Opened and .dpplied. · 91 pence ir; no1~ thar they cannot reil; ind~ed P,;,uf by feeing the power pur forch, knew rh~ el~C1:ion of :ne '(hejfalonirms, I Thejf. I. 4:buc pot b~fore; he could not fay Thts man I wtll gtve gqce unro, and nor to rhat; a MiniHer as T , 111, AEts l S.Io. may in general know chat there is fome people in fuch a place, at le•lt probably, bur who they b: he ~nows not, no more than · s amuel, who knew one of Jejfes Sons was robe Ktng, bur not one whom he liked, blur whom the Lord did chufe ; and hence a Minifler Cllls all, becaufe be-knows nor who they b.: : only fome are called, becaufe Chri(l knew, and therefore in his band iris. Secondly, The power mutt be omniporenr,borh ro lay the foundation, and to go on w~rh rhe building; now that ~annat b::_ ~ut forth by a poor finite creature, when tt Wtll, buc when the Lord IVlll ; a Mtnt!tef may preach and quicken, • Cor, 4 , f5, a Cb ri!l~an may exhort and co~forr, and yet th~y_ may hear and meet again tw<:nry umes and never find~he h~e day, be~aufe ~h~tr w~apons are only mighty thto\lgh God, 2 Co:.ro.4,5· . . Thirdly, Shedqmg of blood, dytng and b:anng wrath, ro purchafe and foro ave rhe Spirit ro fend ; for rhe Spirit of Grace could never b: given, nor encreafed, nor continued in any, had not blood firit purchafed this ; our fins 01re faid robe healed by blood, and we cleanfed from them by ir, i.e. by rhe Spirit purchafed by it, Heb.9.14- Blqad fPrinkled purifiu your confciences with blood,· i.e. the vertue of blood applied by the Spirit: If any of the Saints fhed blood for the Church ro redeem ~r,_ then they have power to convey the Spirit of Grace to the Church; and lt 1s as hard ro convey one dra.n of Grace as to dye. · · . . --...-------_,...,.--_...,......,.__~------- SECT. VU. HEn'ce we may fee the glory and excellency of ~he Lord Jefus abovt; all m~:n; nay, above all {he'b~ men and b~a Churches li"vin~; ask 'Da'11id whom he loves and honorsmofi, he will tell you, Pfal.lH· He dejpifeth a vile perfon, and h•nor s them that fear the L ord; a·nd that Chrilti~ll th,lt is moft excellent had all his heart; 'ask any Cbriftian~ to What men his h~arr is' moll knir, andwhom he dorh moft of all honor, if h<: fe ~s one man in forty moll holy mofl humble, mofi like to God, mo(t acquainted wirh God, and rhe mind of God ; aT au! for wifdom, a 'Davi4 for brohnnefs of fpirir, an Abruh,m for Faith, a Srcven for courage and zeal, &c. their very feet are b::auriful, their very namt~s are aq alablalter.box broken up. And why dorh· he rhus? Becaufe he fees they are holy, and like.ro God; Oh butronfider · they cannot make thee holy, ir is not in their Iibwy; though they lhould like rhee,they cannot reach thee-one truth faving ly;rhoo hafl a rugged hean,rhey cannot poli!11 thee; and wi!de, they cannot tame ir; rh~y .cannot convey one dram, or taite, or favor of rhe life of G race ro th~e' Oh if thefe b:: lovely who only have oyl in their vefii!ls, thou; h rhey can give nonHor thee: Ufe 1. WharisrheLord Jefus th~n? whois notonly holy, fairer thanrhe children of men,·having all without meafure; bur can alfo mak(! rh ~e hol y, which none of rhe Saints can; who no_r only is go~d and holy, bur do_rh good, and makes ~ holy. Thou looke!l fomenmes upon Samrs, and.fcefl rhetr grace aud ltfe, and ; · mourne!l for want of it, keepe!t company with .them) and wilh~fl'thou had(l; th(!ir oyl, but they cannot help thee to it : Oh look up to the Lord : If thou lovelt and prizeit them, oh prize and love rbe Lord much more who harh it in his hands to give it umo thee : who lik~ a Spring fends nor ~rth its !lreams to refrefh it felf, but tbe weary, bur rhe faim, l[~t. so+ who like / ------------------~--~M~n1~m~~2----------------t~he_\ ________
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