Ver. 32. the 8th Chapter to the ROMANS. 323 SERMON XLII. R O M. VIII. 32; He that fpared not his own fon, but delivered him up for us all, how (hall be not with him alfo freely give us all things? 15%1 HE Apostle had been (peaking of God's eternal Decree, which is his ,ys hidden Love; now he fpeaketh of Redemption by Chri4, which is W his open and declared Love. In Predeflination his love was concei- ved in his own heart 5 in Redemption 'tis manifested in the effeâs, and commended to us: That was the rife, this the vi ible demonstra- tion. In the former Verse the Apoftle reasoned a canfa i here is argu- mentum a fgno. Once more: The former queftion is a comfort against that trouble which may arife exprefentia mob, this againfl our trouble which may arife ex abfentia boni. The Covenant - Notions by which God is ex= preffed, are Two, suitable to the Two forts of bleflings we have by him, poftive and privative; that he is a Sun and a Shield, Pfd. $4. r I. and Gen. 15. r. Fear not, Abra ham, 1 am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Do you fear evil ? God is our Shield 5 and if God be with us, who can be against us ? that is, fo as to procure our utter and eternal ruin. Doyou want good? God is our Sun, and our exceeding great Reward There is blefting enough to be had in God : The Argument of the Text sheweth it ï Ht that fpared not his own fon, &c. In the Words we have two things, God's former and after Bounty. I. Foundation. or, 2. An Inference. n. The Foundation and ground-work of the Argument is propounded. r. Negatively: He fpared not his own fon. 2. Pof tively : But delivered him up fortis all. 2. The Inference is conliderable, both for the Matter and the Form: 'In the Matte ,. take notice of a gift resulting from the Death of Chrift 5 where r. the extent of the gift or donation, [all things]. 2. The Freenefi of the gift, xae,ocroa, freely. 3. The Methodand Order, Cwtdoeh, with him. 2. The Form. 'Tis an appeal to our Reafan and Conscience; how foal/ hr not ? As if it were laid, Can an any man be fo absurd and illogical, fo little skilled in the art of tea- foning ? How is it poffible to imagine, that he that gave us Chrifi, will deny us any thing that is good for us? Dolt. That in the Death of Chriff, God bath laid a broad foundation for a large fuperllru. (lore of grace, to be freely difpenfed to ail thole that have an interefI in hisa. Let me hero Phew you, 9 S x fi. Hos4
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