Evange4cal Repentance. ,229 grace , love, jufiBication by faith alone, and the fulnefs of Childs latisraElion for 000r unworthy litmus. in the boo'z-.. of the Romans, he begins to date the Doectine of free cation offinners : and reoliffion by Chriti: alone. In the book of the Galatians, he begins with free-runifirion. of Jars, and jollification by faith alone: So in the book of the Hebrews :' But the end and conclufion of all thefe Epifiles to the Lo- mans, Galatians, Hebrewes, is, Obedience, Repentance, and holinels oflife. As ifthis were the great Root that all our obedience did growupon, even free rerniflion of fins, anct IndiEcation by faith alone. And ifjuilitication do go be- fore our fanerification, then of Neceffity there mud be an approaching oftheKingdom of Heaven to us, before we do come to it. Give me leave to give you Two, or Three Reafons of it, and Co I will cometo the Application. Firft ofall, God doth fo order things in the difpenfati- -Reaf. ons of his grace, and adminifirations thereof, as that he may be known tobe God, 7ehovah, that all flefh may fee his glory. What is the glory of Cod? His free-grace is his glory. And therefore ye (hall obferve, that when Mo- fes begs to fee Godsglory, Lord (faies he) Pow me thy glory. ao. 33, TheLord made him this anfwer , .Rofiv, would'ft thou fee 53,19. my glory ? What ? otherwife than thou haft feen it in the Mount ? Aloft', here is my glory ; I will havemercy on whom will have mercy : TheLord read him, a leEture of his free - grace : .114ofes, here's my glory, my free-grace is my glory. And how can Gods freegrace be more feen and manifeli than in filch a way. Caufing the Kingdom of Heaven, of grace, and freeremifilon to draw neer to us,even before we do 'lir towatds it. Secondly, God does fo order things in the difpenfations Rea of his grace, as that men may be made the molt pracious, The fight of Gods grace,wil make a man gracious:the more ye fee the grace of God in Chriti, the more gracious ye wil be. And pray mark that inflan ce which ye have inthe 7. of Luke : (the fame that I named before) confider it well; at. ---
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