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grace_n	bring_v	salvation_n	ungodliness_n	2,454	5	11.7039	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50398	The young mans guide to blessedness or, seasonable directions for youth in their unconverted state By R. Mayhew minister fo the gospel.	Mayhew, R. (Richard)	1677 (1677)	Wing M1445; ESTC R221862	64,331	148

sufficiency of grace for a Christian Method under temptation 5. What Vse may be made of this that the grace which is in Christ is sufficient for a Christian under temptation 1. Whether there be a sufficiency of grace in Christ for a Christian under temptation Will it not be lost labour and as it were to hold a candle to the Sun at noon to go about to prove this That there 's a fulness of grace in Christ is Evident Herein the great Doctor of the Gentiles is positive Col. 1.19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell The word Father is supplied in the English Translation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for it pleased so the Greek that is if I mistake not it pleased both the Father and the Spiit that in the Son should dwell but what fulness yea all fulness For it pleased that in him should all fulness dwell All fulness of grace or a fulness of all grace Col. 2.5 In Christ dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead Personally Here 's fulness yea all fulness yea all the fulness of the Godhead yea all the fulness of the Godhead and that Personally Once more the Apostle speaking of Christ as Head and the Church as Body speaks of the Church as the fulness of Him and of Him as the fulness of the Church 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And gave him to be Head over all things to the Church which is his Body the fulness of him that filleth all in all Or according to the Greek filling all things in all things 2 VVhat manner of grace this grace is that is in Christ and is sufficient for a Christian under temptation 1. Grace in Christ is free grace 'T is Grace and therefore free 't is free and therefore Grace 'T is Grace no way unless free every way Wine and Milk may be had without money and without price yea Grace and Glory are had without money and without price Jehovah God is a Sun and a Shield he giveth Grace and Glory Grace here glory hereafter grace upon earth glory in heaven are given they are Donatives Grace in Christ and from Christ is free Eph. 4.7 t To every one of us is given gra●e according to the measure of the gift of Christ 2. Grace in Christ is formidable grace Grace in Christ is able to weather any storm every storm How prodigious soever the winds of temptation be and how impetuous soever the waves of tribulation be grace in Christ is able to weather all The temptations of Christ were great but grace in Christ weathered all He went out conquering and to conquer And as grace in Christ so grace from Christ weathers all As the temptations of Christ were great so the temptations of a Christian are great and yet grace from Christ weathers all When I said my foot slippeth thy mercy Oh Lord held me up Psal 94.18 3. Grace in Christ is attracting grace There is not a greater naturalness in the Loadstone to draw Iron to it then there is in the grace of Christ to draw the soul to Christ. The grace of God and of Christ have a mighty Influence Moses spake from Mount Sinai Christ spake from Mount Zion Moses by his thundering did not draw to Christ but Christ by his grace draws to himself Can. 1.4 I drew them with cords of a man with bands of love And as Christ draw unto himself so after himself in a way of grace Draw me and we will run after thee 4. Grace in Christ is abounding grace Grace in Christ is grace in the Fountain now grace in the Fountain is for Quality and Quantity ever the same Grace in Christ is grace in the Ocean now how empty soever the channel is the Ocean is full always full I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely Ther 's abundance of grace in Christ so much I cannot tell how much grace in Christ is a wonderful Deep and my Line cannot sound this Depth In Christ there are deep Ditches which cannot be sounded and rich Deeps which cannot be Exhausted Where sin abounded grace did much more abound Rom. 5.20 5. Grace in Christ is abiding grace Grace in a Christian though it may decay yet it cannot dye Grace in a Christian must continue until grace goes into glory when Time goes into Eternity Now if grace be thus in the stream what is it then in the fountain Grace in Christ is lasting yea everlasting As from Eternity to Eternity Christ is God so from Eternity to Eternity he is good and gracious and can as soon cease to be God as to be good Psal 103.17 cease to be God as to be gracious The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting or thus The mercy of Jehovah is from eternity to eternity upon them that sear him and his righteousness unto childrens children The Mercy of the Lord endureth for ever 6. Grace in Christ is commodious grace Is not Advantage in every mans eye Grace is very Advantagious it brings Salvation along with it By grace ye are saved Is not Salvation a great thing B●n 2.5 Is not Damnation a bitter Pill and potion Is not Salvation a sweet morsel This is by grace and this grace is laid up in Christ This Gold layes in this Ore Salvation and all in a Tendency unto Salvation runs in the veins of free-grace The whole Fabrick of Salvation is laid in grace 7. Grace in Christ is Efficatious grace The Man that fell among Theeves was left by the Priest and the Levite as they found him but Christ by his grace had compassion on him What men and means cannot do Christ by his grace can do without men and means What men and Angels cannot do Christ by his grace can do That grace which bringeth Salvation teacheth also to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts that we may walk soberly and righteously and godly in this present world T●● 2.11 12. 8. Grace in Christ is suitable grace What so suitable for a sinner as a Saviour What so sovereign against sin as grace Ther 's no Physick more suitable for the Body then grace is for the Soul Is not Bread suitable for the hungry Water for the thirsty so is grace for the soul that is sick of sin If any man thirst let him come unto me Joh. 7.37 and drink If any man if any one so the Greek Man or Woman let that man and that woman come unto me and drink Bread and Water are suitable for the hungry and thirsty 9. Grace in Christ is seasonable grace Every thing we say is beautiful in its season and the more seasonable any thing is the more beautiful it is The season of a mercy greatly accent the mercy As the Death of Christ was in season While we were yet sinners Christ dyed for us and in due time Christ dyed for the ungodly So

Remember the Son so as to believe 〈◊〉 him and rest upon him Remember the Sp●rit so as to feel his Power and his Presen●● and to experience his Influence Thus ye● much more then thus remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth Meditation That young ones must concern their ●●ls with the Concerns of their souls 〈◊〉 the days of their youth It is a duty ●●umbent upon those that are young ●●d that while they are young to concern ●●eir souls with the Concerns of their souls ●●ose that are young even while they are ●ung are to remember that is call to mind ●●d keep in mind the Concerns of their ●●ls In the managing of this meditation as I 〈◊〉 more or less under a divine Gale and ●ust I shall propound two things by way of ●●thod Method the Proving and the Improving 〈◊〉 it 1. Now here I shall make an innocent ●nquiry after two things 1. What these Concerns of the soul are The Proving of i● ●herewith those that are young are to con●●rn their souls in the days of their youth 2. Why those that are young are to con●●rn their souls with their soul-Concerns in ●●e days of their youth 1. What these Concerns of the Soul are ●herewith those that are young are to con●●rn their souls in the days of their youth I can but touch upon the Concerns of the ●●ul and therefore can give you but a Tas● ●f soul-concerns I am conscious to my self ●●at my line is too short to sound this bottom ●nd fathom this Depth But what are the Concerns of the Soul Quest The concerns of the Soul are Grace and Glory Solution holiness here and happiness hereafter a heaven here and a heaven hereafter a believing in Christ here and a being with Christ hereafter Grace here and Glory hereafter are undoubtedly the great concerns of the soul But to speak to these distinctly 1. Grace Grace Grace must needs be a great concern of the soul whether ye consider the Excellency of it or the Necessity of it The Excellency of it 1. The Excellency of it Grace in the soul is the Ornament of the soul As the Firmament is without the Sun so is the soul without grace As the body without the soul so is the soul without grace Now what would the world be without the Sun but darkness perfect darkness It s perfect night to the soul before Christ and Grace arise there What 's the body without the soul but a dead carcass 't is action-less and motionless because soul-less and life-less for as the soul is the life of the body so Christ is the life of the soul Gal. 2.20 I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me yea Christ does not only live in me but He is my life When he who is our life shall appear Gol. 3 4. To me to live is Christ Grace and Truth do not only come by Christ come along with Christ John 3.16 but Christ himself is a gift of Grace So God loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son Grace is of such worth and of such weight as that 't is not for me to say of what worth it is of what weight it is And not only Grace in God but grace in the soul the work of grace there and grace wrought out there is worth a world a thousand worlds ten thousand worlds if there were so many 2 2. The Necessity of it The Necessity of it Salvation is a great concern of the soul and therefore this must needs be a great thing but no salvation without grace Is not that a blessed Parenthesis Eph. 2.5 By grace ye are saved The Grace of God which bringeth salvation Tit. 2.11 Certainly Salvation is a great thing a glorious thing but this is by Grace The free-grace of God is the primum mobile the wheel that sets all a going the moving cause the active and passive obedience of Christ the meritorious cause of this salvation Ask the Papists what pains do he seemingly take witness his Expence witness his Fasting witness his whipping witness his Pennance Pilgrimage c. Ask the Sinner that 's sailing by the Gates of Hell and what would he not give for salvation if he could have it for money Ask the Saint the man or the woman that is under doubt and darkness Lord do what thou pleasest Lord do when thou pleasest lead me thorough the water lead me thorough the fire so thou wilt but lead me to thy self that I may be saved at last This Soul cries out as one did Lord August here beat me and buffet me here bleed me and burn me so thou wilt but hereafter save me 'T is true the word Grace hath a variety of Acceptations in the holy Scriptures of Truth but by Grace I principally Intend the Graces of the Spirit Grace wrought in the Soul and Grace wrought-out for the Soul that it may be Holy and Heavenly which is the great Concern of the Soul Thus Grace here a heaven here holiness here a being in Christ here is the souls great concern 2. Glory Glory As Grace here So Glory hereafter is the Souls great Concernment Grace is the way to Glory Holiness is the way to Happiness H. b 12.14 Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. Grace is the Seed Glory is the Flower Grace is Glory in the Bud Glory is Grace in the Flower Oh where is the Soul that have a Hell here but would have a Heaven hereafter Oh say the Soul let me get to Heaven at last though I Swim through a Sea of Blood Now for a Soul to be created in Christ and Glorified with Christ for a Soul to have a Being in Christ through Grace here and a Being with Christ in Glory hereafter must needs be a great Concernment of the Soul The great Doctor of the Circumcision looked upon Grace from Christ and Glory with Christ to be the great Concerns of the Soul and therfore presseth to ascertain the one that the other may be certain for the one Entitles unto and Entails the other Lend both eares to what he says Give diligence the word in the Greek seems to be Emphatical and hath the signification of Study and Diligence as if the Apostle had said Hoc agite make it your Business let it be the great Concern of your Souls But what to make your Calling and election sur that is firme and Constant Why for this he gives two reasons 1. To Prevent a Final falling For if ye doc hese things ye shall never fall 2 Pet. 1.10 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or according to the Greek ye shall not not fall 2. To be Estated in an everlasting Kingdome For so an entrance shall be ministred unto yeu abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Is a Crown nothing a Kingdom nothing but who is able to say what