USE, V. Lastly, Let us magnify and […] the Grace of God. And how? By •••ribing all we are, all we have, all we can do, none of it to our selves; but […] to the Grace of God; as the Apostle does, 1 Cor. 15. 10. Not I, but the grace of God, which was with me. It is related concerning the famous Mr. Knox, that when on his Death Bed, the Devil Temp•ed him to think that because he had •een very faithful in the Discharge of his Ministry, that therefore he had […] a Reward from God; but he […] and overcame the Temptations with those words, Not I, but the Grace of God which was with me. Have we any ⟨p. 96⟩Temporal Blessings bestowed upon us, as every one has that hears me this Day• It is from Grace. If we are alive, it is of the Lord's Mercies we are not consumed, it is because His compassions fail not. Ascribe it to the Grace of God. If you have common Mercies, temporal Blessings, much more if you have Spiritual Blessings, Mercies that concern your Souls; ascribe it to Grace. Have we the written Word of God? Have you the Bible in your hands, in your Houses? Ascribe it to the Grace of God. Do you live under the Gospel? The Gospel of the Grace of God, it is called; […] that Preached to you? Acknowledge Grace in it. Some of you have had Companions in Sin, they are Dead, and gone out of this World! Is thy Companion […] Sin, Dead! is he roaring in Hell, and art thou hearing a Sermon? O the Grace of God! Yet more, If God has Saved us and Called us; brought us into a state of Salvation, by an Effectual Calling; then our Cry should be, Grace Grace! Wonderful is this Sovereign Grace of God. And we should glorify God by living to Him, by doing all we ⟨p. 97⟩can to promote His Glory. Think, has God done such things for me, what shall I do to promote His Glory in the World! and if the consideration of the Grace of God shall have that Effect upon us, as to cause us to be more holy, that will be an infallible sign that we are those very Persons whom Infinite Grace will make the partakers of Eternal Salvation. Well then, let us be always admiring the Grace of God. Grace and Glory will He give. Admire the Grace of God, in the Glory He will bestow upon Believers one Day, it is an astonishing thought. Believe it, the Day is coming, when it will be admired by all reasonable Creatures in Heaven, on Earth, and under the Earth.
USE, V. Lastly, Let us magnifie and 〈…〉 the Grace of God. And how? By •••ribing all we are, all we have, all we can do, none of it to our selves; but 〈…〉 to the Grace of God; as the Apostle does, 1 Cor. 15. 10. Not I, but the grace of God, which was with me. It is related concerning the famous Mr. Knox, that when on his Death Bed, the Devil Temp•ed him to think that because he had •een very faithful in the Discharge of his Ministry, that therefore he had 〈…〉 a Reward from God; but he 〈…〉 and overcame the Temptations with those words, Not I, but the Grace of God which was with me. Have we any ⟨p. 96⟩Temporal Blessings bestowed upon us, as every one has that hears me this Day• It is from Grace. If we are alive, it is of the Lord's Mercies we are not consumed, it is because His compassions fail not. Ascribe it to the Grace of God. If you have common Mercies, temporal Blessings, much more if you have Spiritual Blessings, Mercies that concern your Souls; ascribe it to Grace. Have we the written Word of God? Have you the Bible in your hands, in your Houses? Ascribe it to the Grace of God. Do you live under the Gospel? The Gospel of the Grace of God, it is called; 〈…〉 that Preached to you? Acknowledge Grace in it. Some of you have had Companions in Sin, they are Dead, and gone out of this World! Is thy Companion 〈…〉 Sin, Dead! is he roaring in Hell, and art thou hearing a Sermon? O the Grace of God! Yet more, If God has Saved us and Called us; brought us into a state of Salvation, by an Effectual Calling; then our Cry should be, Grace Grace! Wonderful is this Soveraign Grace of God. And we should glorify God by living to Him, by doing all we ⟨p. 97⟩can to promote His Glory. Think, has God done such things for me, what shall I do to promote His Glory in the World! and if the consideration of the Grace of God shall have that Effect upon us, as to cause us to be more holy, that will be an infallible sign that we are those very Persons whom Infinite Grace will make the partakers of Eternal Salvation. Well then, let us be always admiring the Grace of God. Grace and Glory will He give. Admire the Grace of God, in the Glory He will bestow upon Believers one Day, it is an astonishing thought. Believe it, the Day is coming, when it will be admired by all reasonable Creatures in Heaven, on Earth, and under the Earth.
