322 of the hearts eftablifhmentby Grace. S s c T. V II content inworldly comforts, but this will not be always ; thou wilt have other thoughts whey arraignedat GodsTribunal. SERMON LII. That there is a World of god upon a mans heart I hich is called Grace , and Rh) inr*and holinefi is calledgrace. II e B. 13. 9. For it is good to have the heart ellablilisedwith Grace , and net with meats, be. THe former Do irinebeingdifpatched, we now come to treat upon that whichI chiefly intended this Text for : viz. That fabjeíl matter Which cloth eflabliJh and confirm the heart : For Grace here is made the ballati, the pandaa, the weight that,dotheftablifhand fettle the foul. Now howfoever the word grace be ofdWets fignifications in the Scripture,and it is very neceffarytoun- derfland it aright, becaufe millakes in this, have caufed all theftdangerous errors in Popery : For wherefoever we read that juflification and falvationa by grace, theyundedtand it prefentlyof fome good thing in us, and to take us off from looking on Chrift,to rell inour felves; but we are juflified as fome Philofophers fay we fee , Meta recipiendo, nonextramittendo, By receiving from god,notgiving any thing to God. Briefly therefore to informyou take notice that Grace bath its lets principal, and more principal or noblefignifications; leffe principal, as when it is ufedfor the The fl ehca- externalglory, comlinefs, or bowline!, ofa thing. In which fenfe it is faid,Tbegrace evoorr of tae of the flower perifbetb, or for tbanhfulnefs andgratitude, a Cor. 14.2s the Lstinifts wd Grace. fay , Baberogratias, the Alms and Charity altoof Believers, is filed yoeets, Grace. But the more noble fignifications arefor Allive Grace , or PaffiveGrace : attive Grace , I call that love, and free mercy of Godwithout us, whereby we are ¡uni- fiedand accepted to falvation e In this fenfeGrace is Paid to jultifie, and we have remiflion of fins by grace, i. e, by the favour and love ofGod onely, not any thing that wehave done. This true explication overthroweth the mainpillarsofyPope- ry t and in this fenfewhere you readofgrace in the New Teltamcnt it ismoll fre- quently ufed. 2. There is PaJfve Grace, and that two fold, either for tobeaccepted of God, robe inGrace and favour with him, as thephrafe is often,to findegrace in a mans eyes. And thus the Virgin e)liary isfaluted , » s Ta e'n, Greatlyfavoured and beloved, not full of inherent Grace, as the popifh writersgroflypervert this place. Or fecondly and Iatly,Grace is ufed for thofe holy qualities infufed into the foul, and that heavenly help God vouchfafeth to us in ourway toheaven. Thus faith is aGrace, repentance is a Grace, zeal is a Grace, d-c. The Papill takes the word Grace in this fenfe altogether; but we fay, this is not the molt noble Life of the a
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