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350 straightway proved unto us in the incarnation, as a fount and archetype of all other operations of mercy and grace, all which are gratuitous, and so depending upon God, as the original operation itself. Luke i. 48. God himself hath delivered unto us the idea of the almighty operation of his grace, signifying it by that which produceth creatures out of nothing, an restoreth life to the dead. Rom. iv. 17. The just idea which the centurion has of the omnipotence of God and Jesus Christ in healing bodies by the sole motion of his will, is the image of the idea which ought to be held touching the omnipotence of his grace in healing souls from avarice. Luke vii. 7. God illuminates the soul, and healeth it as well as the body, by his will alone; he commandeth, and he is obeyed. Luke xviii. 42. No graces are given, save through faith. Luke viii. 48. Faith is the first grace, and the fountain of all others. 2 Pet. i. 3. The first grace which God grants to a sinner, is the remission of sins. Mark xi. 25. Be and the Church no grace is granted. Luke x. 35-6. All whom God willeth to save through Christ, are infallibly saved. John vi. 40. The desires of Christ always have their effect; he bringeth peace into the inwardest parts of [men’s] hearts, when he wisheth it for them. John xx. 19. Jesus Christ delivered himself unto death, to liberate for ever by his blood the first born, that is, the elect, from the hand of the destroying angel. Gal. iv. 4, 5, 6, 7. Alas! How doth it behove a man to have renounced earthly goods, and even himself, that he may, so to speak, have confidence to appropriate Christ unto himself, his love, death, and mysteries, as doth holy Paul, When he saith: who loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal. 20. The grace of Adam only produced human merits; 2 Cor. v. 21. 1693. The grace of Adam is the sequel of creation, and was due to a healthy and intact nature. 2 Cor. v. 21. The essential difference between the grace of Adam and a state of innocence, and Christian grace, is, that every