The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

But above all, the argument is, because they have no interest in Jesus Christ; the rich treasures of the infinite ⟨p. 38⟩grace of God, are let out in Christ; God hath divers conduit pipes, (as I may say) of his grace, to let out unto his creatures; there are some lesser conduit pipes, and those conduit pipes may be opened through the general bounty of God; but now the Lord hath the great current of his eternal mercies, for some that he doth intend eternal good unto, and this great current of his, it is stopped by justice, the infinite justice of God doth stop this great current, so as it cannot be opened to have any drop of that mercy let out, until the divine justice comes to be satisfied; in the mean time the other smaller pipes run, the general bounty of God still flows; Christ therefore out of pity to mankind that they may not be put off, with these general outward comforts, he comes and satisfies Gods infinite justice, that he might open the current, the sluice of his infinite & eternal grace to others; now happy are those creatures, who have interest in the Lord Christ, for this is his work to satisfy the justice of the ⟨p. 39⟩Father, that so the great pipe may be opened, and then flows in all grace, infinite eternal grace, when that comes once to be opened, no marvel though we hear of such glorious things, that the Saints of God have in the life to come, no marvel, why Christ doth come and opens the great sluice of Gods infinite grace and mercy to them; as for the men of the world, they have but a little of the drislings of Gods general bounty through some crannies, but the floodgates of Gods grace are opened in Christ: therefore till divine justice be satisfied, there can be no further good for poor man, but merely the fruits of Gods general bounty, and patience.

But above all, the argument is, because they have no interest in Iesus Christ; the rich treasures of the infinite ⟨p. 38⟩grace of God, are let out in Christ; God hath divers conduit pipes, (as I may say) of his grace, to let out unto his creatures; there are some lesser conduit pipes, and those conduit pipes may be opened through the generall bounty of God; but now the Lord hath the great current of his eternall mercies, for some that he doth intend eternall good unto, and this great current of his, it is stopped by justice, the infinite justice of God doth stop this great current, so as it cannot be opened to have any drop of that mercy let out, untill the divine justice comes to be satisfied; in the mean time the other smaller pipes run, the generall bounty of God still flowes; Christ therefore out of pitty to mankind that they may not be put off, with these generall outward comforts, he comes and satisfies Gods infinite justice, that he might open the current, the sluce of his infinite & eternall grace to others; now happy are those creatures, who have interest in the Lord Christ, for this is his work to satisfy the justice of the