· , the G~fPel-Offer. , 2<)5 for life, when he complains, that £nners will not come to him for that end ·? II. The Faith ofthe,GofPei-Offcr . In the ·next ·place, you mufi believe, ,That J~flt$ Chrifl with his righteou(nefs and all his falvation, is by himfelf 'offered to finners, anc to you in particu– lar. This is the plain voice of the gofpel, to all unto whom it comes, Ifa. lv. 1. ' . Ho, every one that thirfieth, come ye to the waters, and he that bath no money; come ye, buy and eat, yea come, bnY."wine ·and milk ~ithout money and withou~ price ~' 1 Rev. xxii. 17. ' W hofoever will, let him take the water of life freely.' Prov. viii. 4· ' Unto you, 0 men, , I call, and my voice is to the fons of men ..' But alas ·! few believe it : yea, none will believe it to purpofe, till the Spirit of the Lord make it pl~in to them·, and perfwade tqem by an inward illumination. Many fecure fit1ners hear the gofpel~ ~nd are &lad of the · offer : but they difce.rn · not Chrifi's voice in it• . They hear it not, as the Lord 'Chrijl himfelf, to ' them; but as the word of man: hence, it hath no due authority upon their confciences ; fo, they pafs it bver lightly. Thus were his offers of himfelf enter": tained, when made by his own mouth, but he not · difcerned as the eternal Son ofGod, and Saviour of theworld. So, in the congregation ofNazareth, all. hare him witneft, and wondred at the gracious word~ which proceeded out of his mouth. But they /aid, I~ not this Jofeph's Son? Luke iv. 22. And in a li'ttle, they ro(e up, and thrufl him out of the city, -Ver . 29. Again9 when the voice of Chriji is di!cerned in the offer, by the convinced finner; then the finner is ready to conclu~e, That it is to oth~rs , but not t9 him. Unbelief faith, that . our bones are dried, and our hope is lofi, we are cut off for our parts, Ezek. xxxvii. 1 I. They cannot_believe that fo good news tiom heaven concerns them, or that fuch a good word ·- 1 is
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