A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

3. That it is the greatest Wrong one can do to Grace, to slacken any part of our Duty for Grace's sake. Jude 4. Ungodly Men, turning the Grace of our God into Lasciviousness, [Greek or Hebrew]; they hale it besides its purpose. There is no such Teacher of Holiness as Grace, it teacheth and giveth a Heart to learn: They know not what Grace meaneth, that grow wanton, vain and sensual; to make Grace Sin's Lackey, is a vile Abuse. Rom. 6.15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the Law, but under Grace? God forbid. You are under Grace, therefore yield your selves unto God, as those that are alive from the Dead, and your Members as Instruments of Righteousness unto God; ver. 13. As Fulvius said to his Son when he slew him, I begot thee not for Catiline, but for thy Country. God justified us, not that we might live to Satan, but to himself.

3. That it is the greatest Wrong one can do to Grace, to slacken any part of our Duty for Grace's sake. Jude 4. Vngodly Men, turning the Grace of our God into Lasciviousness, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; they hale it besides its purpose. There is no such Teacher of Holiness as Grace, it teacheth and giveth a Heart to learn: They know not what Grace meaneth, that grow wanton, vain and sensual; to make Grace Sin's Lacky, is a vile Abuse. Rom. 6.15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the Law, but under Grace? God forbid. You are under Grace, therefore yield your selves unto God, as those that are alive from the Dead, and your Members as Instruments of Righteousness unto God; ver. 13. As Fulvius said to his Son when he slew him, I begot thee not for Cataline, but for thy Country. God justified us, not that we might live to Satan, but to himself.

Use 2. Of Trial. Whether we are made Partakers of the Grace of God in the Gospel? Have we these Teachings and Arguings? Many can endure to hear that Grace bringeth Salvation, but that it teacheth us to deny Ungodliness, there they flinch. Men would have us offer Salvation, and preach Promises; but when we press Duty, they cry out, this is a hard saying. The Cities of Refuge under the Law, were all Cities of the Levites, and Schools of Instruction; to note, that whoever taketh Sanctuary at Grace, meeteth Instruction, it is no benefit to thee else. In the general, doth it persuade you to make a willing Resignation of your selves to God?