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A31174 Salvation laid on its right foundation, or, The free grace of God prov'd to be the only ground of, and to have the alone stroke in, the matter of our salvation being the sum of two sermons / preach'd to a county auditory by an admirer of grace, and the freeness of it. R. C. 1698 (1698) Wing C113A; ESTC R34781 22,006 33

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and this is what we now own and Preach and shall Triumph in in the great Day ●se 3. But Thirdly seeing it is so that Works are no way a procuring Cause of our Salvation then hence le ts be exhorted to renounce all our good Duties whatsoever our Praying Weeping Fasting let 's no way sacrifice to our own Net but reject all those in regard of resting on them as Causes of our Salvation It is not of our selves says the Apostle no nor of any we can do in the 9th of Deuteronomy 4. and there the Lord strictly charges the Children of Israel concerning this very thing Say not in thine Heart for my Righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess the Land The Lord abhors the naming our Righteousness before him as a Cause of our Salvation he 'll have us pass all over to the Free Grace of God in Christ confessing all our Righteousnesses to be as filthy Rags and esteeming them as Dross and Dung to win Christ desiring with the Apostle To be found 〈◊〉 3.9 not having our own Righteousness which is of God by Faith By Grace are ye saved thro Faith and that not of your selves It is the Gift of God we are now come to the last Clause it is the Gift of God Hence note by way of Doctrine that Salvation is matter of Free Gift not desert Christ's Language to his Disciples is a Confirmation of the Point Fear not ●ke 12.32 little Flock it is your Fathers good pleasure to give you a Kingdom He does not say they were to have it upon desert but the Father out of his Grace and good Pleasure would bestow it as a Gift Eternal Life is the Gift of God Rom. 6. ult it were horrid and desperately sinful to think God gives us Heaven in a way of Exchange for our good Works the Scripture shews that the Word Gift is properly taken for a Bequeathing without the Desert of any thing in us or good Works that can come from us nothing more Free than Gift And thus let us look upon our Salvation as the Free Gift of God by way of Use is it so that Salvation is bestowed not upon our desert but as a Gift of Free Grace and undeserved Favour Then hence we learn to what we must betake our selves namely to the Riches of God's Free Grace we are to rely upon this and for ever discard and cashier that Groundless and Blindfold Opinion of Salvation Job 9.15 partly by Grace and partly by Works imitating Holy Job who says Tho he were Righteous he would not answer God and would plead it but make such Supplication to his Judge Oh! that Free Grace were more exalted and proud Man and his empty Performances more debased Secondly Seeing Salvation is bestowed not upon desert but as a Gift of Free Grace and undeserved Favour Then take heed what you hear and how beware of those Teachets and Doctrines that tend to justle out Christ and Grace to make room for Self-Righteousness in the matter of our Justification and Salvation who would have you work for Life still to work for Salvation is to work for Life Beware that you are not Imposed upon by such as would turn the Gospel into Law But then lastly Seeing Salvation is bestowed not upon Desert but as a Gift of Free Grace then let such as have closed with this Truth sit down and take the comfort of it Sun your selves in the Light of this Grace Eat your Bread Rom. 5.5 and drink your Wine or Water with a merry Heart Since God hath accepted you since his Grace and Love hath been shed abroad in your Hearts Are you in the number of those who are Wise and Noble according to the Flesh then as one fitted with an holy Amazement admire that the great God to whom you are no more than others your Consorts that are left and who commonly choosest the base and foolish to magnifie his Grace should thus go out of his way Cor. 1.27 to call in you to tast of this Heavenly Banquet of his Free Grace and undeserved Favour And if you are a Man of low degree poor weak foolish and of no account among Men even as one that is not and hath the Lord regarded you in your low Estate and magnified you by revealing the Freeness of his Grace unto your Soul Hath He drawn you to tast of his Free Grace and to see your Salvation by it Hath He taken you from the Dunghil to set you among Princes even the Princes of the World to come This is that Exaltation the Poor should always Rejoyce in What though you are in low Estate now ●●m 1.9 and others swim in Streams of Honour and worldly greatness What though you are Chastened every Morning yet think not you are hardly dealt with Remember your good things are to come they are growing in the other World and your Harvest is hastening on a pace What though the Skies be red and lowring God has his Bow in the Cloud set there as a sure Sign between Him and you What though the Billows of Troubles and Temptations go over your heads you shall not be Deluged by them By Free Grace you are hedged about and Walled up to Heaven in this Free Grace and undeserved Favour Let us Exult and Triumph yea let all the Sons of God Shout for Joy FINIS ERRATA Notwithstanding the Authors Attendance upon the Press these Errata's have escaped which be pleased to Correct with your Pen In the Dedication l. 1 for his r. the p. 15 l. 7 for so r. to p. 17 l. 5 for Communion r. common ib. l. 27 r. Men these 16 l. 34 for that r. your p. 19 l. 5 r. sheweth mercy p. 20 l. 1 after so r. that ib. l. 11 for might r. ought