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3 It fhews a man greater ex-
cellencies in Chrift than all
difficulties

4 It enables the foul to leave

the fucceß and event of all

to God
ibid

5. It is that grace whereby a

Soul takes up the yoke of

Christ

6 It teacbeth man to pick out
the love of God from under
the anger of God 206

7 It fills the foul with Gods

infinitneß

Application

208

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5

1 Confider your call, often 211
2 The more you believe in the ful
of difficulty,the more you please

God
ibid

2073 Talk often one to another what

great things God bath done,

that be bath promised
Confider what great difficul
ties Jefus Chrifi bath broke

through to come to you

If Difficulties arise, bere is the
way to grapple with them

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OR THE

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CHRISTS-FULNES Received by all

SAINTS

JOHN, 1. 16.

Preached

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And of His Fulness have all we received, even Grace the East,

for Grace. saxegesager ERE in this Chapter are Two choice

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of Jefus Chrift.

Spirits, John the Baptift, and John the E-
vangelift: both agreeing in this, To ad-
vance the Honor of Jefus Chrift. John
the Baptift is brought in by John the E-
vangelift, giving (as you reade in this
firft Chapter) Four great Teftimonies

The firft begins at the 15. verse, John bare Witneß of Him and cryed, faying, This is He of whom I pake. Wherein Jobn the Baptift doth prefer Jefus Chrift above himself; both

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in regard of His Perfon, and regard of His Office; In regard of His P erfon, as you reade in the latter end of the 15th, This was He of whom I pake, He that cometh after me, is preferred before me.

In regard of His Office, at the 16, the 17, and 18. verfes: And of His Fulneß have all we received, even Grace for Grace.For the Law ws given by Mofes, but Grace and Truth came by Jefus Chrift, &c.

I confefs there are Learned Interpreters, as Cyril, and Chryfoftome, that do conceive the words of my Text, to be the words if John the Evangelift: the 15. verfe, having (as they fay relation unto Johns fpeech in the latter end of the 14. verfe, Full of Grace and Truth.

But Origen and others (anto whom I rather incline) think that they are the words of John the Baptift; becaufe they are knit unto the former by the copulative And: And, of bis Fulneß have all we received, Grace for Grace. He therefore that fpake the words of the former verfe, in all likelyhood fpake thefe words: He that spake the words of the former verfe was John the Baptift, and therfore these words being linked unto the former by the word, And, in all likelyhood are the words of John the Baptift.

The Words of themfelves fall into these Three Propofitions.

First, That there is a Fulneß of Grace in Jefus Chrift,

Secondly, That of this Fulneß, we have all received.

Thirdly, That we have all received, even Grace for Grace.

There is a great Controverfy upon the latter Claufe, what should be meant by thofe Words, Even Grace for Grace: But because the Determination thereof fall properly within the compafs of the Third Propofition, and will have little influence upon the first, which I intend (God willing) to speak unto at this time; therefore I pass by

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