Sermons preached

(1.) They lose their Advantage, and receive one of God's Gifts in vain. To receive objective Grace in vain, aggravateth our Guilt, Joh. 3. 19. But to receive subjective Grace in vain, doth more provoke God. Objective Grace is that which is discovered in the Gospel; subjective Grace is that ⟨p. 204⟩which is found in the Heart of a Believer, the internal Grace of the holy Spirit renewing the Heart. Now to sin away this Advantage after we are made Partakers of it, doth increase our Guilt; surely therefore if we live in the Spirit, we should walk in the Spirit, Gal 5. 25. We should improve God's best Gifts, or else the work of his Spirit is lost. He loseth nothing but Corn, Wine, and Oil bestowed upon others, but he hath bestowed the Sanctification of the Spirit upon you, shall he lose the Glory of that also?

(1.) They lose their Advantage, and receive one of God's Gifts in vain. To receive objective Grace in vain, aggravateth our Guilt, Ioh. 3. 19. But to receive subjective Grace in vain, doth more provoke God. Objective Grace is that which is discovered in the Gospel; subjective Grace is that ⟨p. 204⟩which is found in the Heart of a Believer, the internal Grace of the holy Spirit renewing the Heart. Now to sin away this Advantage after we are made Partakers of it, doth increase our Guilt; surely therefore if we live in the Spirit, we should walk in the Spirit, Gal 5. 25. We should improve God's best Gifts, or else the work of his Spirit is lost. He loseth nothing but Corn, Wine, and Oil bestowed upon others, but he hath bestowed the Sanctification of the Spirit upon you, shall he lose the Glory of that also?

(2.) The new Nature is exceedingly weakened, and suffers loss, if it be not cherished and obeyed. The Church of Sardis is warned to prevent the dying of gracious Habits. David speaketh as if the Work were to begin anew, and his Restoring were a second Conversion.