Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 21 there given life inChrifi, to all that will have it : and theobje&s propounded are fufficient in their kind, to work even the molt wonderful eft s on mens fouls ; for they are God himfelf, and Chrifl, and glory : Befides , God giveth men natural faculties, that theymay have the ufe of reafon ; and there is nothing more unreafoñable then to refute this offer- ed Mercy. He giveth inducing Arguments in the writtenWord andSermons ; and addeth filch Mercies and Afi:`ions that one would think íhould bow the hardePc heart. Befides, thearivinos and motions of his Spirit within, which are more then we can give an account of. Now is not this as much as belongs to God as Governour of the Creature according to its Nature ? And for the Givingof a Newnature, and Creating New hearts in men, after all .their rebelli- ous reje&ing of Grace, this is a certain Miracle of Mercy and belongs to God in another Relation (even as the free choofer of his-Elea,) and not di- redly as the Governour of the univer.fe. This is from his }ecial Providence, and the former from his Gene- ral. Now fpecial Providences are not to be as com- mon as tizä General, nor to fubvert Gods ordinary e 1ablifhedCourfe ofGovernment. ifGod pleafe to flop Jordan, anddry up the Red Sea for the paffage of the Ifraelites, and to caufe the Sun to fcand 1rí11 for 7,91061, mudhe do fo fail for every man in the world, . or elfe be accounted unmerciful ? fenfe of this Obje&ion is plainly this : God is not fo rich in Mer- cy, except he will Newmake all the World, or Go- vern it above its Nature. Suppofe a King know his fubjeds to be fo wicked, that they have every one a full deign to famifh or kill thernfelv s, or poifon F 3 tñerry
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