234 Ger.erall diref.liont fir A inbredcorruption, infùfion ofhellifh poyfon, and jufz curs of(odgrownVito fuel., aIN digiousrocke: that no eagle_' or created power; nor the foftefr eloquence, or feverefl courfe ; nay, not the weight of the whole world, were it Felt upon it, can poi1ibly mollifae or reclaime it. It will ue. ver yeeldorrelent, or be rentfrom itsdarling delight, but dye in its deadneíiè, and be defperately hardened for the very depthofHell ;except the AlmightySpirit take the hammer of the Word into his octane hand, that byhis fpeciall unrefi. fiable power, andmerciful! violence, he may firfl breake it in pieces with legali rcmorfe, and after by the fprinkling and powerful! application of Chrifls blood, refolveit into teares oftrue Evangelical! repentance; that fò onely by gracious miracleof divinemercy, it may be fofrned, fanEtifed andfa- ved, The flubborne Iewes were heavily loadenwith an ex- traordinary variety of moli grievouscrofis andaftli&ions.' There was nothingwanting to make them outwardly mife- rable; and nomifery infliaed upon them but upon purpofe tohumble and take downe their rebellious hearts. The Pro- phet Efay, Chap. a. paints out to the life the rufrrll flare of their frefh bleeding defolations ; The whole head(faith hee) at lick, and the whole heart is beanie, &c (for the place is Meant, not as fornetake it, of their iinnes, but of their for rowes) But all thefe blowes and prefláres were fo farre from melting them, thatthey made them harder : Wherefore f oildyoube fmitten any more, forye fall away more and more ? What created power can poffibly have more power upon' the foules ofmen, than the facred Sermons of the Sonne of cod; fpake as never man fpake ? And yet His deare treaties, and melting invitationswhich fweetlyand tender. Iy flowed "fromthat heart, which was refolved to fpill its warrnefland inmoft blood for their fakes, moved thofe íliffc.' necked !ewes never a jot& llierufalm, Hierufalem, bow of 012 would I,and you would not ? Matt.2,3.37. Ifalab, that Noble Prophet whole matchleífe Hilt, incomparably furpaffeth the uttnoftpofíìbility ofall humane invention ; and towhich thechoife l.elegancies ofprophane Writers, are purebarba. rifine:,
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