The Christian in Complete Armour

Reason 1 The first Reason may be taken from the nature of the Saints and their grace, both are creatures, they and their grace also: now Inesse est de esse creaturae. 'Tis in the very nature of the creature, to depend on God its Maker, both for being and operation. Can you conceive an accident to be out of its subject, whiteness out of the wall, or some other subject? 'tis as impossible that the creature should be, or act without strength from God: This, to be, act in and of himself, is so incommunicable a property of the Deity, that he cannot impart it to his creature: God is, and there is none besides him: when God made the world, it is said indeed he ended his work, that is, of Creation: he made no new species and kinds of creatures more; but to this day he hath not ended his work of Providence; Hitherto my Father worketh, saith Christ, John. 5.17. that is, in preserving and empowering what he hath made with strength to be and act, and therefore he is said to hold our souls in life. Works of Art, which man makes, when finished may stand some time without the Workmans help, as the house, when the Carpenter that made it is dead; but Gods works both of nature and grace are never off his hand, and therefore as the Father is said to work hitherto for the preservation of the works of nature, so the Son, to whom is committed the work of Redemption, he tells us he worketh also. Neither ended he his work, when he rose again, any otherways then his Father did in the work of Creation. God made an end of making, so Christ made an end of purchasing mercy, grace and glory for believers by once dying; and as God rested at the end of the Creation, so he, when he had wrought eternal Redemption, and by himself purged our sins, sate down on the right hand of the Majesty on High, Heb. 1.3. But he ceaseth not to work by his intercession with God for us, and by his Spirit in us for God, whereby he upholds his Saints, their graces, and comforts in life, without which they would run to ruin. Thus we see as grace is a creature, the Christian depends on God for his strength. But further,

Reason 1 The first Reason may be taken from the nature of the Saints and their grace, both are creatures, they and their grace also: now Inesse est de esse creaturae. 'Tis in the very nature of the creature, to depend on God its Maker, both for being and operation. Can you conceive an accident to be out of its subject, whitenesse out of the wall, or some other subject? 'tis as impossible that the creature should be, or act without strength from God: This, to be, act in and of himself, is so incommunicable a property of the Deity, that he cannot impart it to his creature: God is, and there is none besides him: when God made the world, it is said indeed he ended his work, that is, of Creation: he made no new species and kindes of creatures more; but to this day he hath not ended his work of Providence; Hitherto my Father worketh, saith Christ,