The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Mr Saltmarsh his Letter. For my dear and honored Friend and Cosen, M H. JACIE.

Dear Cosen;

I Salute you in the Lord. I did much rejoyce in those breathings of the Spirit of God which I found in your little Book OF THE RICHES OF GRACE ADVANCED, &c. Surely, the Lord is teaching his people, and fulfilling his promises; They shall be all taught of God: (Joh. 6. 45.) And thus his New Covenant with his people shall be more and more revealed, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day, (Isa. 2.11.) When I meet with such precious manifestations of the Lord, me thinkes I taste those waters of life, those rivers of living water which shall show out of the bellies of those, who beleeve in Christ, (Joh. 7. 38.) There is not a streame of this water, but it proceeds from the Throne of Grace, (Rev. 22. 1. Zach. 14.8,9.) though it flow in the vallies, in the poore, low, and humble Christians.

I finde in this Spirituall Treatise of yours, two things very experiment all; the one is her Legall, and the other her more Gospel condition: In the first, shee is in bondage, in blackness, and darkness, and tempest; in much distresse, and shadow of death, her life drawing nigh unto hell: and afflicted with all his waues, (Psal. 88.3.7.) In her Gospel state, I find God shewing wonders to the dead, making the dead to rise and praise him; shewing his loving kindnesse in the grave, and his faithfulness in destruction: and making known his glory in the dark, and his righteousnesse in the land of forgetfulnesse, (Psal. 88.10, 11, 12.) And truely the voice of joy and gladnesse is in the tabernacles of the righteous, (Psal. 118. 15.) I finde that when God reveales himselfe in Christ, in his grace and love, the Spirit of the Christian is sweetly raised, and cheered, and the love of the Lord is as wine, even as the spiced wine. I make no question, but the Lord will fill this soule with more discoveries, then this of the Riches of grace; this truth being that first discovery of God in love.

Dear Cosen, you do well thus to watch the appearances of God in his, and to publish them to the Saints.

A TABLE of many of the choise places of holy SCRIPTURE, that in this Book are cited, opened, illustrated, or applyed. (Where (*) is here added, the Translation is neerer the Hebrew or Greek.)

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Gen. 41.14. Iosephs garments changed.

Exod. 19. 4. Bare you on Eagles wings.

Ex. 34.6. Gracious, mercifull, long-suffering.

Levit.16.21. Scape-Goat bears sin to Wildernes.

Num. 21. 9. Looking to brazen Serpent, heal'd.

Judg. 14. 23. If he would destroy us, would be-

1 Sam. 2. 6. He kils and makes alive-to grave.

2 King. 21. 16. Streets full of bloud, yet saved.

Ch. 32.25. But Hezekiah rendred not according.

Neh. 8. 10. Eat, send portions, (at thankesgiving)

Job 34.29. If he give quietnes, who-trouble?

v. 31. Its meet to say to God, that which I see not.

Ps. 8. 5. † Man lower then Angels (that is † Christ)

Ps. 9.10. They that know thy Name, will trust.

Psal. 34. 4. Saved me from all my feares.

Ps. 36.6. He saves man and beast: so saves all men.

Ps. 46. 1. God is a Refuge- a present help.

Ps. 65. 1. Praise waits for God in Zion. Why so?

Ps. 68.18. Christ received gifts for the Rebellious.

Ps. 77. 2. My soule refused to be comforted.

Vers. 8. 10. Hide thee for ever? tis my infirmity.

Ps. 73. 1. Yet God is good to Israel, pure in heart.

*Ps. 85.8. They shall not returne to folly.

Ps. 87. 7. All my springs are in Christ.

Ps. 91. 16. With long life will I satisfie him.

Ps. 107. 5. O that men would praise the Lord!

Ps. 110. 3. Willing, in the day of thy power.

Ps. 130.1. Out of the depths of misery, have I cald.

V. 4. Mercy with thee, that thou maist be feared.

Psal. 144. 15. Happy is the people whose God is.

Ps. 147.2. He gathereth the Outcasts.

Prov. 18.17. First in his own cause, seems just.

Pro. 21.13. He that stops his eare at the poors-

Pro. 22.6. Train up a child in the way he should go.

V. 1. A good Name is rather-then great riches.

Cant. 1.3. By ointment powred forth, virgins love.

Cant. 2.3. As an Appletree, so is my beloved, how?

Cant. 2.4,5. He had me into his wine-cellar.

V. 8. He comes leaping over mountains, skipping.

V. 10.11. Arise, Winter is past, Summer is come.

Cant. 8.6. Make as a signet-as a seal on the heart.

Isa. 8. 17. Wait on him that hides-

Isa. 14. 1. The Lord had mercy on sinfull Iacob.

Ver. 3. Hard bondage, thou wast made to serve.

Isa. 24. 16. Glorifie God in the fires.

Isa. 26.11. Thy hand is lifted up, they will not see.

Isa. 29. last. They that murmured, shall learne.

Isa. 30. 18. The Lord waits to be gracious.

Isa. 40.11. Christ carries his Lambs in his bosom.

Ver. 28. Iehovah faints not, neither is weary.

Isa. 42. 8. My glory I will not give to an image.

V. 25. Wearied yet-I, I, blotting out.

Isa. 44.3. I powre water on dry ground.

V. 22. I blot out thy transgressions as a thick cloud.

Isa. 46.3, 4. To hoary hairs will I carry thee

Isa. 49.8. In an acceptable time have I beard thee.

Isa. 49.14. Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me.

Isa. 50.10 Walk in darknes-trust in the Name.

Isa. 53.2. We saw no form nor comlines in Christ.

Isa. 54.8. In a little wrath-but-everlast. kindnes.

V. 10. Mountains shall remove-but not my love.

Isa. 55.8. My thoughts are not your thoughts.

Isa. 57. 19. I create-peace, to him thats far off.

Isa. 59. 16. His own arm laid hold on Salva.