Heart- 7reafure. 3:5 God fiored .Chrift, that he might fupply his ~~ ' Members, that. of his fulneft wee m~ty receive, , ~ndGracefor Grace, John I. 16. The plairi Simplex iimple fen{e of which Text, faith Calvtn, is s:nfus cjfe rhar, \vha~ G_races Gio9 heaps on us, th~y all ;~:{c:;ri:· flow from thts Fountatn,therefore are we wa- in. nos gra– tered wich tbe graces that are poured upon tia~ cttm,. . Chrift For obferve it, this is die natureof tat d;ru · Gh; ?fpel1 dif 5 pe!1fations _; W 1 hat fhp~riruhal ~ood ~~:~n~J t 1ngs t e atnts recetve, t ey ave c emnot manare: uow fromGod as Creator,fo much as through reae erg(J the handsof JefusChrift as the gr.eat Media- fcn_timtt. tor of ~he newCovenant , he is the Channel q!" 1 n~sd!r– or Cifl:ern, or rather Fountain of all Grace , cug.tzn zh I' 1 a. . H . un effiifis , t at out 10~1 sexpe'-'Lor r~cet ve : ee 1s onr in. chrzfti$ .Aaron annotated above h1s fellows, th;tt the gratiis. , 1 - Oy~e of Grace might in ics proportion fall Calv. in from thehead to the Members. H~nce it h Loc. . that he i~ calledChrift,and we Chrijfi~ns,fro'In this holy unCtion : For this end was our Lord · ·Jefus advanced~to be the head of the Cbllrch, that he might fill it with all gracious fupplies; and hence it is, that 'the ' Church is 'called his BodJ, the fnlnefs of him that filleth all in 61-lt, Epn.I .2 j. i.e. tbeeffect ofChr_ifis fulucfs,who · fiiieth all the Saints, in all· Ordinances and meansof conveyanceof gracious Influences : Truth of 6race is from him, growth and firength of Graceare from bitn; both the leaft meafure and a large t~eafure are to be had it1 him; ]ob.t o. 1 o. I came that the7 ,rJJight httve life-, and that theymight h~tve it more ah;&ndt~ntly. i.e. the Efienceand Abun<ianceare bGth·from him. So then we fee Cbrift is defigned tobee D 2 our , ' ' . \
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