I TO The Souks efeEivall calling to Chriflo. mile : Now therefore the Lord, he muft teach all the affeEtions to come unto thepromife, and the firtt affe&ion that commeth next inorder, is the affe&ion ofhope. DoRrine. TheDoCcrine is this; The holy Spirit of the Father doth ftir the heart ofanhumbled and in- lightned firmer to hope for the goodne(reof the Lord :TheLord talleth all the affe&ions ; come joy, come defire, come love ; but the firft voyce is tohopes only obferve thispaffage, it muttcome from a hearthumbled and inlìghtned, for nothing commeth to theheart to be affected, but onelyby the head and underftanding; therefore before the foule canhope, the heart muff bee humbled, and inlightned : humbled, in regard of prepara* tion,and inlightnedin regardofthe certification ofGods goodnefí'e.. Secondly, it muft be furredup todoe it; the fpirit muff ftir up theheart unto it : when apoore finner is truly abafed,and cut offfrom every thing in himfelfe, and iscontent robeatGods difpofe, yet the foule cannot difpofe ofit fille, it cannot carry it felfe to the affeáing imbracing of any fupernaturall grace orgood by the power ofna- ture: looke as it is with awind-mill,it is fitted for togo,, and if the winde blow, it will goe; but now the falle will not ftirre the mill, unleffe the winde ftirre the falle : So here though the foule bee humbled andcontent to beeat Gods difpofe, yet I fay an humble broken felfe-denying heart is notable to ftirreof it felfe, Thirdly, Tohope groundedly,it is nota flafhy hope,
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