An ·Expojition of the Epiflle ~but upon a Covenant of Grace, upona Gift. Hence therefore the Lord, when ~ he calls a Man, and firft works upon htm, can gtve htm more Grace than ano– ther ; tho both born of th<> fame fecond .Adam, yet the one may be born a ftrong Man the firft day, as Pa11l was; the other a poor Creature, that is grow– ing up many years to that degree of llrength: Why ? Becaufe that Chrill works freely, we arc in him by virtue of a Covenant of Grace; and therefore the proportion, the degrees, how much Grace he will bellow upon a Man, and how little, it is by his own power and ordination. But now we are in Adam by a natural Covenant: And as natural Caufes work ad ulti/Jtam potentiam,. as the Sun !bines to the utteJ;JTiofi; hence now Adam conveys to his Pollerity one and the f.1me Corruption, equally to all. • SERM.·
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