Fourthly, This Word (shall come) engageth Christ to communicate all manner of Grace to those thus given him, to make them effectually come to him, They shall come; that •s, not if they will, but if Grace, all Grace, •f Power, Wisdom, a new Heart, and the Holy Spirit, and all joining together, can make them come. I say this Word (shall come) being absolute hath no Dependence upon our own Will, or Power, or Goodness; But it en••geth for us, even God himself, Christ himself, the Spirit himself. When God had made ••at absolute Promise to Abraham that Sarah •hould have a Son, Abraham did not at all look •t any Qualifications in himself, because the promise looked at none; but as God had, by •he Promise absolutely promised him a Son, so […] considered now, not his own Body now •ead, nor yet the Barrenness of Sarah's Womb. •e staggered not at the Promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in Faith, giving Glory to •od, being fully persuaded, that what he had pro••sed, he was able to perform, Rom. 4. He had promised, and had promised absolutely Sarah ⟨p. 48⟩shall have a Son: therefore Abraham looks th•• He, to wit, God, must fulfil the Condition • it. Neither is this Expectation of Abraham d• approved by the Holy Ghost, but account• good and laudable; it being that by which • gives Glory to God. The Father also hath g• ven to Christ a certain number of Souls • him to save; and he himself hath said, • shall come to him. Let the Church of God th• live in a joyful Expectation of the utm• Accomplishment of this Promise; for assure• ly it shall be fulfilled, and not one Tho•• sandth part of a Tittle thereof shall f• They shall come to Me.
Fourthly, This Word (shall come) engageth Christ to communicate all manner of Grace to those thus given him, to make them effectually come to him, They shall come; that •s, not if they will, but if Grace, all Grace, •f Power, Wisdom, a new Heart, and the Holy Spirit, and all joyning together, can make them come. I say this Word (shall come) being absolute hath no Dependance upon our own Will, or Power, or Goodness; But it en••geth for us, even God himself, Christ him•elf, the Spirit himself. When God had made ••at absolute Promise to Abraham that Sarah •hould have a Son, Abraham did not at all look •t any Qualifications in himself, because the •romise looked at none; but as God had, by •he Promise absolutely promised him a Son, so 〈…〉 considered now, not his own Body now •ead, nor yet the Barrenness of Sarah's Womb. •e staggered not at the Promise of God through •nbelief, but was strong in Faith, giving Glory to •od, being fully perswaded, that what he had pro••sed, he was able to perform, Rom. 4. He had •romised, and had promised absolutely Sarah ⟨p. 48⟩shall have a Son: therefore Abraham looks th•• He, to wit, God, must fulfil the Condition • it. Neither is this Expectation of Abraham d• approved by the Holy Ghost, but account• good and laudable; it being that by which • gives Glory to God. The Father also hath g• ven to Christ a certain number of Souls • him to save; and he himself hath said, • shall come to him. Let the Church of God th live in a joyful Expectation of the utm Accomplishment of this Promise; for assure ly it shall be fulfilled, and not one Tho sandth part of a Tittle thereof shall f They shall come to Me.
