W:ElR -5:). An !Expojition, with Notes ants? Zeph. 3· 10. Of the generation of them that fee!(_ him? Pfa!. 24. 6. {0/Jflrvat. 7• 7· Askjngyee!deth a remedy for the great eft wants. Men fit down groaning under their difcouragemenrs, becaufe they do not look further then themfelves: Oh,you do not know how you may fpeed in asking 1 God humbleth us with much weakJtejs that he may put us uponprayer. That is eafie to the Spirit which is hard toNature : God req'Jireth fuch obedience as is above the poWer of our Natures, but not above the po~er ofhu o" 1 nGrace, Twas a good faying, that, Da quod jubes, & jube quod vis: Cjive what thou commandeft, and command what thou Wilt. Jf God com– mand any thing above Nature, 'cis to bring you upon your knees for Grace-; Hdoveth to commt!tnd that you may be forced to Mk...: And indeed if God bath .commanded, you may be bold to ask. There is a promifo goeth hand in hand with every precept. Let himtUb..: / · O!J(ervat. 8. .8.[Thatgiveth] Gods Dilpenfations to the Creatures arecarryed . in the way ofagift : Who can make God his Debtor ? Advan– tage his Being ? or,.perform aH Act that may be obliging and meri. torious? Ufually God befiowethmoft upon thofe who, in the eye of the world, are of lea.ft defert, and leafi able to requite him:: Doth not he invite the \\Jr;r.ft freely? Jfai. 55. I. He that hath mmoney, come, and buy with(J.ut money,cmdwithout price: * N.tGreg. Na~.urat ~ian~en, I remember, notably improveth this place,~ Tn~ ~xo~.lct; 4o.De Baptif· ~ rruvctii.Ad.Jit£&tt@-J Oh this eafie way of ~ontraCl: ! J'Lh<>a-tv ~JIJov ~ mg, circa mcd. r...r~,p./3d.v-.srnv sn~ot,Hegiveth more willingly then others fell L l.Jvtov 11d T~ J.£A.nrrcr..l p.ovov To J'Jir~,9ov, If thou wilt but accept, that's all the price; though you have no merits, nothing in your felves, to encourage you, yet will you accept ? So in the Gofpel, The blinde Matth, u. and the lPZme were called to t heWedding. What ever is di!penced to fuch perfons, mull needs be a gift. Welt rhen, Silence all fecret thoughts, as if God did fee more in you then others, when be poureth our more of himfelf to you:. Merit is fo grofs a con~eit, that in the light of the Gofpd ic darech not appear in fo manydown– right \\19rds: But there are impltcite whif}erings, fome thoughts which areverba mcnti.s,the words of the min~e, whereby we think that there is fome reafon for Gods choyce; and therdoretis faid, . Deut. 9. 4· Say not in th7 hetJZrt, For my o'W1J righteoufnefl: 4s youd~re ~ot fay it oulwardly, fo ~o !!~~ fay it inyqur._ he~Jrfs : Be · not -~-- ~-------
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