86 Applic. Grace forGrace) Or the over-flowing, of Somefew thingsby wayofApplication, and fo. I have done, If itbe fo; Then why fhould any ofGods Peoplevilifie, and degrade, and lowen thegift ofGod wherewithal they are enriched6u:ugh Jefus Chrift? Would you take it as fairdealing from a child that is eftated in great lands by his father ifhe 'Could fay, my father indeed was pleated: tobellow a great Eilate upon my.Brother ; but he hath gi- ven little, or nothing .Lo me ? He hath bellowedgreat means upon fucha Sifter, but he bath given little or nothing to me ? This werenot fair dealing. And is this fair dealing with your Gody,and with your. father ? When you {hail fay, I, there is fuch a godly man, the Lord bath given him a great Eftate of the Gofpel, but little or nothing to, me : And there is fuch a woman, fuch a Sifter; the Lord hathdone much for her foul; but Oh little or nothing for me. Beloved ! There ismo i7n. fmall, becaufe committed- again ft the great God; There's no blaring fmall, becaufe received fromthe,great:God but ()fall bleffings, Gofpel- bleffing is thegreateft blefhng. Hath the Lord therefore, (man or woman) given thee any Gofpel-Grace, theGrace ofJefusChrift ? He !lath given thee much : that which thou look'ft upon as little, 'xis much in the eye of Heaven. Whereforenow, let not the Eunuch fay; Oh! let notthe Eunuch fay; I am a dry treeany longer. Take heed how you degrade, and vilifie, and lowen the Grace of God. wherewithal you are inrich't through JefusChrift. Secondly. Iftherebe Inch Abundance of Grace, even, Grace for Grace; Abundance of Grace given unto the Saints, and. People of Godunder the new Teftament : Be- hold then, what great finners Profeffors are ! yea, theEns ofGods, own people. The more light, and knowledge a man hath ; ifheEn, the greater is his fin : Themoreeams of Grace fall upon a mans heart, the more he is able todiC cern the motes that are there,and fo may avoid them : and
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