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Thil. 3.8.
Vfe
3.
Matt
1.28.
Chrifs
fumes
and bouncy
rn ft encou-
cage us in our
tell lioful-
e
to
corne
him.
Foregoing'pre-
pirations no
caufe
of
grace.
Ephefians
Chap.
4.
thadow
of
the other, when they
fat
both
in
darkcneffe and
in
the
death.
The
Scripture
is
plentiful!
in
proofe
of
this
truth
The
deede
is
wrought
in
us by
Chri
fi,
and
notthe deede,
but the
will
aljo
that
produ-
ceth the deede;and not that onely,
but
the thought
alfo
which
pro
-
duceth
that will,for
of our
[elves
we
are
;tot able
fo
much as
to
think*
good thought.
So that
all
grace,and allpreparation
to
grace,and
ability
to
accept grace, all comes from
Chrift,
therefore
called
the
Author
and
finifher
*four
faith.
To
teach
us
contentation, howfoever
we
fee
his manifold
graces
difpofed;
John
Baptifl
doth
refi his
mind*
in
this,
mart
can receive
nothing
except
it
be
given
him
from
heaven, as
if
he
fhould
fay,
it
is
our
part and
duty to
be well pleated
with
that
which
we know
is
thus
and
thus ordered from heaven.
This mutt reach
us
to refi onely
in
Chrift,Çaringto
know
nothing
but
Chrifl,
Counting
all
things Jut
chop
and
dung in
compari
fon
of
Chrifl;
fill
your
(elves
with
Chrift,
and
there
will be no
roome for ought
elfe:
were
a
veffcll full
of
liquor,
it
would
receive no more
;
if
a
womans
heart
be
full
of
her husband,
file
hath
no
roome for other lovers:
So
(hall
itbe
with you,
if you fee
by
faith
that your
eftate
is
full in
Chrift,
lacking
nothing, what
will
you
care
to
looke further
On this ground we mutt be incited
to
come
to Chrift,fince
all grace
is
received
from
Chrift,
in
whom
is
the
fulneffe
of
all faving
riches,
and
who doth
invite
al
to come
unto him;
Oh
take
not
this
grace
of
God
in
vaine,
but
labour
to
have
your part
in ir,
and
to be
rich
in
Chrift;
though there
be
abundance
of
finne and guiltineffe in us, yet
thereis abundanceof
grace and mercy
in
Chrift, to
remove it
and take
it
away. And therefore be not difcouraged,though thy
finnes abound,
yet
his
grace fuperabounds much more.
If
a
begger
heare
of
a
com-
mon doale
to
be given
at fuch
a
place, at fuch
a
rlme,tit
affc5s
him
and
invites him
to
goe,
but when
he feeth
many comming from it, with
armes full,
Jappes
full, baskets full,
this
gives
him wings
to
make
all
hafte unto it
:
ifa
ficke
man heare
of
a
Phyfitian
famous for
healing
and
curing of
all difeafes, it ftirres him up
to goe
and
try;
but
if
hee
meete
with hundreds comming from
him,
and telling him
I
have
beene
there,
and I thanke
God
I
am made
whole,
this puts
life
into
him and caufeth him to hallen to him:
Thus
ir
is,the Lord Iefas Chrift
hath provided
a
common
doale
of
grace and
f
alvation for every poore
foule
that
ftands
in
neede
of
it, onely he will have men come
and
re-
ceive
it,
they
(hall
have it for carrying away. He
is
that
foule-fa-
ving
Phyfitian, the
blinde, lame, deafe, and dumbe,
be
the
difeafe
what
it
will,
all
is
one,
if
Chrift
be
the
Phyfitian
all (hall be
made
whole.
Further
here obferve the
Apoftledoth not fay,we
have grace given,
becaufe
of
our difpofition and fitneffe,
or
according
as
we
have prepa-
red our felves,
but according to
the
gift of
Chrifl.
Whence
we
obferve:
That
it
is not our
Civilldifpoftion
which
bringeth
us
to
the
firfl,
nor our
preparing
our
(elves that
deferveth
us
the grace following. Preparations
goe