ill gracefrom god. 0.=soMers =sa Orelosearaosirmasamilo can doe nothingofour felves, that wee have nothing in our felves, but Cane. All the fulneffe ofgrace is inhim, and therefore whofoever hath any mull have it from him;as in the Egyptian famine whothever had any corn had it from Iofeph, to whom thegranaries and treafures ofEgypt were for that purpofe committed. And this Lowlineffe ofheart, and fink ofourowne Emptineffe is that which makes us alvvayes have monde to our fountaine,and keepe in favor with our head,fromwhom wee mull receive frefh fupply offlrength for doing any good,forbearing anyevill,for refillingany temptation, for overcomming any enemie. For beg inning,for conti- nuing, andfor perfe&ing any Dutie. For though it bee mans heart that doth thefe things,yet it isby a forraigne and impreffed flrength ; as it isiron that burnes, but not by its owne nature ( which is cold ) but by the heate which it bath received from the fire. It witt not I, faith the.Apolile, bat thatgraceofgodwhich was with nee. To comfort us likewife when wee confider that all fulneffeand firength is inhimas inan Officer, an Adam, a treafurer and difpencer of all needful' fupplies to his people, according to the place they beare inhis bodie, and to the exigence andmeafureoftheir condition, in themfelves, or fervice in hisChurch. Sure wee are that what meafire Meyer heegivesunto any, hee hath fill a refidue ofSpirit, nay beef ill retainethhis ownefulneffe, hath fill enough to carry us throughany condition,and according to the difficulties of the fervice hee puts us upon, bath fill wifedome to underfland,compaffion to pine, flrength to fupply all our needs. And that all this hee bath as a merciful' and faithful( depofitarie , as a Guardian, and husband, and elder brother, to in.ploy for the good ofhis Church; that he isunto this office ap- pointed by the will ofhim that fent him,to lofenothing ofall that which is givenhim, but toke:pe, and perfe61 it unto the refurre6ion at the'laft day. That God bath planted 27 VERSE 1.
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