An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

Now the grounds why they are Gods gifts are,

First, Because there is no necessity upon God, either natural or moral to ¹vouchsafe them to thee. He is not bound to give th• life, senses, wealth; there is no natural necessity, for he made thee out of his mere good pleasure, and he made thee a man, whereas thou mightst have been a Toad or a Serpent. Nor was there any moral necessity; thou doest not deserve any thing at Gods hand; thou doest not deserve a morsel of bread, nor a drop of water; therefore all is the mere gift of God. It is his free gift, God doth it purely out of his love, according to that saying, [Greek or Hebrew], Favours are to be free and naked, not dissembled and counterfeited. Thus God having nothing from thee to move him, doth it from himself alone.

First, Because there is no necessity upon God, either natural or moral to ¹vouchsafe them to thee. He is not bound to give th• life, senses, wealth; there is no natural necessity, for he made thee out of his meer good pleasure, and he made thee a man, whereas thou mightst have been a Toad or a Serpent. Nor was there any moral necessity; thou doest not deserve any thing at Gods hand; thou doest not deserve a morset of bread, nor a drop of water; therefore all is the meer gift of God. It is his free gift, God doth it purely out of his love, according to that saying, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Favours are to be free and naked, not dissembled and counterfeited. Thus God having nothing from thee to move him, doth it from himself alone.

1. 1Reasons. Why these are all Gods gifts. 1. God is not necessitated to give them.