This con - founds the fie- lena,of the Ar- niini ans. s.flrgu. Media. unto. Thou muff pray that thou mayft pray in faith;re- peat the Word that thou mayft repeate it in faith ; re- form thy life that thou mayft reform it in faith : and leek the Lord that thou mayft Peek him in faith. Now if thou wilt not fet upon the means, thou ftickeft at a Will not ; I confefs here is the difference,the golly have a promife upon their ¡sling of the means, they :sling them in faith ; but thou haft no promife, yet who knowes what god may do ? As the King of Niniveh laid, lets cry mightily to God ; lets caft away thefe and thefe fins, who hnowes if God will turn and repent ? 7on,3.9. he had no promife, he could not tell whether God would forgive. He would let upon the means, he would cry mightily, and it hit well, for God fpared the City: if thou wilt not let upon the means, thou dolt wilfully perifh. And here I clea- red two things: i. That God appoints every man the means that he may ufe; he may ufe thole means that God commands him as means. z.That if he Will not,he does wilfully perijb. Arguments to prove a wicked man may ufe the means that God appointeth as means. I cannot heare the preaching of the Word, fayft thou; Iam deafe, I cannot hear Sermons; then that is not thy ,means ; reading which thou canft, and me- ditating which thou canit, is thy means. Every man may ufe the means that God does appoint him as means. Firft, becaufe its the very nature of means to come be) tween ones Can and his Cannot and;therefore they are cal- led media, becaufe they come in the midit between a mans can and his cannot. By what means may I go up to London? flying in the Aire is not my means. No, that is a Brids means and not mine, for I cannot do it ; but my means is going if I have leggs : or riding, if they be not able or carrying, if! cannot ride. Every mans mediums
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