2. This impression of glorious Grace in UNIVERSAL. Every faithful hath (not some few, or many, but) all the saving and sanctifying Graces of the Spirit, in all the kinds of them, and is able and doth also put forth the operations thereof, as occasions do invite, and the Law and his own duty doth require at his hands. Joh. 1.16. Of his fullness we all receive, & grace for grace. i.e. for each grace in Christ there is the like, and answerable ⟨p. 89⟩Grace left in the heart of every believer. As it is with the seal and the Wax. There is in the Wax, letter for letter, syllable for syllable, word for word, answerable to that which was in the Seal. Every letter there instamped; is for the kind and number imprinted upon the Wax: So it is with the grace of our Saviour, that is like the seal: our hearts like the wax. We receive patience from his patience, humility in him leaves a like impression of humility in us &c. Holiness from his holiness, courage, from his courage. Hence is that of the Apostle, Galat. 4. 19. My little Children of whom I travail again, until Christ be formed in you. As it is with the parts of the Body of a Child naturally, in an ordinary and common way of Providence; There is not one, or few, or many members of a man, but all the particulars are fashioned, when the Child is conceived: otherwise, it is not a human creature, but a monstrous birth. If the hand should want some fingers, or the Arm a hand, or the Body an Arm: But Nature in the course of generation intends all the parts and all the proportions of them: unless her work be hindered and blemished. So it is in our spiritual Regeneration, when a Christian is born by the immortal Seed of the word, in the Womb of the Church, Whole Christ, i.e. All the saving and gracious dispositions of soul, whereby a man comes to be a perfect Christian, and to carry the stamp of Christ, his everlasting Father, are left upon him: otherwise he is not a new Creature, but indeed a fal• birth and Monster in Christianity. And hence the Apostle wisheth, they should comprehend &c. And be filled with all bis Fullness. Eph. 3.19. i.e. They should not be an empty crevice or corner; no part of the Body, but it should be sanctified to become a weapon of righteousness:
2. This impression of glorious Grace in ƲNIVERSAL. Every faithful hath (not some few, or many, but) all the saving and sanctifi•ng Graces of the Spirit, in al the kinds of them, and is able and doth also put forth the operations thereof, as occasions do invite, and the Law and his own duty doth require at his hands. Joh. 1.16. Of his fulness we al receive, & grace for grace. i.e. for each grace in Christ there is the like, and answerable ⟨p. 89⟩Grace left in the heart of every beleever. As it is with the seal and the Wax. There is in the Wax, letter for letter, syllable for syllable, word for word, answerable to that which was in the Seal. Every letter there instamped; is for the kind and number imprinted upon the Wax: So it is with the grace of our Savior, that is like the seal: our hearts like the wax. We receive patience from his patience, humility in him leaves a like impression of humility in us &c. Holiness from his holiness, courage, from his courage. Hence is that of the Apostle, Galat. 4. 19. My little Children of whom I travail again, until Christ be formed in you. As it is with the parts of the Body of a Child naturally, in an ordinary and common way of Providence; There is not one, or few, or many members of a man, but al the particulars are fashioned, when the Child is conceived: otherwise, it is not a human creature, but a monstrous birth. If the hand should want some fingers, or the Arm a hand, or the Body an Arm: But Nature in the course of generation intends al the parts and al the proportions of them: unless her work be hindered and blemished. So it is in our spiritual Regeneration, when a Christan is born by the immortal Seed of the word, in the Womb of the Church, Whol Christ, i.e. All the saving and gracious dispositions of soul, whereby a man comes to be a perfect Christian, and to carry the stamp of Christ, his everlasting Father, are left upon him: otherwise he is not a new Creature, but indeed a fal• birth and Monster in Christianity. And hence the Apostle wisheth, they should comprehend &c. And be filled with al bis Fulness. Eph. 3.19. i.e. They should not be an empty crevis or corner; no part of the Body, but it should be sanctified to become a weapon of righteousness:
