1 370 TheSpirituall Sonne,/hip. fMaray, ». (for,?'obin thatbath!hall 6egun,&'dbe Thalham abundance{:)leboiachie$porti. on diedwithhim,buttheportionoftheSon sofGad,extendsitfelfthenintothe , greateff proportion,when their dales onearth are determined,& fo iecómeth z,C 4a7. a" eterttallweightof glory S.How fufily then may the Adoptedchildof Goatake vp thefpeechofthePl:d Ime,and fay,7he lines are fallenvino me inapleafantplace, bPfal,r6.6. yea"ham afalse heritages?How vile is a kingdometomein refpeftofthis pof- fcdlion? What Ilia IIItay,to quicken youraffeâionsto this thing ? I muff cum pray for you , as the prophet Ehfhadid for his fetuant, Lord!befeecb theeopen i.10..0.7. their eietthat theymayfee I remember whatthe Apoftle Paid of the great men which crucified Chriff ;Had tbeyknowen it, theywouldnewer haventuifmdthe Lord }, Cot a,& ofg/oryk;Sodidwe know(as our Sauiour fpake to the woman ofSamaria)tbegifp uoh. 4. to. a Godt,were our eíesannointed with a alnem,that we mightfee the dignity mcu, ;.r8, f oy I sïfkkto. ay. of thisvnalterable elate , we couldwiser tread underfoot fo great a bleffing, and paffe along byit with a difdainfulland careleffe eye, as a thing notwor.. thythe regarding. jean fay no more;-Ifneither the excellencyofthe eiate, in regardofthe prefent fruitionofit (fpokenofin the former part,) northeper- petuityof it (difcouered now)can moouevs,I know not what mayperfwade vs. Amanmay erenpity vs,as Chrll't didhis perfecatrrs,andpraythat God oA&.7.60. would notlayfbie fintoour cbarge,becaufr indeedwe know not what wedot'.Only p L.10,3 gq, for a conclufion,let me commendone thing vetoyou:When old Eli had giueti holy and wholefomeadviceto his difordered fonces, theholy Ghoi thus ad.. deth , Notwitbffandièg they obeyednot the voice oftheir Father, becasfe theLora 9t Sam. 3.3f. wouldflay them v t and vpon the fameground the Prophet of Gcd Paid to King. Amaziah,I know thatGodbath determinedtodeffroy tbee,becasfethoshaft not obeyed raChr.ay.t 6. my carotid' r. Out of which placesit followeth , that mens difobedience tothe counfell of God,whenit is gracionfly revealedto them,is a certen fore-runner ofdeltruetion. A finne isdifcouered,a remedy declared, butthe euill is not re-. formedtwhere it is fo,it is,&ecaufethe Lordwrllflay.But I will hopebetter things ofyou and fo cometo the fourth point. The a. Do. The fourth and lai Dodfrine is,That thefpringandfountaineofalltbie excellent armeoftide efiate,ia Gods lone. Beholdwhatloue,d-c. This is fo plaineand obuious outof the Sermon, very currentof the worda,thatberna,roone thatreadctb iii. Anyosan may fee, f /aiea.3, thatthe Apoile acknowledgethnoother beginningof this Sonnefbip, but the Lone ofGod.Iwill(accordingtomy courfe heldhitherto in the former points) endeuour togiue furtherlightvnto this Do&rine,by tcl5cimonies, authorities, and proofesof holyScripture. This is that therefore, the proofe andexplica. Lion whereof Ivndertake t 7batosr being theadopted former anddaughter:ofGad is Chrif£,can be afcrtbedtono othertoile, bataneyochefreedom ofGodsgrace : For, fo the Lone ofGod hathno higher cacle then it Celle : Notthat we tonedhim,Mit -trIols..so, that he loosed .jsfrft'. This th5 c by way ofa firftproofe,1may aRi, nrc, that the wordofGod,fpeakmgof theparticulars ofmans Saluation,detMeth all outof theLoue,Grace,Mercy,8ounty of God,excludingall things wltatfocuerelfe,that might feeme to-bee any motines or inducementsto him. Touching Eleilion whichis theground ofall,it is (aid that the wholedrift ofit,is nothingbut this, u Ephel.t.6. Tbepraifeofihe gloryofGodsgrace's There is nothing to be beheld init,but only Grace. Touching thefending ofCbtift, toworke that great worke ofour Re. xioh.3. 16, demption; Se God loued the World, that begame hie only begotten Sonne, rye x. Touching our Callingout of thehateofcondemnation, voto the hopeofa bet. ter life, Clodbathcalledvs wirhan holycalling, not according toesrworkes boa ae- Y51/0.1.9. cording to his purpofe and graceY. Touchirg luflificatto', ; We are isffrfied freely gRom,;, a4, byhis graces. Touching SR/satron, which is the end and accomplilhment of all, When the Bansesfulnefemet LoseofGod our Simians toward manappeared, not by thewarkeofR,gbteosfnejewhrcb wehaddone , but according tohie Mercy befasci oTima3. 4,1, v: a. Itware sot hardto multiply teflimoities ofthiskindI dobut gin; you a talk
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