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of
r.
Wc muti
be
of
ufe
one
to
a-
nother.
Yfe
2.
And
ufe
our
grace
to Gods
glory.
Mat, z5.3o.
Vje
3.
We
muffcleave
one
to another
that
we may
have the bene-
fit
of
one ano.
then
graces.
Rolf,
z
Cor.4.7.
Since
we have
our
graces
of
gifr,we mutt
be
thankcfnll
and humble.
Luk. 19.!
;.
Dobt.
Every
Clui(ti-
an
bath
but
his
fcantling
of
grace.
How
Chrift
received
grace.
Ephefians
Chap.
4.
VE
R.
7.
wife
his
diverfitie and difference,
which the
fpirit
of
difcerning doth
obferve.
Seeing then
every one hath
his
grace, that
is a
true
member, let
us
be
Pure
that we have
fome grace
wherewith
we ferve one
another
through love; for
elfe
if
we be
not
of
ufe
one to another,
wee be but
like
wennes
in
the body, things that
cleave
to
ir,
not
parts
of
it,
but
hangbyes, that
may well be difinembred
and cut
off
without
Joffe
or
deformity
to the body.
Seeing every one
of
you have grace
as a
talent, be
lure you
looke
to the
ufing
of
it
for
Gods advantage: He
will
keepe his
Audit,
and
if
you
have done no great hurt
with it, yet
if
you have
hid it
in
a
napkin
and done no
good with it, it
is
hurt enough, more then
will
be
anfwe-
red; the
fentence will
paffe
on all fuch
:
Take
that
unprofitable
fervant,
bind
him
hand
and
foote,
and
raft him
into
utter
darkeneffe. But
he
that
bath
beene
faithfu/l
in
a
little,(hall
be
made
ruler
over much.
Seeing we have our different graces,we mutt cleave one to another,
that
we may have the benefit
of
that
gracewhich
is
given
another
:
it
the eye could doe every
thing,
then it might feparate from
the
other
members, and fay,
W
hat
neede have
I
of
you
?
but
if
it will have
the
hand to handlefor it,
the foote
to goe for
it,
then
it
mutt
keepein com-
munion
with thefemembers.
So
if
one
of
us
had every grace,
then we
fhould
not
neede
others; but when
we have our feverall gifts, wemull
hold
one with
another, that what every
one
hath proper to
himfelfe,
in
regard
of
poffeffing
it, that
all
of
us
may have common amongft
us
in regard
of
the
ufe
of
ir.
In the
fecond place
it
is
laid,
[grace
is
given
tra] which
aI
it
is
aground
of thankefulneffe,f
it
cloth
alfo
perfn'ade
to lowline
fe
of
minde;We
have
this treafure
in
earthen veffells,that the
excrllencie
of
the
power might
be
of
Ged,and
notofmen.
We
mutt
not be like
the Papitls,liftup our
felves
above other, thinke we
can
deferve
any
thing with God; but
feting
that
we have received
that
wehave, let
us
be
lowly.
If
one
thatnew-
ly fetteth up,
fhould
take
up
wares here and there,
if
he
should bragge
and
boafl
of
that
which
he
is
oncly betrufted withal!, it were
foolifh
pride:
So it
is
with
us; we have graces givenus, but
of
trufl
to imploy
them
to Gods
advantage :
for Gods gifts
are
not
like
mens, who
by
deede
of
gift doe often
patfe
the ftate wholly out
of
their owne
hands;
But
God
fo
giveth,
that
he alwayes
keepetha
refervation
to
himfelfe;
octupie
till
1
come,faith
our Matter.
Thirdly.
we
have
grate given
by
meafure
: whence
we
are
taught,
That
what
ever
we
have,
we
have
it
in
part,
the
Lord
dash
give
us
a
fcantling,
as
he
(eeth fit
for
us.
To
open ir,
r. Iris
Paid
of
Chrift that
the
Father did
give
him
the
Spirit
not
by
meafure, lob.
3.35.
For Chrift
was fuch
a
receptacle
of
grace,
as
the
fea
is
of
waters; he
received the
fiilneffe
of
grace.
2.
He
received grace fo
that
he might impart
it
to
all
others,
of
his
fulneffeweallreceiv.egrace
for
grace, lohn
r.
16.
As
i