Ofoure`feZ4all 315 &ed and ñail be faued, it appearethby the parable of the fttpper,where many,outwardly inuited to the great flipper o the King,'refufe to come,and thereforeare excluded from the marriage,Mat. zz.3.8. And Rotn.8.3o,the Apofile faith,that xvhomhedidpredefiinate,themall; he called,and thefealto he iu- fliiteth. SoAd?. a 3.48. it is faid, that ar many az- wert ordained toeuerlafinglrfe, Ieleetsedat the preaching ofPapal and,Bar-- naba,s,and therefore thefeonely were ef}eaually called. And Ioh.6.4$.our Sauiour faith, that emery one crho bathheard and bath learned ofthe fatber,commethvnto him. So that, outward hearing is not ftdficient tobring vs to Chrif}, vales ÿ Father alto inwardly inflruai vs with his holy fpirit, opening our deafe eares,inlightening ourblind vnderflandings,inclining our willes,and fan6lifying ouraffeolions, that wemay atten- tively hearc,truly vnderiland,andheartily embrace the Gof- pell preachedvnto vs. And this appeareth in theexample of Lydia, A61.16.14. whole heart the Lord is laid tohaue ope- ned,that fhemight attend veto the things which Paul fpake, and be concerted : by which fpeech the holyGhofl iinplieth thus much,that her heart was (as it were) clofe Phut, and fall locked vp,foas flhe could not receive the word preached, till the Lord had opened itby the inward operationof his holie fpirit. Whichmatter neede not feeme firange vnto vs,feeing it is continually confirmedby our ovine experience : for how comes it to paffe that manyamongfl vs, heare the word prea- ched fromday today, and yeere to yeere, and yet are neuer theneercr, but (fill remaine as ignorant in their mindes, as. peruerfe in their willes, as corrupt in their affeaions,aspro- phane.in their limes as euer theywere?On the other fide,how happencth it that' force attentiuely heare Gods word, trea- fure it vp in their memories, and thereby haue their mindes inlightened with the knowledgeofGod, their veils inclined to holincfheand rightcoufnes,thcir affeoiions fan6tified,their huesreformed? Purelybecattfe the Lord cloth ioyne in thefe, theinward operationofhisfririt,with the outwardminific rie ofhis word,making it effeòtuall for their true conuerfion; whereas he leaueth the other to their own corrupt affe6 ions andhardnes ofheart. Effetltraucal= f ling proyer to the cictl. ,M auk tt.3,8* Rom.8.3o. Aft. 13.48. loh.6. q t, Aaa6.I4. And
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