3=4 of the hearts Eflabóifhment by Grace. S s e :.pfl. he would do good ; for which reafon the be[l Saints have begged earndlly for pardon, and hava been afraid with David , left Godfbonld enter into judge- ment with them , andfothey not be jujifeed, Pfal, 143. 2. Nehemiahwhen he mentioned thole highads ofgrace whichhe did,yet prayeth often,Remem6er me 0 Lord, and.F1areme, Nell. t;. Secondly , Grace withinno cannot jufiifie us , 6ecanfe the Scripture layette that wholly on Godand Chriii. God the Fathers grace, as the efficient taufeof it; and God the Sons merits, as the groundof it; and by faith we are to put it on as a gar- ment : fo that we are ¡till in a paflìve fenle laid tobe juflifyed, andnot inan a bve to jufbfie our felves , unleffein that ill fenfe as the Pharifeeis laid to juflific him- fell. Nonedoth toDivinely, and admirably prove this point by lèveral arguments, as Paulin his Epiftles Both, infomuch that one would wonder how any Popifh w rittr can make Commentaries upon his Epiftles, andnot be convinced of their etrour. So that our happintile , and the ground of all our peace, lyeth not in what wehave done, but what wehave received, and inwhatChrift bath done for m, This doctrine is like the horySamffon found in the dead Lyon,in Chrift crucified,which we are to inflru&all burchened linnets in. Rellarmme comes off at lull with his Tootiffimum efl,It is moll fafe to reft wholly upon Chrift, not our tighceaufneffe. I know it ishard tocall godlynelf grace, andnot to chink that it mull be all in all; and how prone we are co leave the fountain, Chrill, and to run to the Cill:erns, our own graces,every mansheart can eafily fuggell. This [lumbling[tone being re- moved out of the way. La as in the next place take a viewof the true reafonswhy it is calledGrace, as S.Why inward alto the propertiesof se. holinefs is cal- And Grft, It is calledgrace, becaufeit comesfreely from thegrace ofgod. The led Grace. effid is dignified with the Titleof the caufe ; it iscalled grace, becaufe it comes of grace. It is true, all good things come from God: every good and perfell gift is fions him, the Father of lights; as all light is from the fun mediately , or immedi- acdy : yet we do not call the good things ofnature,Grace,ssPelagiut did,b,caufe they come fromGod in a general way, as the Author ofnature, this in a more Ipe- cial and appropriated way, as the Author of Grace : So that if thou hall grace it thy heart and life , the very nameof grace Ihould make theehumble,thankful, lowly in thy owneyes, lilt be grace, then it is not by thy natural ftrengrh and power: Ifitbe Godsgift, it is not thy ability. Oh then admirethe goodneffe of God : lithoshaft as heart coloveGod , to believe in a promife, to winde hea- venly things, fay, This is grace. It is not nature , nature hath no power to do thus , nor no will todo thus : No power, for godly allions are wholly a- bove the fphere ofhumane power ; humane powerand humane allions are com- menfurate , but a humane ltrength,and Divine allions have nocongruity. And as nature bathno power, to alto no will, or inclination toit, but rather delights in the clean contrary. 2. Secondly Godlinefs in theheart and life tecalledgrace, net onely becaufe it to be- flowedfreely by Cod upon tee, but becaufe wewere unworthy , anddefervcd the clean contrary. It ís the judgement of ?areasa learned Divine , that the imageofGod ftampe on Adam, though it was the fyleme of all Godlineffe, yet it could not be called grace; and therefore reprovethBe0armine for [tilinghis book, De grata primi hominid, Of the graceof the Grft man. It was indeed godlineffe, and holinelle (faithhe) but it was not grace ; becaufe though it was freely bellowed on Ado», yet he being not ina fitful condition, but that original righteoufneffewasa perfe- Ilion due tohim (as the Orthodox in a found feule maintain againll the Papilla, therefore it couldnot becalled grace. I will not determine this ; but to be lure i now ¡cuteman path fallen, that workof God fandifying our natures, healing our corruptions, isgrace, becaufe it is vouchfafed unto us, lying in a clean contrary, and oppofite condition. Thusnot onely grace ¡unifying and evangelical was ad- mirable to Patti, whcnhe had been the chiefeft ofmanyGoners, but grace fandi-
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