Grace for Grace) Or theover-flowirg$ of before Him, above Mofes Therefore faies he at the next lob i .17 verfe, For the Law was given by Mofes',4ut Grace' and Truth came by lefus Chrifl. Though theLaw were given by Mo- fa ; yet notwithitanding , Grace, (the chief) that is from Chrift. Now Grace, The word Grace here in the 17. verfe, mull be underflood ofAll Grace. The Lawwas given byMofes, but Grace and Truth : that is, All Grace : And this verfe beingbrought in as a reafon of the former ; firrely there- fore,this mull needs be themeaning alto of the former,That all grace is from jefus Chrift whatfoever Grace theSaints have, they have it from jefus Chrift. This is the Argument that I intend (God willing) to fpeak unto at this time. Grace, Sometimes is taken for theFavour ofGod. Sorn- times it is taken for Gods Ala:fiance. Sometimes it is taken for Holinefs ; either in the habit, or in the at-f. Sometimes it is taken for gft:. Sometimes the word Grace, is ufed for an Office in the Church. AN hatfoever it be,whichway foever you take it; All Grace is fromchrin: who.tfoeyer grace the Saints have, they have it from jefas Chrift. . This nowwill appear, if you confider, The Infufficiency ofNature : And the All-fiefciency of Cbriff. .As for the Infesfficiency ofNature; You knowwhat theA- , 1 Car. pale faits : Wee are not able as ofour /ilves, to think a good 3. 5. thought , but all our filiciency is of God. And if you look in- to this firer. Chapter oflobn, you find, That thofe that are regenerate, and borne again , 'tis Laid concerning them (at the 13. verfe) that they arenot borneof Bloods (hi the plural number) your E-Iglith hath it, Blood, (in the fingu- lar) Tou are not born of blood, nor of the will ofthe fielb, nor of the willofman, but of God. Some there are, and were, that thought themfelves to be the children ofGod, becaufe they carne ofgodly parents, becaule oftheir bloods, becaufe of . 8 33 their eclucaiion: So the Jews, Wee are the Children of Abra- ham. Some there are, and were, that think thernfelves the Children ofGod, becaufe off. 1 eg,h1 war:Vhgs , and ma .2 1
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