Of E!eelion. 4· The loterefl that Chrifl hath in that Glory, into which the Father huth ~ C alled us by him, who~atbcalled us m to EurrNI gtor~ . 6y Jeftts Chrifl. In Chap 7· w l11ch Glory cl ours, and our bewg brought mto tt, Chnfl having an hood, as ~ well as the Father; from thence doth a great mtercfl, and concernment of his lie, to fee to the prefervation, and firengthcning, and perfecting of ns, to the end, as well as the Father. . . . There are a multitude of other Confidcrations might be drawn from Chritt, to Infer thi• main Conclulion: But thefe are natural, aod proper to the Text , And I confine my felf to them, and t(Jcm alone. T. That God u a God of grace, yM, of all g;ace, to us, By Jrjits ~~ - . ' God forbid, l fl1ould fay, or you underfland, as if God were not aCod of,,/t grace, as in himlcl f, in his nature, or elfenrially; or that he were fo only by .7rfils €hrifl. The Man .7efus, adds nothing unto him at all. My RzgiJteu 11 j, mjs extmdnbnot unto thee, fays Chrij/ unto his Father, Pfal. 16 z. But this it is I affirm, that it is by Jefus Chrifl he is fuch a God to us. When l Hand, led tiJat part, The God of all Grace; I gave this diflindion, howheWJs, th~ God of a!Jgrtlce; I. Elfentially in hi1 Nature; 2. In refpdl of his Purpofes of Grace. And 3· In his D1fpenfations unto us. I Now this is that I here affirm, That :ill his Purpofes of Grace, 1nd all h'b Difpeofatioris ofGrai:e~ they are all in, and by Jefus Chrifl. He would not have been a God of Grace, much lefs of all Grace to us, buc for, and through Jeflls Chrifl. .And for a General proofof this, look, as he is here faid, to be the God ofall Grace, by Je{iiS Chnjl; So elfewhere, that all the blc/Iing>, ( which /?om. 5: 15', 16, 17, are fliled, the gzfts bygrace) or, which Grace beflows, thefe are all faid tci be.in, and by Jefus Chrifl. Nay, there is no Ad ofGods either Immanent; in his own heart, or breafl, or purpofcs towards Us; or Tran!icnt, and Emanant, of htmfelf, conferred upnn us, but he hath foun· dedit, and feared it in Jcfus Chrifl~ Eph. 1. >· B!rffed bethe God ,md I'<uher ofour Lord Jefus Chrzfl, who bath 6/t[{td liS W tlh an fjurtltllt bielfings i fl heavenly ptaces, i11 Chrijl. So in General, he enumerates t he p·orticulars, even from that of choojing us itz him; which was an immanent \et 1n him, Verj. 4- U nto ottr o6rami11g an l11heritance ht h""• Verj. 1 r. And whiltt he fays, [Afl] ble/Iings in General, and then gives a bill or the chieren. and greate!t particulars of t hofe ble!Iin(ls ; and that they are all t nc blellings of Grace; as Vtrf. the6th. To thtpra1jr oftheglory of hi<grace, and fo ori in the refl ofthe. Ver(es ; Looli how far t l1e Grace of God extends, fo f•~doth the influence b'y Chriil extend i Chrill is left o~t in none. We bwe all to God,. and we owe all to Chrifl. As God is in his Grace, all in all, JoClmjl i< a!t i 11 all, >Cololf. 11 . I ufe to fay, Free-grace, Chrifl, arid Faith in us, arc adequate, that is; 1. There i• no ble/Iing that Free-grace bath to bellow, but it hath gi ~en, . and bequeathed it to the EteCl So11s ofmw. 2. There was noth;ng Free-grace had deligned, and given, but Chrifl comes as the Med,um, the lnflrumcnt of it : And is Gods perleC;l: Servant to accomplifl1 it. l• There is nothing where– in Gods free-grace towards us, hath manif:d~ed it felf; or wherein Chrifl had1 any way appeared, but that Principle of Faith in us, is fitted to apprehend it; and to rake it in, in fuch a manner, as to give both Free- gr~ce, and Chrifl thG right and proper glory ; according unto the way of Gods grace, and :mention therein, which no Grace in us elfe w as fitted to do. L:keas no fenfe but the eye, is fitted to take in all the vilible World at once.
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