An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

And as man expresses his desires of free-grace by this word, so doth the Lord his highest actings of it, Exod. 33.19. I will be gracious unto whom I will be gracious. To show, that to make supplication, is, to desire the Lord to be gracious: and that to be gracious is to do that, which is desired by a supplication; the same word in the Hebrew signifies, both an act of lowest humility in us, namely the making a supplication, and an act of the highest grace in God, namely the granting of a supplication. Hence observe,

And as man expresses his desires of free-grace by this word, so doth the Lord his highest actings of it, Exod. 33.19. I will be gracious unto whom I will be gracious. To shew, that to make supplication, is, to desire the Lord to be gracious: and that to be gracious is to doe that, which is desired by a supplication; the same word in the Hebrew signifies, both an act of lowest humility in us, namely the making a supplication, and an act of the highest grace in God, namely the granting of a supplication. Hence observe,

First, In seeking God we must look to receive all from his free-grace and undeserved favour.

Seek unto God, and make thy supplication to him. Mercy in God is the spring of all the mercies received by man. What can a beggar, who comes to a King, ask upon desert? That's the condition of every one that comes to God: we are a company of beggars, the riches both of temporal and spiritual blessings are treasured up in God. Blessed are the poor in spirit, they who look upon themselves as mean and low, as not having a rag of goodness about them, as emptied of themselves, are the vessels which God will fill, He that is full loatheth a honey-comb, and he that thinks he is full, is