Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

10. The Grace of God is our help; many feeling the strength of corruption cry out with Paul, ¹O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death? O I find a law in my members warring against the law of my mind; but they consider not the comfortable saying of Christ to Paul, My grace is sufficient for thee; by the assistance of grace Paul could do any thing; I can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth me; ²yea, In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us: the Psalmist hath a notable expression to this purpose, I will run the way of thy Commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart; this enlargement of heart was by the grace of God; grace is compared to oil: as a dry purse is softened and enlarged by anointing it with Oil, so the heart drawn together by sin, is opened and enlarged by the pouring of grace into it; and if grace be present, then saith David, I will run the way of thy Commandments; not walk, but run; it is an allusion to a Cart-Wheel, which crieth and complaineth under a small burden being dry, but when a little Oil is put into it, it runs merrily, and without noise; and if David could say thus in his time, how much more should we that live in these Gospel-times, when grace in greater measure is effused, and poured out? by the grace of Christ (should we say) we will walk, and run, and fly in the way of his Commandments.

10. The Grace of God is our help; many feeling the strength of corruption cry out with Paul, ¹O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death? O I find a law in my members warring against the law of my mind; but they consider not the comfortable saying of Christ to Paul, My grace is sufficient for thee; by the assistance of grace Paul could do any thing; I can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth me; ²yea, In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us: the Psalmist hath a notable expression to this purpose, I will run the way of thy Commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart; this enlargement of heart was by the grace of God; grace is compared to oyl: as a dry purse is softned and enlarged by anointing it with Oyl, so the heart drawn together by sin, is opened and enlarged by the pouring of grace into it; and if grace be present, then saith David, I will run the way of thy Commandments; not walk, but run; it is an allusion to a Cart-Wheel, which crieth and complaineth under a small burthen being dry, but when a little Oyl is put into it, it runs merrily, and without noise; and if David could say thus in his time, how much more should we that live in these Gospel-times, when grace in greater measure is effused, and poured out? by the grace of Christ (should we say) we will walk, and run, and fly in the way of his Commandments.