Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…

It may be, to make all Flesh depend on himself, when they may not depend absolutely on their own Conscience, nor on the multitude of Believers, nay, nor on Apostles, as to some practices and opinions wherein they were not infallibly inspired; seeing God may suffer them and Conscience too sometimes to mistake, that neither they nor it may be made the last and supreme Judges, but may be kept always subordinate to himself as such. 5ly. It may be ordered so, to show the sovereignty and freedom of Grace, and also the necessity of it: the sovereignty and freedom of Grace, that will save such that may live long, and even perhaps die in a mistake; it's true we should by all means beware of abusing the freedom of Grace to sin; yet notwithstanding he will have it seen that these whom he saveth and eminently coun•nanceth are not without sin: and the necessity of Grace, for keeping them when they cannot keep themselves; yea it may be also for the praise of Grace; that if at any time the Believer is kept right and free from errors and mistakes, the praise may not be to himself whether as to any thing of the truth or of the practice of Religion; because many more eminent, better gifted, and more tender then he, have fallen; wherefore it must be God that by his Grace maketh the difference, who therefore should only have all the praise. 6ly. That Believers may learn to glory and •oast alone in him and not in their agreement with others ⟨p. 81⟩that are godly, nor in their own mind and Conscience simply, nor in their good frame, nor in their many gifts; and that they may not idolize any of all these, for if they were always in the right, in a good frame, &c. these things would readily be thought too much of; therefore the Lord sweepeth all these things away, that none may glory in any thing that is in themselves, or in others; but that they that glory may glory in the Lord, and be made to profess and proclaim the absolute necessity of having God, to be all; and eminently sovereign above all things, and to know, that though Christians were in the Mount with Christ; that yet it will not be that alone which will keep them right. 7ly. It may be thus ordered, that God may show the special usefulness of his Word; and that his own people may know the necessity of studying it, and of cleaving to it;

It may be, to make all Flesh depend on himself, when they may not depend absolutely on their own Conscience, nor on the multitude of Blievers, nay, nor on Apostles, as to some practices and opinions wherein they were not infallibly inspired; seing God may suffer them and Conscience too sometimes to mistake, that neither they nor it may be made the last and supream Judges, but may be keeped always subordinate to himself as such. 5ly. It may be ordered so, to shew the soveraignty and freedom of Grace, and also the necessity of it: the soveraignty and freedom of Grace, that will save such that may live long, and even perhaps die in a mistake; it's true we should by all means beware of abusing the freedom of Grace to sin; yet notwithstanding he will have it seen that these whom he saveth and eminently counnanceth are not without sin: and the necessity of Grace, for keeping them when they cannot keep themselves; yea it may be also for the praise of Grace; that if at any time the Believer is keeped right and free from errors and mistakes, the praise may not be to himself whether as to any thing of the truth or of the practice of Religion; because many more eminent, better gifted, and more tender then he, have fallen; wherefore it must be God that by his Grace maketh the difference, who therefore should only have all the praise. 6ly. That Believers may learn to glory and oast alone in him and not in their agreement with others