I 20 Gracefor Grace,' Or the over-flowings of t1nfw. Rev.' 3. iYoh.5 4. Matt. S. I I. No, We mutt therefore fo underhand it, in things that man is capable of: We havemember for member with Adam, every man, headfor his head, and legs for his legs ; butevery man isnot thefirfi Adam, that every man is notcapable of So Jefus Chrift, He is made like tous, but He is nor a finner that He was not capable of: And fo we havegrace for grace, Anfwerable Grace ; 'tis to be underftood in things that we are capableof: We are not Saviors, we are not Mediators, we arenot Chrifis. In Tome ofthofe things that we are not capableof : yet there is fornewhat in a Chriftian , that in Comeother kind is Anfwerable thereunto : As now forex- ample, When our Lord and Savior Chrift was Baptized , the Heavensopened, and the holy-Ghoft fell down upon Him in the fhape of a Dove : The holy-Ghoft does not fo fall down upon men now, but yet 'tis fhed abroad in the hearts of all that are godly. He is the great King, and the P riefl, and the Prophet of his Church : All the Saints are King r, and Priefts, and Prophets but not to that heightb as He was. To open this a little, that I may cleere the point. Is our Lord and Savior Chrift a Prophet ? andas a Pro- phet does He teach His people the Saints ; in that ofthe Revelation, The Two Witneffes arefaid to Prophefie infaciloth. They are laid to Prophefie too. Is our Lord and Savior Chrift a King? and as a King, doe&He Over-come, and fubdue Satan? and our lulls ? and the ld ? Sodo the Saints too. This isyour ViEtory when- byye Oder-come the world, evenyour Faith. As a King, Does he, Ner-come, atidAdorpn inHis Throne ? So do they too : Iry the 3. of the Revelations, and the 21. verfe : To him that overcometh roill 1 grant to fit with me in my Throne ; m. 1 alfo overcame, and am ft down with My Father in His Throne. (Mark I pray;) Chrift bath a Thrtne on Earth: (Sales He) A s I overcame ; and am fet down with my Father in His Throne inHeaven : So thofe that overcome 'hall fit down; That is, have Communion. Manypallcome from the Fanl, and from the Weft ; andfhallfit down with Abraham, and lfaac : That
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