ON the excer7ency,of the soul. 31? _._.. cy of God, and therefore wee had need .walk.with fear and trembling before him. Sixthly, Further, If thou wouldeff have thy foul faved , attend upon thole means that Cod bath appointed to fave fouls, wait at wifdomes ports. Now this one direction being clearly (hewn- nut of Scripture, will be enough to confute all that talk againft doing: If God bath appointed means to five, then furely bee hath appointed that wee muff attend Upon thofe means. Now in Rom: r. i 6. Thy preaching of the Gofpel there is called, The power of God to falvation. Now if you would bee caved, you niuff. bring your fouls un- der that which is the power of God to falvation Becaufe the Lord in the Miniffry of the Gospel loth ufe to put forth his Almighty Power for the Paving of foals therefore- is is that the Gofpel is called the poWet of : God to falvarion ; you cannot be faved without theAlmightyPower of God, and where is that put forth but -in the preaching of the Gofpel? To whom is the Arm of the Lordrevealed ? That is, the Arm Of .God in the- preaching of the Gofpel ; fo you know what the Apoffle faith, in Rom.: -io Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. You wilt fay, can wee do any thing tow -aids our falva- tion ? yes, you may hear, it is the duty of us as creatures to come and hear the Word; and Faith comes by hearing fo then Faith comes by fomehat . that wee do,' but not fo that God hath tied himfelf to give Faith to every one -that hears, I would. not bee underiloodfo: But -thus, God bath appointed, that - hearing fliould bee a means for the -work - ing of Faith; It is true, it is the blefing of God in hearing, bur hearing is the way that God hash fete God indeed can convey Faith from Heaven to any -foul immediately; I but where there is the preaching of the Gofpel, there do I ex- peóf that thefe creatures that do intend that I fhould work Faith in them, Biould come and attend upon the preach ing of the Gofpel : Chriff could have opened the blind mans eyes, without fpitting upon the clay, and anointing his face, but.hee would have that done, and that mutt bee the R r. 3 means
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