Calamy, Horton, Manton - BX9327 .F28 1663

Mr. Lye/ Summitry Rehearral 4. The Argument or Motive he ufes to perfwade poor Creature to lec him in. /. l'onsflo. if he will but open, I will come in, and take my a- bode : An admirable thing to have fuch a Tennant. a. A jptcr.s.,da , l will imp with him,1 will vouchfafe. him fellowfhip and communion. I. He fup with me ; There fhall be mutual fellow fhip between him and me, what I have thall be his, andwhat he bath (hail be mine : we will walk, love, and lodge together ;. I will lodge with him, and he lodge with me. 4. To whom this invitation is made ; to every one, all ;if any man or woman, that have fleighted my Miniiiers voice, months or years, if yet he will open, /nisi/come in 5. The fanners dutyand interefi. 1. The opening the heart when Chrifl knocks, that's his duty ; becaufe Chrias invitation is his command. 2. His interefl, becaufe then Chritt will come in, efr'ee The Doar int was, When Chrift knocks and calls at 'the doores of our hearts, 'tis our duty and intereft to open, admit, and let him in. Thefe two queflions were propofed and profecuted. s. w,:.un, or how, is Chrifl- [aid to knock and call at the hearts of Sinners, 2.110w/inners are faid to hear andopen. . How is Chrifi [aid to knock and call at the hearts of Sinners? I. If you regard the means whereby he knocks, i. e, by natural light of confcience within; or by the light of the Miniftry and Go- fpel without. 26 If you regard the manner of Chills knocking or calling, 'tis either externally, by the Word, Ordinances, Providences ( his Rod bath a voice as well as his Word, ) or internally, by the Spirit of God that accompanies that Word, by the means of Grace, by the motions of his Spirit. 26 How are fannersfaid to hear his voice, andopen? 1. For hearing, it mull not b anexternal, but-an internal hearing, a hearing of the heart,through the heart : it muf+' be a particular, ei- iiinguifhing hearing, it mull know the voice of Chria, it mull be a fenlible, an humi:le, fatisfying hearing. 26 For opening ;it is either T. sdecial, onenieg at firil; when the door is flint, thole everla- fling doors are at firtl open to entertain the King of Glory, in our Co-vetfion. Progreffve. i. e. when the foul opens more and more: for the,reg

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