,. i ' p( ~. . ~·~~ ' ' ,. ' \ . S2 Wilfullmpenitency . . , the means, thou fiickefl: at a win not; I eo here is the difference, the godll have apromife Thi; con- upon their t-t_{tng·oftheir means, they uftng them in founds.thefaith: but tho.u haft no promife, yet who ~ow~.r Rhe/enAa ?fwhat God ma.y do? As the King of Niveveh faid, t e rmt- · .. niaos. Let's cry mightily to God; _let'$ cafl: away thefe and thefe fins, Who 'kz.tewes if God will turn and. repent? }9nah _3.9.Hehad no pr~mife,he could not tell whether God would forg1ve. He would fet upon the means, . he would cry mightily, and it hit well, for God fpared the City: if thou wilt not fet upon the means , thou doefl: wilful- , . ly periili : and here I cleared two things, I. That God appoints every man the means that he may ufe, he may ufe thofe means that God com– mands him as means. J,. That ifhe will not, he do~s wilfully perifh. ' Arguments to provea Wic/tedMttn.may ufe the tnea1ts that God appointeth 111 means~ Jcannot hear the preaching of the Wordfaift thou, I am deaf, I €annot hear Sermons, then that is not the means: reading,which thou canfiP and meditating, which thou canfi, is thy means, Every 1nan r~1ay 'ufe the means that God does ap.. point hiln as means. I. Argu. Firfr, becaufe its thevery nature ofmeans to come between ones can and his cannot, and MediA. therefore they are called media, becaufe they come in the midfl: between a rrians can and his cannot. Bywhat means ma~ I go up to Lon· . J p .a.on • ~ ~ s~ •
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