Gracefor Grace, Or the overflowings of 'heart, fet it in the Sun, under the warm beanies ofthe lOve of jefiis Chritt fee if thy heart be not fruitful then. And beloved, what greater love then this, That Jefus Chrift hath dyed for (inners ? that He hath dyed for linners? that Be hath purchafed all Grace for fanners? and He keeps their hock in His own hand, to give it out unto them ac, cording to all their wants ? Here is love Here isgrace ! This is the way to be fruitful: I come to the Application. Is it fo, That all Grace is fromChrift that tvhatfoever Grace the Saints have, they have it from Jefus Chrift; Chritt Meriting, and Chritt Working: 1 hat all our Effici- ency ; and Sufficiency ; and Alliifficiency is from Chritt : That He is the great jofeph, the worlds Jofeph -, the Lord. Keeper ofall our Graces the Lord-Treafurer ofall our com- forts; Then, Oh ! what infinite' conic have we all, to advance, and lift up the Nameof jefus Chritt, to hallow jefus Chrifi, not verbally, but really. C6mandedye are to honor your parents : they give you a Being, and yet by that Being, you are brought forth under thewrath ofGod but yet honor them, becaufe you have your being from' them : I, and by your birth, and by your nature expofed unto thewrath of God for ever : Yet honor them., becaufe you haveyour being from them. And than' wee honor our parents becaufe we have our outward being from them ? and fhall not we honor jefus Chrift, fromwhomwe have the beingofall our Graces, the being of our foulsunto all Eternity? What infinite ingage- ments are upon us all to honor Jefus Chilli. * YOu will fay unto tne : This indeed does naturally. fcil- low : but how fhall we honor jefits Chrift according to the heighth of this Doarine ? how than we honor Jefus Chrift according to theheighth ofthis Truth, that is now before us? Give me leave to fpend Come time in this : this is that I have bin driving at all this while. Some particu- lars herein. Firtt.
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