to drowfe SAINTS. they not ? The Lord will have us fee that (ucce(le is from him. Now if it bee fo in outward things , how much more here, in other things, the worke is more in the mans hands, and the the thing is traceable to him , but it is not fo here : We may labour to convect Souks, but this work is not in our hands, the ufing dale meanes, the Lord Jefus Chrifl puts that into our hands; but the doing of the deed, the fucceffe is onely from him. Fir(l, Betaule wee arc nothing in this worke. We may . be fomething at other workès, wee may Rudy, and in an or- dinary providence wé may make a Sermon. But when we conic to Preach, it is not an ordinary providence tlint will make us to convert foules; no,here We are nothing, Paul may plant, and Apallos may water. Now marke what followes, late does not onely fay, it is God that gives the increafe. Paul may plant, and Apollo: may water, but God gives the increafe, rCor.3.6. That is, all their thecefheand all the fruit of their 7.th labour is from God That is is hee any tbiun nor vcrié, fàycs he. p 1 g> he that watereth any hing, b God dts that ttc giveth men the had, they As if he fhould fay, as did nothing in this worke, the whole (bcceffe is of God. Be- loved, we can but fee before you, Life and Death, we can but tell you thus yee will be damned, and thus and thus yee may be laved ; but it is God that mull bleff this unto you; Ocher - wire we can doe nothing. Wee may Preach our hearts out ; and yetyou'l to hell, doe we what we can, except the Lord break your carcere. Elifha's man could lay his M,i(fcrs flaffe upon ere child, but the child furred not, till Elifha came him - felfe, and then the child was railed. So wee can but lay our Mailers Rage upon your dead foules, But except our Matter come himfelfe, ire ie a dead foule will flan(' up : what is all our Preaching, and'drefbng up o1o'.ir Sermons, like the rig- ging of the fayle =, that's nothing except the wind blow. The Spirit of Chrill: is the wind, except bee blow upon you, wee re S 3 1 233 'keaf.I.
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