ChrisFulne, received by all saints, You will fay, Wherein is the honor to theFather, ac- Quell: cordingunto this Truth ? hoW does this any way make to the honor of God the Father, that all Grace is from Jefus Ghrifl ? Yes ! for, Firft, Though all Gracebe immediatly gi- Anf. yen out ofthe handof Chria, all grace fromH*11, and He gives it out ; He is Commiffioned, anddeigned, by the Fa-, ther to do it: He does but theFathers work. I came not to do Ioh . 6.38 my own will, but the will ofHim thatfint me. Was it any dif- honor toPharoah, that 7ofeph gave out the bread in the time of famine ? No , becaufe he was Commiffioned by Pharoah to do it. And fo now, If Jefus Chria have a Commiffion from theFather to do this, 'tisno difhonor to the Father : and a Cornmiffion He hath, He will thew you it under hand, and feal 5 Him loath God the Father fealed. fo faies lob. 6.27 Chrift. Again, Though all Grace come immediatelyout of the hand. ofChrift, all Grace fromHim, andHe gives it out: Yet He isfurnifh't, and accomplifh't with ability unto this great Officeby God the Father. Ifa. 61. a . 'Me Spirit of the Lord is upon me, (faies he) andHe bath anointedme to open the prifon doe! to Captivex Stc. Now, is it any difhonor to God; ' that the Sun does diftribute, and give out light, and heat unto all the Creatures ? No, but rather an honor to Him : for when a man fees fo glorious a creature as the Sun, that gives out light, and heat unto all the creatures here below ; he lifts up his hands, and faies ; Oh ! what a glorious God have we, that bath furniffied this creature with thereabilities ? So now, when a man confiders Chriff, as this great Sun ofrighteoufnefs, diftributing His Graces to all the Saints ; will it be any difhonor to Cod theFather that He is in this Office, Peeing He hath furnifhed Him hereunto ? Surelyno, they will rather lift up their hands, and fay, Oh ! what a good God have we, that hath fur- Tined Chria with all there abilities for our poor fouls ?? Again, Though the adminifiration of things be in the randofChria, the right is in the :Father : and when jeCus
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