graceand Love beyond9i, ts. wifhlyupon thofe that have gifts,uponthofe that have none, or very weakiand it looks wifhly upon us al. Firft, It looks wifhly upon thofe that have parts and gifts; I. and it cals upon you al for to blefs the Lord ; Hath the Lord led you in a way of gifts ? he bath led you in an excellent way,for the way of gifts is anexcellent way : Is it not a great mercy for a man to be able to do good to others, and to lave another mans Soul, to have a band to pul others out of ever- lafling burnings? Herein man feems to go beyond theAngels, for the Angels are miniftring Spirits, but men are called Sa- viors, Others lave Withfear, pulling them out of the fire : And bath the Lord led you in a way of gifts, and given you gifts todo good to others ? fuch an hand he bath given to you, furely therefore you have caufe for ever to bleffe the Lord. But though the Lord,through his Grace,had led me in this °bier& way of gifts,I fear I have nothing but gifts,I fear that they are gifts alone, & not grace withal ; had I gifts and graces too, I fhould blefs the Lord inideed,but I fear it is nothing but gifts. For Anfwer, It is poffible,That a man that bathgrace may At fl,, think he bath nothing but gifts ; it is poffible for a man that bath only gifts to think that his gifts are graces : But would you know the difference between gifts &graces as they are in fubjet7o,as they are in a particular perfon ? (for the difference between them as they are in themfelves,I have (hewed you in the beginning)Then thus,The faculty you know is diffingui- fhed by the aa, & theas by the obje6f, potentia diftinguitur per aFtstm,d- after per objetlum, faith Philofophy : If a man have gifts only, he is excercifed moll about a gifting objed ; if grace,then about a gracious object ; and therefore if you look into Scripture, you Thal find, that Grace and Faith falls in with a crucified Chrift, I dofare to know nothing but Chrift, and him crucified, faith Faith and Grace : But nowGifts co- ming in by the Afcenfionof Jefus Chrifl, (He bath afcended on high, he bathgivenGifts to men ) they are converfant efpe- cially about Afcenfions and Glories , but a Crucified Chrift is a mean and fiefhly thing in their eyes. z. Again,They differ in their nature ; for gifts,as I may fo H (peak,
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