C,hap, i ç. An Expojuion upon the Book, of J o" B. Verf. 28. 41.5 up the expofïtionsalreadie given ÿ therefore IJï.ould not be con- demned byyou. Now for as much as fob urgethore of,or all thefe Confiderations, namely, that he had the grace of faith, that he had made a right confc lion of his faith, that he was fincere,and . right- hearted towards God , In all, Seeing (I fay) he urgeth thereConfiderations asa reafon to flop, or give checke to his friends óppofing, and perfecuting of him. Wee may obferve; Firft, from the exprefiion ; and then from the connexion, From the ex.preflîon, that . grace and truthare the reateofagodly man. They are as a rooteunder atwofold notion. Firfl For ellablifhment : the root is to the tree as the founda tion to the building, the tlrength and flay of it, fo are grace and, truth, faith and finceritie to a godly man : by thefe ( for in thefe the ftreogthofChrift is)he ftands(Heb.13.9.)Be not carried away withdiverfe andorangedolrines: foriris agood thing that the heart be eftablifhedwith i ace,not withmeats.The Apoflle meanes the do&rine of grace, in oppefition to the doctrine of rneaie. Thméeremoniall Law about. meats doth not eftablifh the heart,, but the dotrineof grace doth ; now as the dadrimof grace, fograce much more eftablifheth the heart, and will not fuffer us to be carried away as the waves of the Sea, or as theclouds of the ayre by contrary winds, to contrary poynts and prac4ices, now forwards and thenbackward ; Theywho are come to the tsni- tie ofthefaith,andofthe (nowledge ofthe Son ofCjod,unto oe perfeE man,unto the meajure of the (tature ofthefullne. ofCorift, thence- forth areno more children, toffed toand fro and carriedabout with every winde ofdoîlrine, by the fleight (or togging) of menandcus- ning craftines, whereby they lye in Waite to deceive. But fpealing thetruth in love,theygrow up into him in all thingswho is thehead, even Chrifl,(Eph.4. 13, 14, 15. ) Secondly , Grace in theheart is a root, becaufe it fends out juice or fap, and is the next caufe of our fruitfulneffe in life ; Grace in the heart buddeth and bloffometh at the hand and tongue, in good anions, and favory fpeeches. The whole man is filled with good fruit , where-grace is a roote in the heart. There is a route of this roote, Jefus Chrift is the roote ofour graces : but as Chrift is:the roote ofour graces, fo the graceof aria;
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