586 of Eec`íssal Calliwp S E C T. XII, Ufe 2. if God pafsby fo many thoufands of Angels, and ten thoufands of men, and give thee this inward call , May not this fill thy heart with hot burning love to God? Canft thou contain thy fell? Asa wicked tongue, fet on lire from hell doth alto fet the whole creation on fire; fo thy tongue fet on fire with this heavenly love, (houldmake thee cry out to all creatures, To blefs God for his mercy. David had his heart thus burningwithin him, when hecalls upon the whole creation, and every creature by name to praife God. The Queen of Sheba fainted to hear the wifdom, and behold all the glory of Solomon; how much rathermay thyheart fink within thee, through admiration of Go d$ loge in this particular I Vfe a. Of terrror to thofe who willfully re(ift the outward call of God. God fpeaks once, twice,yea many times, and thou hearefhnot ; Oh confider, that if thou calleft thy fervantagain, and again, if yet he will not come, thou prefently judpeftitdifobedience and rebellion; How then (hall God account of thee otherwife? Again, remember this time of Gods gracious calling is very uncertain; this may be the laftday, the tall hour : To day,ifyetuillhear, harden not your hearts; you have put off many days already, tremble exceed- ingly, lets this day of gracebe letting in a black difmal night. Lafily, confi- der, now God calls you, and you bear not; the day of death, and other miferies will be coming on thee, when thou wilt call on God, and he will mete thy own meafure to thee: See Proverbs r. and the latter end; then thou wilt call to God, to Chrilt,to Angels, to Saints; And none will hear. atc- . at.> .. a-...-k it. SERMON C. Holding forth the 5Kft,ture of Ilocdtion, or l7ixine Calling. R.O Al. g. 30. eytoreover, whom hehath predeflinate, them he bath called. He efficient and inftrumental caufe ofthis Divine Calling mentioned in theText, bath already been declared. We come now to confider, The nature wherein it conlfts; and the termsfromwhich, to which, in it : And firft for the nature of it, becanfe you heard it was partly external, and partly internal ; even as man confrfts of an external body,and an internal inviuible foul ; fo this heavenly calling hath that which is vifible, founding into theear, and thatwhich is invilible and internal, teaching with a mighty power, even to the heart. Thenature of Becaufe, I. fay, it confifts of thefe two parts, wemull confider the Nature vocation. ofit firft as external, and then as internal. As externalit Firtt, Andas its external, fait Both primarily and principally lie in the preach- lieth r.lerinci- in of the word : The merciful and gracious invitation of (inners to come inby paeáeh°rtgeof the Gofpel, is the very effence of external calling : So that the word of God the word. preached to you, whether it be inCommands, Promifes or Threatnings, isto
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