343 / 772
Ofoure`feZ4all
315
&ed and
ñail
be faued,
it
appeareth
by the parable
of
the
fttpper,where many,outwardly inuited to the great
flipper
o
the
King,'refufe
to come,and therefore
are
excluded from
the
marriage,Mat.
z
z.3.8.
And Rotn.8.3
o,the
Apofile
faith,that
xvhom
he
didpredefiinate,them
all;
he called,
and
thefe
alto
he
iu-
fliiteth.
So
Ad?.
a
3.48.
it
is
faid,
that
ar
many
az-
wert ordained
to
euerlafinglrfe,
I
eleetsed
at
the preaching
of
Papal
and,Bar--
naba,s,and
therefore
thefe
onely
were
ef}eaually called. And
Ioh.6.4$.our
Sauiour
faith,
that
emery one crho
bath
heard
and
bath
learned
of
the
fatber,commeth
vnto
him.
So
that, outward
hearing
is
not
ftdficient
to
bring
vs
to
Chrif
},
vales ÿ
Father
alto inwardly inflruai
vs
with
his
holy fpirit, opening our
deafe
eares,inlightening
our
blind vnderflandings,inclining
our
willes,and fan6lifying our
affeolions,
that
we
may
atten-
tively hearc,truly vnderiland,and
heartily
embrace the
Gof-
pell preached
vnto
vs.
And
this
appeareth
in
the
example
of
Lydia, A61.16.14.
whole heart the Lord
is
laid
to
haue
ope-
ned,that
fhe
might attend veto
the
things which Paul
fpake,
and
be
concerted
:
by which
fpeech
the holy
Ghofl iinplieth
thus much,that
her
heart
was
(as
it
were)
clofe Phut,
and fall
locked
vp,fo
as
flhe
could
not
receive
the word preached, till
the Lord had opened
it
by the inward operation
of
his
holie
fpirit.
Which
matter
neede
not
feeme
firange vnto vs,feeing
it
is
continually
confirmed
by our ovine experience
:
for
how
comes
it
to
paffe
that
many
amongfl
vs,
heare the
word prea-
ched from
day
to
day, and yeere
to
yeere, and
yet
are
neuer
the
neercr,
but
(fill
remaine
as
ignorant
in
their
mindes,
as.
peruerfe
in
their
willes,
as
corrupt
in
their
affeaions,as
pro
-
phane.in
their
limes
as
euer
they
were
?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
knowledge
ofGod,
their
veils
inclined
to
holincfhe
and
rightcoufnes,thcir
affeoiions
fan6tified,their
hues
reformed?
Purely
becattfe
the Lord
cloth
ioyne
in
thefe,
the
inward
operation
ofhisfririt,with
the
outward
minific
rie
ofhis
word,making it
effeòtuall
for their true conuerfion;
whereas
he
leaueth the other to
their own corrupt
affe6
ions
andhardnes
ofheart.
E
ffetltrau
cal=
f
ling proyer
to
the
cictl.
,M
auk
tt.3,8*
Rom.8.3
o.
Aft.
13.48.
loh.6.
q
t,
Aaa
6.I4.
And