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x.
A.
epheflans,Chap,3.
niftery
,
wee !carne
hence,
What
is
the
may to
commend
the
grace
of
God,
toabafeour
flves,and
fet
forth
our owneunworthinefre.
Jacob
faith
,
i
am
leffe
then the
leafs
of
Gods
mercies.
So
David,
What am
I,
and
what
is
my
Fathers
haul
The
Apoftle hence magnifieth
the
'grace of
God,
that
when
me
were enemies he
did
reconcile
us,
Rom.
5.
There
is a
reciprocall
and
changeable
affection
betwixt
thefe
two,
grace
and unworrhineffe,
theone
doth
(hew
the other,
gracetailed doth breed confcience
ofun-
worthineffe
in
us, we are
prefently
duff and a(hes
if
God
reveale him
felfe in
the glory
of
mercy,
and our unworthineffe j
the
confcience
of
it, and confeffion
of
it Both magnify within our felves, and extoll be-
fore others,
the
grace
of
God.
There
is
noPopifh
compounding o
faperfwafion
of
grace and de-
fen.,
no, though
we
thanke
God for
all,
as
the
Fhariffe
did.
See then
whit
mull let
us
fee
the
greatneffe
of
graceand
fet
it forth
to others,
we mull get
a
confcience
of
our owne
unworthinefe,
and
confe(feit freely.
t
Chron.z9.
14.
Gen.3z.
so.
Laftly,
it
is
to be
marked,
That the
Minif
ers
of
the
Gogiell
doabring
Doti.
to men
goodtidings.
Rom.so.15.
They
arefaid
to
bring
glad
tidings
of
Mirùf}ers
of
Peace,
tidings
ofgood
things.
z
Cor.4.
7.
They
are earthen veffells,
yet
h
goody._
they are
faid
to
have treafure in them, divine
treafure. And becaufe
dings
comes.
of
this when
the
miniftery
of theGofpell
was given
to the Gentiles by
occafion
of
the
unbeliefe
of
the Jew, the Apoftle
is
bold to
fay,
that
the
fall
ofthe
lames was
the
riches ofthe world,
Roma
a.
r
z.
and
in
z
Cor.
6.1o.
the Apoftle doubteth notto fay, that though wee
Minifters
óf
the Gofpell
be poore, yet we
make many
rich.
Now
what
thefe riches
are,
he
expoundeth,
the
benefits
ofChrift;
thofe
benefits
wherewith we
having
Chrift
,
cometo
bee
enriched,
and
in
one
word
,
they are all
chofe
things which
Chrift
fuffering
bath
purchafed for
us
,
the merits
of
Chrift,
for thefe are
our wealth,z
Cor.8.
9.
So
Chrift
was made
poore
that in
his poverty
we
might
be
made
rich ,
in his fufferings
, his
death,
our righteoufneffe,
our
life,
our redemption
and grace
of
Adoption,
forgivenefl'e
of
finne and;favour
of
God
, the Spirit
of
the Father and
Chrift
the Sonne, the
title
to
all creatures, and fervice
of
all
things,
and
title
to
everlafting life.
To
let
let
us
fee
how
fwinifh
they are that
negle
l
this
Gofpell.
yf
r,
What
is
the property
of
fwine, but
to
trample
pearles under
foot,and
They
are
fwi-
delight
in
their
myret What
doe
thofe that whore with
this
world,
but
left
ñ1
cáá
negledlclack unfearcheable
richest
true fooles: for this
is
one property pa.
of
the foole,
that for
a
chaise
of
Counters, he will
part
with Angels.
It
teacheth
that
wee muff depend on
the Gofpell;
we
fee
if
a doale
were
dealt how the poore will
flock
aboutitfrom
all
corners, we need
a:
not
to
tole
a
bell before
it:
fo
what
multitudes
of
poore doe hang about
we
matt
de-
the
Almoners of Princes;
the
Minifters are
the Almoners
of God
the
Pend
on the
Y
Gofpell:
bring
out
this
treafure, they are
the
Cofferers
;
we
muff
tell out this
treafure,how fhould
you
hang upon this
Wordtyou
are
all
poore
naked
brats, not
having
a
ragge of righteoufneffe upon you: you are run
infi-
nitly in
debt
to
the
juffice
of
God;were
you
as
rich
as
Dives,you
are
not
K
k
rich
369
To
abafc
our
feues,
the way
ro extol(
Gods
grace.