th~ grOJfefl Self-m~Jrder; 53 don r flyingiri the Ayr is not any means. No, · . that is aBirds means and flO·t mine, for I cannot do it; but my means is going,' if I have legs: or riding, if they Qe not able: or carrying, ifI can- . not ride. Every mans mediums .come in between that which he can and that which he can- . not, and he is to ufe them, that that whic~ he cannot he may be enabled to do. . Secondly, becaufe God does not exhort men like a company of fl:ock!S and fiones~ but as men that are edifiable by his words. If there were nomeans tliey could poffibly ufe, thy were like flocks and fl:ones. Ifthey had n~ ears a5 means · to let it in, no underfianding as means to con– ceive it , no power of willing at leafl: to fet: .about it, then we thould preach to a company of flocks. There mull: be fome means propoun~ ded; that men are enabled to ufe ( though by– any power of their own they cannot do it , graciouily ) or elfe as good preach to a com– pany of Hocks. Now God proteUs he draws men ·~s men may be drawn : I dh~w them with cords of tt m~tn, Hof. I I. 4· That is, with fuch cords as a man may be drawn with : nor like a company of frocks and of fiones : if ye have but: the carnal reafonof a man, thefe cords they would draw ' you. God draws you like men; with cords of a man. Indeed in the ' qui~kning of thehearr, and in point of repentance, a man - is no more aCtive thana frone. But when bee draws you to the means, he draws you like Qlen; and therefore ye may come if ye w~ll, and .if ye be but men, thefc 'ordi ar« cords to draw men <I th1rdly 1 , I 1\ . ' ·'
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