A discourse of the saving grace of God

The recovery of Man out of the sta• of Sin and Misery, into which he is fal• en, either by Adam's Transgression, or h• own Wickedness; is more to be ascribed t• himself, than unto God; and so he ow• more thanks to himself for it, than to Go• He does more to Convert, to Quicken, • Sanctify, to Establish, to Save himself, th• God does by his Grace; and so he has mo• reason to thank himself for all. The Lo• does very little, in comparison of wh• Man does in these great Concerns; a• that little which God does, would co• to nothing at all, if Man himself did n• give it efficacy, and make something • it: So that there is left very little grou• or occasion of giving Praise and Glory • God, where, if for any thing, the hig• est Praise and Glory is eternally due • him, and where above all he designe• the greatest Praise and Glory to himself There seems much more occasion to ascribe ⟨p. 79⟩the Praise and Glory of Mans Salvation, both on Earth and in Heaven, unto Man himself: Not unto thee, O Lord, must they say, not unto thee, but unto our selves be the Praise, or at least more unto our selves than unto thee. View this Doctrine well, and compare it with the Doctrine and Design of the Gospel, and you will find them just as agreeable as Light and Darkness.

The recovery of Man out of the sta of Sin and Misery, into which he is fal en, either by Adam's Transgression, or h own Wickedness; is more to be ascribed t himself, than unto God; and so he ow more thanks to himself for it, than to Go He does more to Convert, to Quicken, Sanctifie, to Establish, to Save himself, th God does by his Grace; and so he has mo reason to thank himself for all. The Lo does very little, in comparison of wh Man does in these great Concerns; a that little which God does, would co to nothing at all, if Man himself did n give it efficacy, and make something it: So that there is left very little grou or occasion of giving Praise and Glory God, where, if for any thing, the hig est Praise and Glory is eternally due him, and where above all he designe the greatest Praise and Glory to himsel There seems much more occasion to ascrib