S a c T. XI. Gads Statutes, andkeeping his rsdgin:ents. 569 -t** `.` SERMON XCVII. TheHammer of Arminianifm: Demon.ilrating, That Clod in Converting andchanging a Sinner, works after an Omnipotent, Efficacious andIr; rejflible Manner. eXgainft the Patrons of f Free-Willand Power of man to Supernaturall things. Ez á K. 36.26. titnew heart al fie will igive yen, and 1 will take anta, the heart ofnene andgiveyea as heart offle/b. ITs now time to drawnigh to a conflation concerning this full and quinteffenti- allText. There remain two particularsonely tobe improved, that were taken noticeof in the maindivifion of the Text. For as we told you, here was obier- vable, the precious movie promifed, defcribed both poftively s and .oppofitely. Here was alto theefficient caul of this mercie,and thefruit thereof : Sowe told you there was a two-fold modus, ormanner obtervable about this mercie: There Was modus rei, and modnediEli; The manner of Gods working this grace in thofe whom heConverts ; and that is, Byhis mighty omnipotent power, efficacioufly, infuperably, irrefiftably : For confider with what authoritie God (peaks it, 1 wail take away the heart offfone,l wargive an heart off elh. God will doe it, andMans will (hall not hinder: Here is no condicionare, fufpended operation, as if God would not convert, or turnour hearts to him, till we altoby our`Fsee-will began to turn to him So that thisText is an rdammer to heatinpieces all theta `Daÿiriues of old, andwhichnow of late multiply, concerning Free-will, and thepower of man to fupernaturallthiug,. Mey not thisText fatisfie every man?Doth itnot makeeve- riemans heart by nature aftone, infenfible and ftupid about holy things ? Doth not Godhere appropriate thewhole work of Converfìon tohimfelf ? 1will give an heartof FleJb, I will takeaway the flouy heart: Yeadoth henotalto declare the manner how hewill doe this by his Soveraign, Omnipotent, and irrefiftable pow- er, fo that the heartcannotbat bowand yield, and give it (elf up. Whereasnow, if the Patrons of NatureandFree-will, whoare enemies toGods grace, did fpeak truth, then God fbould have maid no more butthis, IWOgiveyouanheart offiefh ifyamwill ! Cannot doe it alone, unleffe your Freewillgoealong with it alto; I Mutt fufpend,or (lay mywork till I fee What youwill doe. This is theAra manner obfervable. Then there is modus dàflà, the fecond manner howGod willvouchfafe this,and,that it by wayof CJàft, by a free abfolute Promffe, Iwifldo tbus, and then he Both not fuppofe any previous,or antecedent Conditions on part.! (hall at Del d d this
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