An Expojition of the Epijlle ~ looked not at Works in Election; fo when it comes tocall, it looks neither to ~ Good nor Evil: And therefore prophefymg ofthe Calltng of ']acob, and not of _ Fj u:, he faith, tt "' That the Purpofe of God accordmg to ElefJzon might ftand, before they bad do11e ezther Good or Ev_zl. . . Therefore I conclude thus w1th tt, that as fpeakmg of Chnfi:'s Redemption w would ule this Phr.tle ofSpcech, That the P~trpofe ofGod accordi11g to ElcfJion ,/,igh~ ft.md, 110t ofWorkf, but •fhzm that redeemedus; fo 10 hkemanner, when he fpeaks of Apphcatwn, That the P11rpo[e of God accordmg to E!elizo~t mightftand,~tot ofWork.f, f.1ith he, but of Hmz that caUetb lit. Look therefore now, as Jefus Chrifl: did act the Work of RedemptiOn accordmg to the Plat-form laid, and fo it was according to that Grace which was given us in him before the World began and yet it was a new Grace too; fo when the Holy-Ghofl: cometh to call, he afrs ac– cording to the Pattern of the Grace ofGod in Elell:ion. Now then here lies the Q))ellion: Whether that God did love us with the fame Love from everlalling, which he loves us withal when he callsus? My Brethren, it is clear that it is the fame Love, the fame Grace continued . yet let me fay this withal, that there is ~ new Grace i!l it. The Inllance o'f Chrifl:'s Redemption fo clears tt, as notht~g more ; for tt was according to the eternal Purpofe of Grace, that Jelus Chnft came to redeem us, yet it was a new Grace. Jefus Chrift came not only to manifefi the Love of God, tho he did that, but he came to work Salvation for us : So likewife here, when the Holy– Ghofl: cometh to apply, it is not only the Manifefiation of this Grace of the Son and of the Father, or it is not only the fame Grace; it is a new Grace, tho ac~ c01·ding to the old Grace. · And let me tell you this, that the Holy-Ghofi: is as great a Perfon as the Son and therefore there is a Work left for him, that !ball have a new Grace in it a; well a• in the Son's Work: It !ball be left for him to do us as great a Favou~ in his kind, as Je!lts Chrift did do us in his kind. And fo now I pafs from that [By Grace. J Ye arc foved. J I told you, that the whole Right of Salvation was here inten– ded by [Saved,] but I will not fiand upon that. Only let me decide this Qge!lion too by the way, which follows immediatly upon the other, Qgefi:. Whether is a Man foved Jo, when the Work. of Application begi11s through Faith, as he was not before? I anfwerclearly, that it may befaidofhim, that he is now faved as he was not be– fore, and that it is not ameer Manifefiation of his Salvation. The Text is fo clear for it in the Coherence, as nothing more; for do but mark it, Ye are (faith he) byNat11re Childre11 ofWrath; by Graceye arefoved: there is an Oppofition between thefe two Words, for Salvation hath Relation to Wrath, as you have it in Rom. 5· 9We are foved from Wrath thr01tgh bim. Now ifwhen we are faid to be faved, it were only the Manifefl:ation ofSalvation to us, then when wearefaid to be Chil– dren ofWrath, it were only the Manifefiation ofWrath to us too: but we were Children ofWrath really, and.therefore we arc faved really now, in a true real Sente. And ifit were a mcer Manifefiation ofbeing faved, and we were always faved, in a true and proper Scnle, then we were Children ofWrath Metaphorical– ly and not really; if the one be real, the other is real, or both are not fo, and if fo, then I fay, thiswas not a real Truth, that we are CbildrenofWrath by N11111re. Nowthenifyoufay, Didz10tGodlove111? DothnottheTextfay, Yonhathhe quick,zzed for the great Love whereJVith he loved m? I an[wer, He bathfoved m,and caUcd 111 accordi11g to hi<Grace given 111,as he faith, in that 2 Tim. r. 4· It was given us in Chrifi indeed, and it is out of that Love he now cal!eth us and faveth us; and yet there is a true Sen!f', in which refpect we are not tobe faved till now.AKing in f.wing aTraitor,pnvately bears a goodWtll to
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