A choice Bed. of Spicesi 357 u. But Sir, Tray let us know ghicb are thefe Royal Forts. Ant; They are thefe three that follow, The fiat is the free, rich, infinite, foveraign and glorious grace of God. By free-grace you are to underhand the gra- cious good will or favour of God, whereby he is pleated of his own free love to chufe and accept of fome in Chrili for his own, This we call firfl grace, becaufe it is the fountain of all other grace, and the fprinzg5 from whence they flow ; and it's therefore called grace, becaufe it makes .a man gra- cious with. God. Now mark, there have been many Chrlfli- ans who have had no affurance of the love of God, no tight of their intereft in Chrifl, no fealing of the fpirit, nor no oneclear evidence of grace, that they duril rent the weight of their fouls upon ; nor no one promife in the whole Book of God that they durft apply or refit upon, who yet daily calling or rowling themfelves, their fouls,and their everlaa- iing concernments, upon,the infinite, free, rich and foveraign grace of God in Chrifl, have found Come tolerable peace, comfort,aa3dxefrefhmetat,in fuch a praaife all their dayes. Chrillian may lofe the fight of his graces, and the eviden ces of his gracious &ate ; he may be fo much in the dark, he may be fo much benighted and bewildered in.his> fpirit, that there may be no way. under heaven left,tehim to enjoy peace, omfort, rzft, quiet, fettiement or contentment, but by cafting or rowling of -his foul upon the free,rich, infinite and foveraign grace of God in Chrifl; and here cafting anchor, the poor bewildered, deferted, tempted, toted foul may be fafe and at refl. The free love and favour of God will be a lamp to the foul in the darkeft night, it will, a. fweet lump that 1,villfweeten the bitterefl cup, it will be a finbcrular cor- dial againft all faintingslit will be armour of proofagainft all temptations, it will be an everlafling arm to you under all af- fliEtions, it will be a Sun and a fhield to you in every condi- tion, Pfal. Ro. 3. C aufe thy face tofhine, and we ,hall befaved. Divine favour is that pearl of price-that is molt defirable, Dan. 9.17. The Lord make his face to ine 'upon his_ faigtwiry that I. Gen. 6.8. Ea.od,, 19.c. liph 1. 5,6,7. I rim. 1.13, I4, 15, 16. The grace of our Lord was exceeding a- bundant. The. original word is d7ripsv46 aCri7 was over full, redundant, more than e- nough, more than might ferye the turn for him, who was the grear, eft of linners. 1fa. co, io. t)51. 4 -1 Socrates prized theKings coun- tenance above his cop. What is then the countenance of a God, t o a gracious E)ul ?
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