66 Chap. 7: AnExpofition upon the Fookof J QB. Vert. 'death, unlefs it had been written in the volume of the Nook, There is nothing fatisfadory, but what the law, or the will ache Law- giver makes, or agrees to accept, as fatisfadorie. In the vo- le me of the book, there is nothing written, which appoints man fuch a work, and therefore he cannot do it. There is Come wha t to bedone by wayofthankfulnefs, but no thing can be done by way ofpaiment. That quetfion ( Pfal. t. r!. r 2. J affirmes as much, What fhall I render unto the Lordfor all hit benefits ? we mutt render unto the Lord for all his benefits ; but we cannot render w the Lord for our fins. We ought to take up the Cup of ThanklgiOng : but Chritt bath, and he alone was able, and he alone was ordained to take and drink the Cup of Satisfy- ing. Secondly, obferve ( which depends upon the former. ) That pardon and forgivenefs of fin, come in at the door of free grace. Free grace doth all. What can 1 do ,? j can doe no- thing, 0 thou preferver ofmen ; J can only ( nor that wi thout thy help (acknowledgmy fin : it mutt be thine infinite goodnefs to pardon it. When a man hath travel'd through all duties and doings, he muff at lati fit down at Gods love, and refi in this that God is merciful to poor Goners, Ifni. 55. z. Come unto me, 0 all ye that are thirffie, come with.aat money or without price : There is nothing in the creature that Otad requires as a price ofhis favor:his milk and his hony,hisbread and his water are all gifts and bounties unto his people. He cals us to buy thefe becaufe we fhall have them as willingly from God, as any things fromman, for our mony; & he cals it buying withuot mony, becaufe no value can be let upon him high enough, nor any heart receive it freely enough. Tooffer many that is,to think toobtain any of thatfavor,by what we do, is the moil dangerous offer in the world. We read how dread- ful the iiflùe was to Simon Magus, when he offered mony, for the gifts of the holy Ghelf, and yet thole gifts were filch, as a man may have, and go to hell with them, for they were but gifts of miracles and of healing, and the like ; But this gift, of the favour and love ofGod and pardon of fin ,is loch a gift, a.c whofoever hath it, is lure and fa fe for ever : And therefore ( the gifts being much more precious than that ofSimon Magus, ) Take heed of offering this kind ofmony for it, your works and doings. To doe fo H the trorff Simyon in the world. Better otter literal mony for thole gifts of the holy Gholi,then this figurative money for the fa- vdur
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