
28;
aright, knew right well that
it
was
not
fafe
to
leave
them
to
the twat-
lowing
of
thofe former
pills,
unleffe
the
bitterneffe
of
them were
Come
way allayed.
It doth teach
us,
how to
difpence
the
Word
in
wifdom,
and
Chri-
ftians
how to carry thcmfelves
;
they mull not
be all
in
one
extreme,
like thofe
Philofophers
,
that
are
either alway weeping,
or
elfe
alway
laughing
:
But
if
there be
heavineffe
with them
in
the
evening,
'they
mull look
to that
which may bring
joy
in
the morning; and
as a man
after hard labour, delighteth
to
take
the
ayr
in
a
garden
:
fo
mull they,
when they have humbled their
fouls,
in
viewing
their mifery,
refrefh
rhemfelves
in
Alking
among
thofe fweet flowers,
even
the
benefits
of
God.
Secondly,we
fee
here
how the Lord
doth
bring
fuck as are further}
eftranged
from him,
to
be near
unto him
:
c
Zany that
are
fell,
Qiallbe
14,
and
the
Lill fBall
be
jrfi;
and
(ball
come to
fit
down
with
fbraham
and
ifaac
in
the
kingdom
of
God
;
when the children
in
appearance
are
excluded
:
You,
when ye
were enemies,
your mindes
fit
on
evil
works,
you
hash he
reconciled,
Colof
5. a 1.
Mark here the free and large
grace
of
God:
if
we had been enemies in
heart onely, it had been much
to
finde
favour ;
but
when we have made
a
trade
of
evil
works, and
livedall
our
lives
in
open
rebellion; howundeferved,and how rich
is
the grace
which giveth pardon
!
If
the
King
pardon one whofe
good
will
is
doubtfull,and
take him
ro
grace,
it, is
much;
but
when ohe bath
lived
in
making
attempts
on
his
perfon,then to forget
and
to forgive,were
more
then credible clemencie.
The
love of
God
is
ken
in
this,
that
when
we were enemies, he
gave
his
Son
to
reconcile us
;
and his
free
love,
that
of
meer
grace,
not
of
our rightcoufneffe, nay againft
our
deferving, faveth
us.
He
Both
it for many reafons
:
1
To
fhew
the abundance
of
grace;
Where
fin aboundeth,there
grace
aboundeth
much more,
Rom.s.eo.
a.
To
fhew
us
prefidents
of
inercie,
as
Paul faith
of
himfelf, For
this caufewas
1
received
to
mercie,
that
lefie..
Cbrifl' firft fbould
fhew
on
me
all
long fà
f
fering,
unto the enfampk
of
them which
Jball in
time
to
come
beleeve
in
him
unto eternal/
life,
3.
To
increafe love in
us
new converts
towards
him
;
She
loved
much,
becaufe
much
was
forgiven
her, Luke
7.
47. And
this
is
love
indeed,
that
he
loveth
us
firft, even
when we
hare ; he
carrieth even
hell
it
fclf into
heaven.
Hereby we
fee,
that
none
bath caufe to put from
him
the
benefits
tendred,
and defperately
to
deny
him
felfthe
grace of
falvation;
The
grace
of
God
bath
appeared unto all,
Tir.a. r1.
and
excludeth
none, but
'bell
as
exclude themfelves.
Secondly,
it
doth
make
us
able to
expel
l
with
patience
the
return
of
fuch as
are far widé ; lye
they
,where
they
will, bound with never
fo
many,
and
fo
ftrong
chains,
God
is
able
to
draw them to himfelf:
Publicans
and
Harlots he
calls
to
his
kingdom. Defpair
we
then
of
none
;
vfe.
Do£1.
M
oli
bopele(fe
perlons,
brought
home
to
God.
T(,eafoo
r.
2.
3.
Y.a
T.
None
need
to
defpair.
a.
No not
of
o-
thers,
though
very
bad.
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