...influence of God's holy fpirit. In the fourth, from thefe words, Work out your ownfal•uation with fear and trembling, for it is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do, of his good pleafure, he endeavours to prove that the fear here meant, is the fear of offending...

...falvation ;" nay, we are commanded to be fo, Philip, ii. i 2, i 3. " Work out your own «* falvation with fear and trembling: for it is GOD " that worketh in you both to will and to do." So that GOD'S preventing and aflifting grace, his "work" ing in us both to will and to do,"...

...and trembling" (that is, cxxin ', with great care and concernment, left you mould fall fhort of it) " for it is GOD that worketh in you " both to will and to do, of his good pleafure." The confideration of GOD'S readinefs to aflift us, and of his grace which...

...makes the exhortation come with peculiar force and energy, " Work •* out your own falvation with fear and trembling : ** for it is God that worketh in you both to '* will and to do of his good pleafure*." It will be a fupport to the prefent argument to obferve, that fome fenfe...

...ftrivings of the Spirit with your fouls are as uncertain as either. " Work out your own " falvation with fear and trembling; for it is God that worketh •* in you both to will and to do of his good pleafure," Phil. ii. 12, 13. That God now works with you, is matter of great encouragement...

...will take away the ftony heart out of your flefh, and I will give you an heart of flefh. Phil. ii. 13. For it is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleafure. • Qi. ' S- What is meant by fubmitting to God's will ? A. (i.) Either...

...own falvation ; nay, we are commanded to.be fo, Phil. ii, 12, 13. Work out your own ftlvation with fear and trembling : for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do. Sa that God-s preventing and affifting grace, his working in its both to will and to do, is...

...falvation of your fouls. Be diligent to make your calling and election fure. Work out your falvation with fear and trembling, for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleafure. Proceed in your Chriftian courfe and warfare, till ye be crowned with victory,...

...the falvation which Chrift hath purchafed for them. Wherefore work out your own falvation with J<ar fear and trembling: for it is God that worketh in you both to wilt and to do of his good pleafure. In thefe comprehenfive words we may obferve, Firft,, That grand...

...are commanded to work out our own fahation with fear and trembling. The reafon immediately follows ; for it is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do, of his own good fleafure. — From thefe, and many other repeated pafiages, it is evident, that...