to the E P H E S I A N S. How do you prove th_at to be the fcope of fuch a Phrafe as this? ~ I will give you_ a Scnpturefoflt, 1tlS Phft. J· 21. he fpenks there ofchang- Ser. XIII. ing of our vile bodtes, wluch requtreth a mtghty power, to make them hke ~ Chrifis glorious Body. How doth he exprefs the greatnefs of thts Power? By ju!l: luch a Phrafe as-this here ; . who }halt change our vile body, .faith he, that it m.'!J /;e fajbioned IJ/u tmto hu gtorJous botiy. How? Accordw~; to the worki 11 g w hereby he Mable evm to fz•bdue att thmgs tmto h1m[et[. Thts phrafe commeth in to thew, that God putteth forth the fame power, in changing our vile bodies and making them like the body of Chn!l:; the fame power l fay, and no tels'than that power, that mu!l:fubdue all things, _that created the World, that ruinetlt the World in the end, and anmhtlateth or brmgeth down Kmgdoms, and doth every thing, Well, you hav_e Grace wrought in your hearts here ; how had you it wrought ? By h1m fatth he_, that worketh all thmgs ; no lefs power than that which goeth to work all thmgs, goeth to work thts, the fame proportion of p0wer that goeth to work all thmgs elfe , gceth to work Grace. So now you have the general fcope, how thefe words come in. To open the words pmiculiarly to you a little , for I would fain make an end of this– Verfe, Firf/, The word here that is tranilated Wor~eth, it fignifieth to work effect~'" ally; He worketh at/ things tjfeflually, that ts the meamng of 1t; he doth tt according to the counfel of his will, and that will !hall !l:and, it !hall not be relift• ed; whatfoever he will do, he doth effectually, you have it 'Pfat. IJ)• 6. The LordMi11 Heaven, he doth whatfoever he wilt, what[oever he pteafeth in Rea• veil and i11 E arth, i11 the Seamtd i11 aft deep places. And lfa, 46. 10, he faith, the Cotmfd of the Lord}hall{land. In the Second place, he faith, Ht worketh a!J thi>tgs; what all things 1 I will not meddle with Sin, what hand God bath in it, though the very fame phrafe is ufed of it, Afl. 4· 18. the crucifying of Chrifr, , the greate!l: fin in the, World, it is faid, nothing was done in it, but what his hand and counfel deter-· mined; there was both counfel and hand in it, (that is the expreflion there,) at leafi for the ordering of all the circum!l:ances ot it. l only mention that, and confider all things e!fe, God worketh all things effectually , his hand cafleth all things. Doth there a hair come off ofyour heads? (A hair is a fmall matter,) it is by the Father; Matth. ro. 29. Doth a Man !hoot an Arrow, and there is one beh.ind the Buth, and he killeth him? It is God that delivereth that Man into his hand. Exod. 21.1 ~· He ordercth the thing that is done by chance, and cloth it effectually. God he foretold that Ahab !hould be ilain when he went out to Battle, yet the Text faith plainly, that the Arrow that did kill him, was lhot by chance; A certaiu Mmz drew a Bow at adve11t11re, ( fo yo have it, 1 Kiug. 2 2. J4•) a11dJmote the Ki11g of Ifi·aet /;etwem thejoy11ts of the HartJtfs, whereof'he dyed; it was a meer adventure, but God guided it effectually, for he had prophecyed that Aha/; !hould not go h0me from that Battle, Things that are of the meerefl chance, God works them all. When Ne6u– cbodo1Jozor went to deflroy _/erttfatem, it was the greate!l: defign that could be, a .thmg foretold 70years before ; in Hezekiah's time. You !hall find in Ezech. 21. 20, 21. it was a meer matter of chance that Nelmchod01tojor went thither. The Prophet there de(cnbeth the King of Baby!ou's Journey with his Army, he defcribeth his comming toJm<[atem, and how <loth he defcribe it? So11 of Mau (faith he, ver rg.) appoitJt thee two waies, that the Swordof the Ki1tg of Ba6)•lo11 mqy con:e, both twai11 fhaO come forth out of oue La11d, a11d rhooje thott a place, choofe tt at the headof the way to th"e C10·· There were two ways, Ne6uchodo11ozor came out with his Army, he did not refolve whether he would go, God had foretold he il1ould go to/erufatem; he cometh out I fay with his Army, and he cometh to the head of two ways, one to go toEgypt, (as fome,) another to go to _7erttja!em, he was undetermined; what doth he do? He go– eth and ufeth Divination. The Ki11gof Babylo11 (faith he, ver.21-) flood at the theparti11goj thewtJ)', 'the headof the two "'Jays, and to tt(e 'Divit1atiio11, he rtJrldJ bu Arrow s bright, ( or as fomc read it, he did by mingling Arrows regether,
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