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V
E
R.
6.
Ephefians,Chap.
r.
I
g
in
his
difpenfation,
that what
his
juftice
doth,
it is
fuch,that
in
Come
fort
it
hath
a
refpeét
to,
and
is
ferviceable
to this
mo(l fupreame
end,
this
praife
of
his
grace ; this
is
it,
in
which
he moft delighteth
:
Even
as
ver-
tuous Kings after
the matters
of
God,
affect
above
all
things
to
be had
in
honor for
clemencie and
bounty;
fo
it
is
with our God,
King
of
Kings,
all he
doth
is
to this end,
that
his
grace may be made
manif,
f,
unto
his
greater
glory.
Men indeede may
Tooke
at praife
as
a
fpurre,but not drive
at
it,as their higheft
end;nay,they
may
not
feeke
it,but for
a
furtherend,
Gods glory
,
the good
of
others,
their owne
due
encouragement:
But
God
may
feeke his
glory
as his
utmofl end, becaufe bee
is
not
in
danger
of
Pride,
as
man
is,
and
there
is
none
higher then
himfelfe
to
whom
he
fhould have refpeél
;
this maketh him when he fheweth himfelfe
to
Mo-
fes,
proclaime this
in
himfelfe
without
comparifon above others.
See
the
place.
The
ufeof
this is, firft,
to
(titre
us
up
to
glorifie
him
in
regard
of
his
V.P.'
grace to
us
:
How
will fervants
who
belong to bountifull Lords, com-
mend
them for their
franke houfe-
keeping, liberality
to the
poore,
bounty
to
their followers
C
So
fhould we never ceafe
to
have this grace
in
our hearts and
mouthes,
to
his
glory who hath
(hewed it.
Let
us
not
be
like
thofe grounds,which fwallow
Seede, and
returne nothing
to the
Sower:They
are
not the
children
of
grace,
in
whornGod obtainethnot
this
end
; for all fuch
as
belong to
his
grace,he
hath
chofen them
to
this
end, that
his grace fhould
be knowne, praifed,and magnified
by them.
Saint Paul
;
I
thankc Godin
Chri
ft,
Ponr.7. Prai
f
be to
God
in Chri
fl,r
Ger.
15. Bleffed
be
God,
even the
Father,
r
Pet.
r.
If
the light
of
Gods
graces
fhining
in
men,
mull
make
us
glorifie
God
in
them
;
how
fhould this
molt high grace
of
God
before
all
worlds thinking
on
us
for
good;
how
I
fay,
fhould it
be extolled
of
use When the
love
in
agood
man mutt
be glorious
in
our eyes; yea,
feeing
his
predeftination hath
fo
wrought,
that
all
things
(hall
worke
for
our good;let
us
in
evill,as
well
as in
good
praife
him
;
he loves
in
every thing love
it
felfe. Even
as
waters come
from the
fea, and returne againe
to
it:
So from this Ocean
commeth
every ble(fing,and everybenefit fhould
by
praifing this
grace, be refol-
ved
to
ir.
This
Dothine,
bath Vfe
for confutation
:
If
this be
thelaft
end,
and
Vfz.
the
direEt and
immediate end
of
all
God doth
toward
his
children, then
it
cannot be,
that their
life
ofglory
in
the
heavens fhould be given
them
from
the
hand
of
jultice :For
if
that
fhould next of all
and immediately
be given
them
from
juflice,then the
laft
things,to which Gods
predefti-
nation fhould
come,is the glory
of
Gods
difributive juftice.lfthey
fay,
God doth
giveit
as an
a.l
ofgrace
and juftice
;I
anfwere,then God bath
y,
rp>oximè.
not done all
in
elehtion and predeftination
to
life,
unto the glory
of
his
&
únmediate
grace,
but to the joynt glory
of
his
grace and juftice.
Againe
;
it
is
im-
poffihle
that God
fhould
alike
immediately give
life
joyntly from grace
&
juftice
:
For ifgracegive
it freely, juftice cannot
together
give
it
,
as a
matter
due
by
meritorious purchafe.
God
may
as poffibly
condemne
the
fame man,
both
out
of
revenging juftice and mercy at once ,
as
he
can
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