234 _ CHRISTS Lana are nothing ; the tampering on the Organs is nothing, but when the breath comes, then there is ring-ague ; So, weinay {! keep adoe to turne your hearts, but till God breath into you, there is nothing done. Trae, the preaching of the Gospel is, a very powerfull thing ; J, when Chrifts arme goes along with it it is the (word of the Spirit, but if the Spirits atine be not with it, we may brandifh it Jere every week, and doe little: as-Scanderb4gge laid : One hearing what mighty feats Scanderbagge fword had done, lent for it, and when he law it, he made nothing of it : Is this the Sword that hath done filth great exploits? Whats this Swoad mote than other f,rords ? O, fàyes Scanderbagge, I lent thee my (word, but not Wray ernie, that did handle it. So, my Brethren, the word which wee preach, is but Chrifis (word; God (ends you his fword many times, when he keeps his arme to himfelf, and fo nothing is done. So then, we are nothing, and there- fore all fuccefie is of Chrifi, /HI, our wills are nothing to doc it, we may will to doe you good but Converts cannot bee made by our wills, as the isvangelift fàyes, ,3oh.1 .5 3. Secondly, our paines and labours are nothing ; we may la- bour and take paines, but look Ef .49.q. Thirdly, our gifts are nothing; who had better gifts than Chrifi had, as hee . was man? and yet that would not doe it, job. r 2.38. Fourth - ly,our Prayers are nothing, they may dee fomethittg, forme- times, but except God- be pleafed to give fucceffe, they are nothing, Jeremiah, prayed, fora 4.7,8,9. yet the Lord told hits, that fliould.not doe it, ver.t r . 'keaf.2. Secondly, the Convert on of Souks, is a fupernaturall work ; we that arc ?á inittets, preach to make men new crea- tures, to turn Leopards into Kids, as if we fhould preach to make Blackamores white, the dead atine, which is a work for God alone to doe, -and therefore the fiaccefíe mutt needs be from him, Alas, what are we able to doc? as the Apo- file ayes, The art G. wormanfhip in Girt 3sf000,vreoted to good .works Ephef.a.ro. We are his infiruments, that's true indeed, but yee are his workrnanfhip, you are the Epiftle of Chril'c,
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