Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

God is full of all Grace, with the fullness of the Fountain; he is full with his own fullness, but not filled from another. A Believer may be full too, but he is filled from the fullness of God. Thus John the Baptist is said to be filled with the Holy Ghost, Luke 1.15. And so Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost, v. 4. So was Zechariah, v. 67. And thus were the Disciples all filled with the Holy Ghost, Acts 2.4. All these were full, but their fullness was borrowed; they were filled: It was of Christs fullness, that they received grace for grace, John 1.16. They were filled, but they could not fill others from their fullness; they had Grace, but none to spare: And every Believer must answer his Brother that would borrow of him, as the wise Virgins did, Matth. 25.9. Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you. There is an All-sufficiency of Grace in Christ; its well if Believers have a sufficiency according to Christs promise to the Apostle, 2 Cor. 12.19. My grace is sufficient for thee: And having premised this little, I shall give the direct Answer to the Question in these following particulars.

God is full of all Grace, with the fulness of the Fountain; he is full with his own fulness, but not filled from another. A Believer may be full too, but he is filled from the fulness of God. Thus John the Baptist is said to be filled with the Holy Ghost, Luke 1.15. And so Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost, v. 4. So was Zechariah, v. 67. And thus were the Disciples all filled with the Holy Ghost, Acts 2.4. All these were full, but their fulness was borrowed; they were filled: It was of Christs fulness, that they received grace for grace, John 1.16. They were filled, but they could not fill others from thelr fulness; they had Grace, but none to spare: And every Believer must answer his Brother that would borrow of him, as the wise Virgins did,