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nant, wherein God left him to his own weakness, at the same
time imposing upon him the yoke of his law ? But how great is
the happiness to be admitted into a covenant, wherein God con-
fers that upon us which he requires of us ? Heb. viii. 7.
8. We belong not to the new covenant, but only so far as we
are partakers of that new grace, which works in us that which
God commands us to do. Heb. viii. 10.
9. The grace of Christ is a sovereign grace, without w^hich we
can never confess Christ, and with which we never deny him.
1 Cor. xii. 3.
10. Grace is an operation of the almighty hand of God, which
nothing can hinder or retard. Matt. xx. .34.
1 1. Grace is nothing else but the will of Almighty God, commanding
and doing that which he commands. Mark ii. 11.
12. When God willeth to save a soul, the undoubted effect,
always and every where, follows the will of God. Mark ii. 11.
13. When God willeth to save a soul, and touches it with the
internal hand of his grace, no human will resists him. Luke v.
]3.
l-l. At how great a distance soever from salvation an obstinate
sinner may be, yet when Jesus shows himself to him by the
salutary light of his grace, he must of necessity submit, he must
run to him, he must humble himself, and adore his Saviour.
Mark v. 6, 7.
15. When God accompanies his command, and external word
with the unction of his Spirit, and the internal power of his grace,
it then works in the heart that obedience which it requires.
Luke ix. 60.
16. There are no charms, but what yield to those of grace
because nothing resists the Almighty. Acts viii. 12.
17. Grace is that voice of the Father which teaches men inwardly,
and makes them come unto Jesus Christ : whoever comes
not unto him, after having heard the outward voice of the Son, is
in nowise taught by the Father. John vi. 45.
18. The seed of the word, which the hand of God waters, does
always bring forth its fruit. Acts xi. 21.
19. The grace of God is nothing else but his all-powerful will
this is the idea which God himself gives us of it in all his Scrip-
tures. Rom. xiv. 4.
20. The true idea of grace is this : God willeth our obedience,
and he is obeyed ; he commands, and every thing is done ; he
speaks as Lord, and all things are subject to him. Mark iv. 39.
21. The grace of Jesus Christ is a strong, powerful, sovereign,
and invincible grace, as being the operation of the almighty will,
and a consequence and imitation of the operation of God in making
his Son man, and raising him from the dead. 2 Cor. v. 21.
22. The agreement of the almighty operation of God in the
heart of man with the free consent of his will, is immediately
showed us in the incarnation, as in the source and first pattern