upontheEpi(lleof JAM :as. Vuu.6. teacheth, nay draweth, Joh.6.44,45. Thus Chrifi difcovererh the riches of his grace; All thil1gs aregiven me of my Father, .ll4at. 1 r. '-7• then ojfereth them, (ome to me, &t. verf. 28. then 01ewerh the way, Lea"n of me, &c. verf. 29. Ufually the Soul fiicketh at this; There is enough in Chrifi,but how !hall I do to ob– tain it? God will teach you, draw you; he is as willing to give 453 Faith, as to give Salvation. - z. Again, from that [Wherefor-e he faith,] Thofc that would Obj(rv. :1, h"'ve gra,ce, muft tak_e the right Way to obtain it. Not only conGder what Godgiveth, but what He .faith: God that hath decreed the end 1 hath decreed the means. That~s the reafon why we have not only Premi(es in S'cnpture, but DireEtions; it checke:th thofe that would have the blef!ing, but wouldnot ufe the m1ans: Mofl: content themfelves with lazy willies; vellent fed no/unt, they would have grace, but lie upen the bed of eafe, and expeCt to be wrapt to Heaven in a fiery Chariot, or teat grace fh(i)u'd ·drop to them om of the Clouds: God that faith he he will give grace, faith fomeching elfe, that you mufi be humble to receive ir:. 3· Again, From the ApofUe:s [Wherefore J 'Tis an e.we/!ent Obfervat 3• . Art to ran'z.Scriptures tn their order, and to know \vhereforeeve– ·ry thing is fpoken in theWord, that we may fuit abfolute Promi– fes with conditional, and put every-truth in its proper place,accord– ing to that analogy and ·proportion that they bear one to another; as Jt!lmes linketh the general offers of grace with another Promiff., He giveth grace to the humble. •fis good to know Truth in i~s frame:· There is a Compages, or fweet frame, in which all Truths are joyned by natural couples and connetl:ions ; as the Curtains of the Tabernacle were looped ro one another. Indiltintl: apprehen– fiondo but difpofe to trror or !oofcnefs: Tru£hS awe mon, when ·we are f\nftble of that cognation or kin, by which they refpechnd 'touch one another: ·.!Mar}' pondered the{e fayings in ha he~Zrt, Lu~1.19. the word is ~uMa/E~~ct, compared them one wich ano– ther. An hint here, and an him there,' maketh men loofe and cate– lefs; as when abfolute Fromifes are not confidered in the analogy of Faith: Ab(olute Promifes may beourfirft encouragement, but conditional Promifes muft be our dircllion; they ar~; a plan.kcaft · out to fave afinking Soul, but the[e ihew us the way how to get into the Ark. Well then, be not contended with Sermon hint!, till , youhave gottenap~ttern offound 'tVords, and~an difcern the imen~ M Jl) m 3 of:
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