I . . . ~ __ ?.'L___ \_ . 'The S11t11t1 . . ·- 1 I for it mayfeeme very fl:ra11ge, that God will be- - ,:fl:ow fuch excellent graces upon reprobates, who l -I Ffalm ~7; (have no true interefr in the everlafiing covenaQt ,ofmercy and peace, no part in the Lambe, noti– ·de ~r right to the glory of heaven., It will bee thought, that they are ;ewels for the eares, and bracelets for the armes of Gods children alone, and not to be throwne amongfl: fwine. - ' I anfwer ; It is done efpecially for thefe caufes: Firfr, that the glory of Gods goodneffe might lbine the fairer, and tnore brightly in the world, and among the fonnes of~en. The whole world ·is thicke embroydered,and everywhere befet with a wonderfull variety of prints and palfages of -hisgootfnelfe and bounty. Every creature inCome meafure or other doth rafre of his liberality. In 1 this great volume of nature roundabout us, wee :mayn:m and read the deepe impreffions and large L{:haracrers of kiadneffe and IoveJ which his merci. I full and munificent hand bath ·made in all places, l in every leafe, page and line of it. Now as Ot:lt of f thebottomleffe Sea, aJ?d uaexhaufred fountaineof 1 his owne goodneffe, he~aufethhis Sun to fhine as l.-wellupon theunjufr as t.'he righteous; his raine to & Pfalm.7J • , 1fall as -.welLupon weeds~ thifiles and thomes, ~s j uponherbs, flowers a.nd fruit trees. Somany times he deales large doles of temporan ·happineffe, a:nd -generall graces, as well unta the reprobateas the -true Chriltian. ~is deare, everlafiing and fpeciall . ' love belongs ondy.unto his elefr : But in ge~erall . \-gracesand temporary love, that I may f<>call tr, he I is bountifullmany .time~, even to the reprobates; . - As -------------------------------------
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