é C T. V It: of the Hearts Eflablifhttaentóy Grace. hisonely Son .faae, andoffer him a Sacrifice : Every word was enough to make Naturerd î[1and gain-fay ; His Son, onely Son, ifaac, whom thou love4, to offer a Sacrifice. Oh what violence is here to nature 1 but fee howpotent grace is, which no doubt checkedall the reafonings of nature, as Yob did his wife forlpeaking foo. !!filly. Again, in matter of faith in the promife of God, there its Paid, He confide. rednot the deadwomb of Sarah, Rom. 4. norhis own body, it!good asdead, but refedon the Promife, and therefore had hope againft hope, hope in the Promife, againft hope inNature. Thus when as nature hath its fear, grace hath its tear above that ; where nature kath its hope, grace hath hope above it : and how prevalent grace is abovenature, is apparent in that necefiary qualification inevery Difciple ; He that lovetbNot Fatheror Mother more thanme,cannot be myDifciple; and there- upon when one defined tobury his Father, before he followed Chrilt; which keen- ed to be a requelt of Civility, and naturali affeftìon; fhouldhefuffer his Father to !link, and rot above ground ? is it not againft nature to leave him unburied ? yet our Saviour rejefteth himwith this, Let the dead bury the dead, Mattis. 8. aa. So then where grace is in a man, there it conquers naturali inclinations, aft lions and delires; infomuch that he puts offa man, when he puts ona Chriftian. Oh then doenos think, that whenonce made gracious, fuch humane naturalsObligations will be fuch fnares to thee, as they have been : It will not begraces excufe to fay, I havebought a Farm, or married a wife, and focannot come ; but therefore the rather come. Sixtly, Wheregrace is, there it Bethnotde. ife little Pones, but ieafraidtocom- mitahem. Its farce from laying, as heofZoar, Is it not a little one ? He daresnot (wearpetty Oathes, norale idlewords; for tograceno finne is little, becaufe its againft that great Godof heaven, who bath feverely punifhed even little finnes. Adams fir4 finne, whichbath involved all the world in fo much mifery, and made the firs fpark to kindlehall, wasbutlittle for thematter of it, tÂ'1efes his finne, for which God kept him out of Canaan, teemed very little comparatively t and Eller finne, was onely inthe defeétof grace, he did his duty , but not with lisch. Zeal as he Ihould have done ; yet for this Godsjudgements were fogreat upon him, and his Family, that it made the cares of thole tingle who heard it. And as for Saul, hecommitted many grievous fumes , but that forwhich GA took oc- cafion to deprive hiss of his Kingdome, and to call him off, wasbut the riot fray- ing long enough till Samuel came; and therefore letting upon the Sacrifice to fa- tisfie the people who were impatient. Thereforewhere grace is, there cannot but be precifenefle,exaftneffe, they cannot fa. allow a Gnat, much !effe a Camel! t It makes the heart tender,like theeye, which the leali crum of duff doth greatlyof- fend : As for that Pharifaical hypocrifre, to make conscience about kffe things, and toneglelt great,grace doth alfo abhor ; for ifa littleGonenot regarded , or fligh- ted by worldly men, be fo grievous to it, how much rather that which is of a more bloody nature ? and if tone cannotcompel! him to goe on a mile, how Srall it doe two or three ? Therefore both finne and nature are reelified by grace. Seventhly, A gracious man if fail ofhumility, lewlinefeofminde, andthankful_ nef(e. Where there isgraria,there is gratitude ; hence you heard thefame word fig- nifieth bothGod refileth theproud,but begiveth grace to the humble,lames4.6. fo that lowlmeflà of {pint is both an evidence of grace, and a means to preserve and encreafe grace. The very namegrace puts them inmind oftheir unworthinefs, that they did nothing to cauteGod to doe it for them rather than others; into- mach as noDoftrinesare more contrary to the work of grace in a mans heart, than thofe of Pelagianand e.4rmioians, whomake the efficacyof grace lufpended up. on the co-operation of our will. Oh ! how can they difpure againft, or write a- gain4 that graceof Godwhich they havefound to omnipotent upon themfelves, making them ofunwilling willing, and of enemies friends to him ? If therefore thouart a man of pride, limn and vain-glory, know cheleare furor demon4rati- V u a ens, 331 6. 7.
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