224 A graciousfririt. They doe fuadere , but not perfua- dere. uát rapi- ens eArgu-, metttatrixfi- bi videtur arrogantia hurnana,præ- [mini cum a- , liquid de gaudiis jecu- la metuit a- mittere ! Tertul. de fpeótac. c.2 . as Saint Paul fays ofhimfelf, Gal, r. 15, I 6.thar after it p'eafed God tocall him byhis grace, ac'd to reveale his Son in him,irnmediately heconfer red not ma' flefhandblood. Many area great while before they be thus fully taken off; they are as Agrippa, Aci. 26. z almost per- fwaded to become Chriftians ; Zhe truths of God do move them, hut not tinoughly perfóvade them; they ftrive with them , but do not throughly van- quifh them. The Spirit of God leaves fore in theverybiro , that there is ne- ver ffrengrh tobring tot th ; but it is a molt bleiled thing , when the heart cones off kindely and fully ; now it is not fo ready to raife obfr ions a- gainft thf wayes of God , nor tohear- ken toobjedlions r, ifed by ethers, as it was befo:e. When the fire is fully kin- d', d, there there is little fmoak, at the fiat the Imo. k riles thick, that we can fee no fire: The reafon of fo many ar- guings,and objections of the flefl:;is he- caufe the heart is not fully taken off. Tertullian bath a notable exprefsion to this purpofe : Howwife an Arguer, fags he,doth the pride of man Teem to it f lfë, when
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