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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61473	Free grace exalted, and thence deduced evangelical rules for evangelical sufferings : in two discourses made 29 March, and 10 May 1670, from Rom. 5, 21.	Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672.	1670 (1670)	Wing S5480; ESTC R38299	24,282	32

FREE GRACE Exalted and thence Deduced EVANGELICAL RULES FOR EVANGELICAL SUFFERINGS In two Discourses made 29. March and 10. May 1670. From Rom. 5.21 LONDON Printed in the Year 1670. TO THE READER RUth reaped a bountifull blessing with her humble gleaning in the field of her near kinsman Boaz to become the Mother of her Lord and Saviour the same benediction is perpetually to be found in the field of the Gospel whereof the former field is the figure a poor creature having had the opportunity of a turn or two in that field and finding much heavenly consolation there pick'd up with his Pen a few scatterings of what was lately presented before the God of the whole harvest in two Discourses of the Free Grace of and Suffering for the Gospel and being willing they should extend to a standing benefit of a few more than the Auditors out of love to the truth and souls hath transcribed them for the Press and if out of them any poor soul shall press the wine of the kingdome to comfort and establish him by the assistance of the spirit of Grace let him bless the Master of the Vineyard who refreshes every weary soul that comes to him I confess the world is well replenished with treatises of both subjects Free Grace and Sufferings all I wish is they were better studied and practised this is only the casting two Mites into the Treasury which it is hoped some will reap the benefit of nay these in themselves contain the whole Treasury if sanctified to an humble soul. There is only this note to be made whereas there is a necessary caution laid down against sourness of spirit wrath desire of revenge or the like to be allowed by any in their sufferings that yet this doth not tend to invalidate the true and faithfull sayings of God that he will in his time appointed pour out his fierce wrath and indignation against all implacable enemies as Babylon and her Confederates in order to the setting up the kingdome of the Lord Jesus universally in the earth in truth and righteousness here is the faith and patience of the Saints and hence it is they cry Come Lord Jesus come quickly Free Grace Exalted and thence Deduced In a Discourse March 29. 1670. Rom. 5.21 As Sin So might Grace reign through righteousness to Eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. ST Paul in this Epistle doth establish on heavenly grounds and heavenly pillars of divine truths and divine arguments The doctrine of free Grace as a rock as a rock of Eternity on which the rock himself Jesus Christ as he is the Mediator of the Covenant is founded against which all the gates of hell shall not be able to prevail he establisheth it against all assaults by which the powers of darkness do invade it he sets it before us as the● 〈◊〉 out of which all the most precious and pleasant mysteries of the Gospel do spring and as the head which is chief of them all on which they all depend from which they all have the life strength beauty and sweetness In these two last verses of this Chapter you have the treasure of the whole Epistle and whole Gospel comprised with a divine skill in a little compass he gives a distinct view of the whole In these two verses is a comparison between the Law and the Gospel or the Covenant of Works and Covenant of Grace the mystery of the Law and Covenant of works with its design end and effect represented the Law entred that the offence might abound Sin reigns to death that 's the design of the Law It never entred into the heart of God that righteousness or life should be by the Law or the Covenant of works no the design of the Law is that Sin might find a way into the world and be heightned that the offence might abound and that Sin may bring in death upon all but is this in the eye of God simply thus to determine his Councels no but the Gospel follows and is the sweet Riddle Out of the Eater came Meat and out of the Strong came Sweetness the Law is as a foile for a Diamond 't is the design of God that the Covenant of Grace that everlasting love might come down from Heaven with a greater pomp and glory with a greater train of sweetness and joy bringing everlasting righteousness and everlasting life along with it so you see the 20th verse The law entred that the offence might abound but where sin abounded grace doth much more abound a great heap of fuel is laid to this end that the fire taking hold of it might consume it and spread it self and rise to Heaven with a glorious flame that as sin hath reigned unto death even so might Grace reign to Eternal life through righteousness by Jesus Christ our Lord. My design is to speak to the last part of this verse So might Grace c. where you have all the treasures of the Gospel richly pointed at in the compass of two lines First you have here a King Grace this King is on the Throne grace reigns it reigns over sin and death 2ly you have the Scepter of this King righteousness grace reigns through righteousness he reigns to righteousness or by righteousness righteousness is the Scepter of the kingdome of grace 3ly you have the effect or end of this reign how blessed is it to be Subjects to this King how good and blessed is this Kings reign to all his Subjects for 't is to eternal life a life of grace and of glory a life that is begun here in earth and flesh by grace that is perfected in the spirit and in heaven by glory then 4ly here is the great Minister of this great King by Jesus Christ our Lord grace reigns by Jesus Christ as great Kings First they make their Ministers of State they first raise them then use them and reign by them as Pharaoh by Joseph so Jesus Christ is both the gift of this grace and the Minister of this grace free grace raised Jesus Christ up to be a Mediator in the Covenant of grace to be a Minister in this kingdome of grace and then reigns by him to eternal life Jesus Christ is the Minister of grace by both righteousnesses the righteousness of justification which is the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ resting as a Crown on the head of a Soul to justifie him and he is the righteousness of Sanctification the righteousness of God by Jesus Christ as a root of holiness in the heart of a Saint springing up into all holiness and spirituality there how full is this blessedness how full is the Covenant of grace so many words as be here so many heavens open themselves in fulness of grace and glory Grace Righteousness Eternal life Jesus Christ our Lord every one comprehends all Divines distinguish between two sorts of grace one is grace-making-grace the other is grace-made-grace the one is Eternal love in the heart of

the Father to the Soul the other is a Spiritual loveliness in the heart of a Believer which is this love from the heart of the Father first shining into the Soul and so kindling it self to a holy love there which love at once carries the Soul out of it self to the bosome of God and changes the Soul to the likeness of God fills it with the grace joy glory of God The grace mentioned here in the Text is the first of these that which Divines rightly call free grace for you see 't is a grace that is antecedent to and transcendent over eternal life and Jesus Christ himself in his mediatory office for 't is a grace that reigns by all these as the Scepter Minister and effect of his reign The Doctrine which I intend to prosecute from these words is this the free grace of God is the Supream and Soveraign good in covenant of grace and in the Gospel 't is that from which all the good things of the Gospel flow on which they all depend and by which they are all dispens'd we see it lies plain in the Text 't is the great King that reigns the glorified person of our Lord Jesus Christ is but the Throne of this grace where it sits from which it reigns righteousness is the golden Scepter of this grace eternal life the fruit of this grace this free grace reigns to eternal life this grace must of necessity be Soveraignly supreamly absolutely every way infinitely free and full when 't is before eternal life it being the beautiful cause that produces this blessed effect eternal life which comprehends the life of grace and of glory in the whole compass of it Zach. 4.7 the Lord speak thus Who art thou O great Mountain before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a a Plain and he shall bring forth the head stone thereof with shoutings crying grace grace unto it Zerubbabel is the figure of Jesus Christ the scatterer of Babel that spirit of heavenly beauty and order that takes away all confusion which saith O death I will be thy death so he calls himself Zerubbabel the confusion of all confusion 〈◊〉 brings out the head stone he brings out himself the head stone of the spiritual building with shouting and what doth he teach them to cry to it in the shouting Jesus Jesus no no they cry to Jesus himself as he brings out himself the head stone grace grace free grace love from eternity supream love soveraign love the most beautiful womb out of which Jesus Christ together with all his heavenly treasure and sweetness springs cry grace grace to it My beloved you know that the material Temple was but a figure of the spiritual and living Temple which is the Temple of the Lord Jesus and of every Saint O that your spiritual senses were awaked what melody should we hear at this building of grace of the spiritual Temple in every soul as begun in laying the head stone the foundation as carried on in rearing the walls as finish'd in laying on the roof of glory we should hear the heavenly company the blessed Angels and Spirits shouting with ravishing harmony crying to it grace grace free love supream soveraign love eternal love 't is this 't is this which layes it self as the foundation and head stone in the person of Christ this carries on the building in the walls and flores and layes it self the top stone in glory O my beloved that have this building though imperfect in you you that lye in the rubbish that have any sence of the beauty of this building of the glorious company that inhabit it there is no such way to have it begun carried on and finish'd as to cry continually to it grace grace as with a shout of ravishing affections from a sence of love love infinitely free transcending all your expectations with a shout of admiration cry continually with the language of all within you of all your parts powers senses grace grace O the infinite freedom of grace O the soveraignty and supremacy of grace of eternal love reigning through righteousness to eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord reigning over sin and death and even out of them from the blackest darkness raising the more beautifully the Temple of divine light and divine love I design to speak somewhat largely of Free Grace In the Porch of the Temple were two great Pillars Boaz and Jachin one signifying in strength the other he shall establish or he shall prepare O my beloved blessed are they whose heart whose hope whose grace whose glory doth go up as a heavenly Temple resting on these two Pillars which meet both in one free grace here 's the strength of the God-head his love God is love here 's the preparation and establishment the preparation from eternity free grace from eternity and the establishment is through all changes and storms of times to eternity There be three things in which in general I would open and confirm the nature of free grace First The grace of God free grace is the highest love Secondly 'T is the highest loveliness and Thirdly It is the highest joy First The grace of God is the highest love grace in the Hebrew tongue Kene from Kana signifies most properly a love condescending stooping from the greatest height with the greatest complacency bowing it self down so making it self one with the lowest object in its lowest estate and that to this end that it may raise this object and carry it to its own height to be one with its self in its own beauty and triumphant blessedness the force of the word according to some enforces thus much this is express'd by another word Psalm 63.3 Because thy loving kindness is better than life my lips shall praise thee 't is Keses here 's the grace of God express'd as the highest love better than life there be three excellent things light life and love life is an excellency of a higher kind than light is life is light in a transcendent perfection therefore called light of life and so is love above life 't is a higher kind of excellency than life 't is the perfection of life as life is better than single light because 't is light in a perfection in which it transcends it self so is love better than life because 't is life in a perfection in which it transcends it self the highest love is the love of God free grace what purity power pleasantness and glory is there in light what strength virtue sweetness and joy is there in life all these be comprehended in the love of God all these be comprehended in free grace with an eminency surmounting themselves The effect is in the cause after a more excellent manner love is the Fountain of life and so the Crown of life every thing that is desirable in light and life is more desirable in love as the cause exceeds the effect thus the loving kindness of God is better than life This love