to fave Sinners, &c. 537 r.o beftow, it may be fomc flav ilh O.fficC, fome flight _and ~rivial Gift, what a di- !lancc do they keep at? How are they overwhelmed wtth Smtors and Floods of At· rcnd:mts, and when they fee how many ftand in need of them, they :tre apt to think rhcmfc!ve:. fufficicnt, and to ftand in nec.d of n?ne. Should I fay to tj1e .ArnbitioP..s a11d Proitd J\lan C... hri!t is able to make all th~ Pnnces of the World cronch and hum· b!e rhcmfclvcs ~m to thee, and lick up the dnft of thy Feet. Should I tell a Covetom Pcrfon, that Chri!t is able to make Gold and Sihrer not only as plenteous as Stones, :!Sin Solomon's time, but that he can turn Stones into Diamonds, apd Dirt into Gold; t!ut he-can Scqncfter the Efta tes of all Men in the World, a~d beftow t~em upo.n him : I need f.1y no more unto fuch, for t hefe Men would believe that Chnft by t hts wonld prove himfclf an All~fufficient Saviour; this is that little which the moft regard and admire; indeed Chrift can do all t his, for he is Lord of the whole World, and of al l thin~s ir:. it; they arc at his beck, and at his difpofals; yet had he no other, no better Trcafures to befi:ow than the whole World, it would not be fatisfafrory, fincc t h<" whole W orld it felf is but a poor infufficient thing ; no, but Chrift will h:tve·hi-. Al\~ fi.Jrfi ciency to be feen and glorified, by giving that to his People which is ~m A H ~ fiJfticin g Good. Three things therefore Chrifi: doth bcftow upon them \\'lJich ·indccd :~r\: All ~ JiJffic i eut. Ch r ift givcth unto his People, 1. An lattrrf. iu an All~{ufficient God. 2 . ./,1 Poff fJfion ,;f A/1-fufficing Grace. 3· A 11 All-[atisfaEfmy .h;herittt1Jce. 1. H~ g ives them an l7tercft in .an All-fuffit'ient God. All-~ufficicncy is God's. moll: comprch~nfivc Attribute, that winch fpeaks out all the reft 1n one word : Wifdom, Por;,·r, :Jufr icc, A1ercy, Goodnefs , Truth, they are fevcral Pcrfeaions of the D ivine Nature tha t 01inc Gloi·ioufly e:1ch of them in their own Sphere, bu t .All-ftdficiency is as ~ it were the Glofs ·and Lufl:rc that doth redound or rell1lt from all thcfe AttributeS' combined together . Other Attributes they are like fevera l Stars that fh.ine with their proper and· difi:intl:Ligbt, butAil-[ufficiency ~s lik~ aCmftellatiow, when all the Stars make but one Light ; therefore when ~(xf procl aims ht~felf to Ab~aham to be qod.Almighty, or God ..Ail~fufficient, Gen. q. I. 1t was as much as t fhe had fa1d, I amWtfe 111 Heart, Mighty in Power, Merciful in Difj)Ofition, Juft in Proceedings, Oood in Promifes, Faithful in Performances : For All-fufficiency is the iJfue and prodntt of all the reft of God's Attributes. Oh what a rich Portion have they that have all God's Attributes for their own. This A/1-fufficiency by Chrifi: becomes ours, H cb. r 1. 16. God is no& a.fluuned to be c~!!cd our God. \\That can Chrifi: do more to approve himfclf to be a S-1!- viour to the uttcrmoft, th::m by giving unto his an infinite boundlcfs good? If the Power of God, the \ Vifdom of God, the Salvation ofGod can £1ve them, they are fi;re to be (wed to the utccrmoft; and hence David fo often glories that God is his Portion , Pfal. 16.5 . Ffal. 73· 26. Pfal. 118. 57· P[al. 16. 5· A nd what Conc!ufion doth he dra',./ fn)tn all this? P[af . 23 . 1. T he Lord is my Shepherd, I fha/lnot wam. No, Soul, i t I· ;nyv,tii1 ~le for thee to want , all things are thy own, God is thine, and all God h:! ..h is ,i.i:1e; n l1ile others fcek to quench their th irft at the broken leaky Ciftern, f1ou m.: Jft b y tl•y fclf :.~t the Fountain and Spring-he:.td ofLivinp Waters, and there fi nd complc::t ht ti s f:.~aion. Certa inly nnlefs AO-fofficiency may ta il, unlefs God's Attributes monldcr and drop away from him, and leave him a defritute and indigent God , thon canft never be impover ilhed, and without fi1pply. God~s W ifdom is full of Counfcl, his Power is full of Proteaion, his Mercy is fu ll of Pardon, hi s Truth and F~ithfulncfs is fnll of Security, Himfelf is Eternally full of Crowns. And thofe cert:~in ly muft Jlecds be ravenous and unfatiablc Defires which fuch an All-fi1fi~·ient God as our God is catlllOt fill and fatisfie. 2 . CJmft alfo inflates the Soul in an All~fufficing Portiov o(Grttce. Grace hath a double figni fl c:1t icm, it may either be taken for Subjective or 6bjeUivc Grace, or what is the fame, for Relative or Real Grace. Relative Grace is that whereby a change is. made in the Rrbtion in which we fi:and to God. In a fi:ate ofNatnre we ftood in a threefold fKl ard wre tched relation to God. We were ftrangers to God, and -Rebels, ~nd Enemic5 to God, and alfo Guilty MalefaCtors, and aS fuch arc liable to Eternal Condemnation, but now the Grace of God intervening, makes a Bleffed Change in all thcfc Relat ions ; of Strangers we are brought near, and enroll ed in the Family of Hc;tvc ~l, and fo arc made Children of God, and Heirs of Glory, by the Grace of Adopno.1. Of Enem ies we arc made Friends and Intimates, and accepted through the Bdo\·cd through the Grace of Redemption. OfGuilty Malefatl'ors we arc acquit.. ted;-
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