SaCT. Xl. inGods Statutes, andkeeping his yedgrments. SERMON XC. That the Ivor( ofgrace is a deep, powerful], a _.f inward aflè tirlg of the whole man. ei nd hornfar grace may be tendred or received, and yet not be put efedually into our Inwards. .40 what this inward, deepwork of Grace is, lrith theJgns and effeEts ofit. 533 E z a x. 36.27. And I will put my jkirit witbin you. T He grace promifed in thisText bath been difpatched, vie. Theputting of Gods Spirit in the converted. Thenext thingconfiderable is, The f bjelt recipient ; The Cubje&wherein thisgrace isput, and that isbriefly but very etbphaticallyexpreflèd, within/on. And indeed the Englifh doth not rift up to theefficacyof theHebrew, which is, in themidll, or the inward deeppartsofyou, Hence it'stranflatedinintimovefiri: So that there is a great deal of weight li- ethuponthis Hebrew phrafe, forit fuppofcth the workof grace to go deep into a man. Itsan hearty rooted work, itexcludeth all fuperficiall, formal]. or noti- onall, and meer brain-work in godlinaffe : And its good to obfcrve, how inpa- rallel placesthis promifedoth (till relate to that intimate deepworkingof grace upon the heart, Eeek.t t, t 9, there is the fame promife repeated, with this Em- phafis; fo that you may fee the excellencyof this promife for converíon to God, in the repetitionof it, as if the Prophetdelighted to menties nothingbut this. The Prophet feremiah altodoth twice or thricedeclarethis grace herepro- stiffed in theText ; and Chap.; t.; 3. with this Emphaticall defcriptson, 1will puny law in theirinward parts, Oh this is the main thing; All outward pro- feffion, all parts, all notions, all inlargements, ifthefebenot accompaniedwith grace in the inward parts ofa man, they are but a blaze : they are a tinkling cymbal!. Suchmens Religion is like David: great men inthe world, comma. red tograffeupon thehoufe top, with whichthe mower filleth not his hand. That the work ofgrace is a deep, powerfnll and inward affelliug of the Whole phfèrv. man. The Spirit ofGod is put into their inwards; the lawof God Is written in their inwards; and thereforethe fpirit ofman as fanecified and renewed, is called of- ten the inward ran. Rom.7,az. 2 Cor.4.16. Alas, wemay fay ofmany, It's the outwardmanoftheir godlineffe, not the inward ; becaufe it confins only in the tongue, and inexpreffions, and tranlent affeaions at farther, but as for the deep, confiant and folidworkingof grace, that is amyftery they úndernandnor. Now that the work of grace as filch an inward deep changing of a man, is silo plain, inthat its called fo often,life. Now we knowlife is not theexternal motion, or (peaking,or eating,orworking; but the inward fountainof thefe, Life is the yyy 3 Rne
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