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you

;

this

is

the

way

in

the

ro

dinary

call

of

God,

and

though

God fandifie

force

from the womb

,

yet

afterwards

by

a

mighty

work of

the Spirit

he

difcovers

unto them what the

foul

is

by

nature there

is

fomewhat like this

even in

thole

that are

fantified

from the womb

,

though God

in

an

extra-

ordinary

way draw

the

foul

out from

tin into

the ways

of

life

;

but

generally

there

are

in

the

ordinary

way

of

Gods

working,

thefe

three

or

four

voices

calling

to the

foul.

i.

Says

God

to

the

foul,

O

foul

thou

art

made

for

God,

and

for

Eternity.

2.

O

f

ul

thou

art

now

in

the ways

of

Hell,

and

of

eternal

per-

dition,

and

mull

of

neceífìty

.

perith

in

it.

3.

O

foul,

behold

here

are

the

ways

of

life

and falvation

reveal'd

unto thee,

and

fet before

thee

in

the

Gofpel of

my

Son.

And

laftly,

O

foul

come

in, and

thou

fhalt

have

favour

and

acceptation

in

my

Son

;3

thefe

are the four

voices

in

Gods

call

;

I do not

fay

every

one hears them

plainly

and

diftinftly

,

yet

they

do

for

the

fubitance

of

them

in

the

ordinary'

way of the difpenfation

of

Gods grace

:

Every

foul

that

God

juftifies

they are thus

called

of God,

and

'tis

a

prevailing

call,

that

brings

then

in

to-lúbmit unto

it

:

Again,

concerning this

call

of

God

be-

caufe

the

Scripture

fpeaks much

of

it,

a

s

the

The

of

God

further;

mark

it,

That

foul

that

once

he r

bring

it

into the ways

of

life,

that foul

will

evermore de-

pend

span

Gods

call

in all

other

things

;

if

God

bath

called me

out

of

the ways

of

death,

into

the

ways

of

life,

in

obedience

to that

call

that

my

foul

bath yielded

to

,.

I

fhall

Ipe

ever-

more under the power of Gods

call in

all

other

things

,

let

God

call me

to what he will,

to

what

fervice he

pl,eafes,

to

whatfoever

difficulties and fufferings

he

fhail1

think

meet,

my foul

is

content,

and

fays,

Fiere

I

am,

Lord

#eak,,

thy

f

r

vant

hears.

Now

for

a foul

to

be

fo

under

God,

as

to

wait

-upon the

call

of

God

to

any

duty,

fervice,

and

imployment,

that it dares not go about

any

thing

but

according

to

the

call

of God

;

this

is

a

good Evidence that

fuch

a

foul

bath

been

acquainted

with that great

call

of

God,

that

powerful call

of God

to

bring

him off froth

the ways

of

fin

into the ways

of

life

and falvation.

Further,

thole

that

have been

ac-

quainted with

this

call

of God,

there

is

an

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