2. Hence doth he become an endless, bottomless fountain §. 23 of Grace to all them that believe. The fullness, that it pleased the Father to Commit to Christ, to be the great Treasury and storehouse of the Church, did not, doth not lie in the humane nature considered in it self; but in the Person of the Mediator God and man. Consider wherein his Communication of Grace doth consist, and this will be evident. The Foundation of all is laid in his satisfaction, Merit & purchase, these are the morally procuring cause of all the Grace we receive from Christ. Hence all Grace becomes to be t his; all the things of the new Covenant, 1the promises of God all the Mercy, Love, Grace, Glory promised, became (I say) to be his. Not as though they were all actually ⟨p. 75⟩invested or did reside and were in the humane nature, and were from thence really Communicated to us; by a participation of a portion of what did so inhere; but they are morally his by a uCompact, to be bestowed by him as he thinks good, as he is Mediator God & man, that is, the only begotten Son made flesh Joh. 1. 14. from whose fullness we receive, and grace for grace: The real Communication of Grace is by Christ sending the holy Ghost to regenerate us; and to create all the habitual grace, with the daily supplies thereof in our hearts, that we are made partakers of; now the Holy Ghost is thus sent by Christ as Mediator, God and man, as is at large declared Joh. 14. 15, 16. (of which more afterwards.) This then is that which I intend by this fullness of grace that is in Christ; from whence we have both our beginning, and all our supplies, which makes him as he is the alpha 3and omega of his Church, the beginner and finisher of our faith, Excellent and desirable to our souls. Upon the payment of the great price of his blood, and full Acquitment on the satisfaction he made, all Grace whatever, (of which at large afterwards) becomes in a moral sense his, at his disposal; and he bestows it on, or works it in the hearts of his by the holy Ghost according as in his infinite wisdom he sees it needful. How glorious is he to the Soul on this Consideration? that is most Excellent to us which suites us in a wanting Condition; that which gives bread to the hungry, water to the Thirsty, mercy to the perishing. All our reliefs are thus in our beloved. Here is the life of our souls; the joy of our hearts;
2. Hence doth he become an endlesse, bottomelesse fountain §. 23 of Grace to all them that believe. The fulnesse, that it pleased the Father to Commit to Christ, to be the great Treasury and storehouse of the Church, did not, doth not lie in the humane natrue considered in it selfe; but in the Person of the Mediator God and man. Consider wherein his Communication of Grace doth consist, and this will be evident. The Foundation of all is laid in his satisfaction, Merit & purchase, these are the morally procuring cause of all the Grace we receive from Christ. Hence all Grace becoms to be t his; all the things of the new Covenant, 1the promises of God all the Mercy, Love, Grace, Glory promised, became (I say) to be his. Not as though they were all actually ⟨p. 75⟩invested or did reside and were in the humane nature, and were from thence really Communicated to us; by a participation of a portion of what did so inhere; but they are morally his by a uCompact, to be bestowed by him as he thinks good, as he is Mediator God & man, that is, the only begotten Son made flesh Ioh. 1. 14. from whose fullnesse we receive, and grace for grace: The reall Communication of Grace is by Christ sending the holy Ghost to regenerete us; and to create all the habituall grace, with the dayly supplys thereof in our hearts, that we are made partakers of; now the Holy Ghost is thus sent by Christ as Mediator, God and man, as is at large declared Ioh. 14. 15, 16. (of which more afterwards.) This then is that which I intend by this fullnesse of grace that is in Christ; from whence we have both our beginning, and all our supplys, which makes him as he is the alpha 3and omega of his Church, the beginner and finisher of our faith, Excellent and desireable to our soules. Upon the payment of the great price of his blood, and full Aquitment on the satisfaction he made, all Grace whatever, (of which at large afterwards) becomes in a morall sense his, at his disposall; and he bestows it on, or works it in the hearts of his by the holy Ghost according as in his infinite wisdome he sees it needfull. How glorious is he to the Soule on this Consideration? that is most Excellent to us which suites us in a wanting Condition; that which gives bread to the hungry, water to the Thirsty, mercy to the perishing. All our relifes are thus in our beloved. Here is the life of our soules; the joy of our hearts;
- 1Joh. 16. 14, 15
- uIs. 53. 11, 12 Joh 1. 16. Col. 1. 19, 20.
- 3Heb. 12 2. Revel. 1. 11.
