20 2 The tiltmanner ofSannifyina the , ,.....5 gainft the Miniftry ofthe Word, ftands out againft all the power in Heaven and Earth that is given to Chrift : do not think that thoudolt refift a poor weak mortal man, but thou dolt refill all the power in Heaven and Earth. And is not this a dread. full thing then , to be guilty of not Sanctifying of Gods !name ? 1 4. Fourthly, It is an argument ofextream hardnefs of heart not to be wrought upon by the Word. Luke z6.31. If they bear not Mofes and the (Prophets, neither wil they beperfvoaded thoughone rotefrom thedead, faithAbraham. Certainly that man or woman that That not be wrought upon by the word fo as to fandifie Gods Name in it, I fay to fuch, If one should rife from the dead,they would not have their hearts wrought upon, and therforemuch lefs are they like to be wrought upon by affii dions. It may be fome ofyou think when you are upon your tickbeds, then youwil repent ; no furely, if this that is thegreat Ordinance tobring men to God, &all not work upon you fo as God Thai be honored in it ; you cannot expel chat ficknefs and afflittion fhould do it ; no, if one that come from the dead to tell you of al the miferies that were there, certainly if the Word worknot upon you, that wil not do it. But you wil fay, One would think that there fhould be more power to work upon the heart : truly no, becaufe it is fuch an Ordinance appointed by gad for working fuch great works upon the hearts and confcien- ces of men, as the Word is : It is true, the word is but a weak thing ityit felf, but here lies the ftrengch, That it is anOrdinance of God appointed for to work upon the hearts of men; therfore ifthis work not upon you to give God glory in the hearingof it ;, there is noother means like todo it. 5. Fifcly, When the word works not upon men, it is a dreadful hgii of reprobation, If our qofpei be hid ( faith the Apoftle in 2 Con 4. 3.) it is bid to thole that are lofi. It is a dreadful Argu- Richt that here is a loft creature, one that God intends no good to. One the Lord works upon, perhaps he lets pail another, one in a fatal:11y, and not inanother. Nowwhere it is fo, that the Word wor',:,edi not, I fay there is no fuch dreadful brand of Reprobation as this is. is true, we cannot give any certain Ip ofAcgigbar.ion ;, thexelocel.caupoL fay, of an Lao, tie 1 14th,
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