to the E P H E S1 A N S. And the reafon of this is, becaufe as Bonum eft fui diifi'.ftvum, all Goodnefs is ~ communicative of itfdf, fo Glor.J: tsmamtefbve of It fell, even as the Ltght 'ts: Strm. VIC. and this moves him to manifefi tbts hts Glory. ~ You mufi know that God hath a double Glory; An EjJe11tiat Glory, namely, that of his Attributes, as of Wzjdom, Afi-Jttjficrmcy,_Gracr,f~c. A7!d he hath a Manifef/ative Glory, whereby the glory .of all thefe Attnbutes IS mamfefied unto the world. And this may move htm,m that, althouglut be not hts Effincr, •et it is Hts Relatively, though not EjJe11tzally. ) Now Obferve further, That only the glory of God's Grace is mentioned by the Apollle when he fpeaks of that which· moved him t.!> prcdefiinate, Why doth he not'fay, To theglory of his Holinrfs,. or To the glory of his J"f/ice. or 'Power? All thefe were, and are mamlefied m the tlungs purpofcd m Elechon too. but he Jheweth his Holinefs elfewhere, and his Power and Jufiice clfe– wh;re: He Jheweth his Holinefs in making the Law, his Power in making the World, his Jufiice in th~owing men to Hell; but his Grace he fuews no ~here fo much as in the Predellmanon of Ius C!uldren, and what he bath predefimated them to. He Jheweth all his Attributes therein, and Grace over aod above all the refi; therefore that is here lingled out and alone mentioned, efpecially be– caufe the Act of Predefiinating it felf, that is, ftmply and only from Free grace. And therefore you llill find, that wherever Ekction is fpoken of, it is put upon hisGrace; both in that he choofeth freely, feetng nothtng m the Crea– ture to move him, and in that he therein puts a difference between his Elect and others. And therein lies the Formalu ratio of Grace. Rom. I 1.5,6. There is a Rem11ant according to theeteflioll of Grace; ----.A11d zf 6y Grace, thm it is 110 more of works. OthermenGodleft, to deale with th~m according to. their works; but in predcllinaung lus Chtldren, he dealeth wuh them accordmg to his Free grace in Jefus Chn!t. To come now to fame Obfervations. I. You fee that God is a glorious God, he bath gloriotu Grace, [o faith this Obftrv. i, Text: He hathgloriotu 'Power, fo Rom. 6. 9.Hehathgloriotu Mercy, [o Rom.9, · 2 ~·All his Attributes are glorious. Shew me thy glory,faid Mofi:s,Exod. H.6. Then the Lord paffed by and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and graciotu,f:!c. This is God's chief Glory; his Effential Attributes are his Glory, I!. You fee that which moved God in doing all that he doth, is his Glory, Obforv; 2 , He J>redefiinated us for the glory of his Grace; and certainly if in this, then in - all things elfe he aimetl1 at his Glory. If God lhould not in all that he doth, aim more at his own Glory than at our Salvation, he were not a holy God: For what is Holinefs in God? It is that whereby he aimeth at himfelf; and he Jhould defcend trom his being holy, if he lhould aim ·at our good more than at his own glory. This you have Itai.6 .5· One Angel cried unte another, Holy, holy, holy "the Lord God of Hoffs; the whole Earth is full of his glory, God was to lhew himfelf to be a holy God; that is, he was to glorifie himfelf; that's thtt meaning of it. And therefore of all Sinners he hates a Proud Man, He re}.jfs the 'Proud, becaufe he is a competitor with God himfelf for glory, and contends with him for that which is mofi dear unto him and his own Prerogative alone; which the great and glorious God of all things cannot endure. And therefore of all Sins God hateth Pride and vain·glory, for all glory is his due, and jufily be· longeth to him alone. !If. You fee that God was fo perfect in himfelf that he needed not to have O~frrv. 11 made any world, n?r Predefiinated any unto the Adoption of Sons; for it was meerly the Act of Ius own Will. Thougl!lusown glorymoved him in the Act, yet It was his Will that cofi and determined the Act it felf. If God will manifelt himfelf he will do it like God, he will make his own glory the end of all; and it becomes him fo to do: He lhould not be a holy God elfe. But yet the thing that cafi it wes his Will; becaufc he could have done otherwife if it had pleafed him. Rom. I r. j). Who bathgivm to him,alld it/ball 6e recompmced to him agaill? All that the Cr~ature doth is nothing to him. Paul challengeth all the Creatures; brtngmyour Btlls ( fatth he,) and tf you can fay you have added any thing unto lnm, you lhall have it recompenced unto you again. AU the Righteouli1efs N that
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