VERS.6. . An Expojition, 'With Notes · Obforvlft, 4· 4· Another C~nfiderat~n of this place inay be this : N atr~ra!IJ 'tis thm with us, but he giveth more grace ; When you are renewed and converted to the faith ofChris1, you l;ave another mflrmer of jp'irit, you Pirc not carriedhy the old envious {pirit that d:fl'lelleth in you, b1tt by a more gracious JPirit which God hathgiven)'.oa. Ob– ferve, The old{pirit and the new fpirit arc quite dtfferent. You ' will be otherwife bygrace, then what vou were by nature; Con-. verjion is difcovered by achange. Oh what a fad thing is it, when Chrifrians are what they ever were 1 You fhould have moregr11ce; your word fhould be, Ego non fum ego, I am not 1now; or nunc ob/ita mihi,tkefe Were myoldcourfes ; or as the Apofile, I Pet. .!}. 3• The time p4f m'!} fujfife to have Walk..§d in the tufts of the jlefo,&c. . O.bfer.vat•. 5. ; . But he giveth moregr~tcc; that is, more for better, as ofcen . in the Scriptures: If you would feek God in an humble manner, you wonld be acquainted with richer matters; you would not fo envy and contend with one another about outward eojoyments. That Whtch the World giveth, is not comparable to \vh.tt God gi- . veth; his is more grace: So Joh. I 4·27· Not M the 'Worldgiveth, give I unto you : Bleffiogs more excellent ! Here we cumber our felves withmuch ferving, but God giveth more grace: Faith will lhew us greater things then theft'. The tmin reafon why m.:n dote upon the world, is becaufe they are not acquainted with an higher glory : Men ate Acorns, till they were acquainted with the n[e of Corn ; a candle is much ere the Sun arifeth. We have not 2 right appreben!ton of grace, till we can fee it yieldeth us more then the world can yield us: Creatures give us a temporary rcfrelhing; the world ferveth its feafon ;, but grac~ a full and. everlafting J9Y· · Whtrefore he faith,] How cometh in this fentcnce? I anfwer, He applyeth it to his drift, ~~ hich is to take them off trom carnal p,urfuits, and ro prefs them to humble addrelfes to God; and there– fore they do ill who leave it out: As Erafmm,who thinketh it on– ly noted at fid1 in the Margin,~nd pptimo-the Text by_fome Scribe. B.ut to the Poims. O/;firvat. y, .. I. God dQth .rtot only offergrac~·j ~ut rf,i.ff,ovtr the.\~ay how We maypar.take of tf : Th~retore he[1uth m ·scnpture, or defineth the way how.we may apP,ly ~~t (elves ."to hipl. God is hearty and in good .ea'rnep: in ~he· off,rs of; g~.ace; :he not only f)ffereth, but, . tcacbeth '
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