240 Of .the E ;clog ('aufe and äs - the Creature cannot arrogate any Thing to it felf of its Creation, but owes it wholly to God, ` fo no more can it of Re-. generation ; What 'hag thou,Q Man, but what thou haft received ? (g.) The Gofpel which is the Seed of Faith, and without the Knowledge of which it is impoiiible to be- lieve. Rom. x. .to. How fhall they believe with out a Teacher ? is a fupernatural Dottrine, which Nature's dark Candle could never difcover : And therefore laid to be hidfrom the Foundation of the World, till the Revela- tion thereof through Chrift. Eph, iii. 5. Col. i. 26. Though 'a Man's Eyes were never fo good, yet he cannot fee without the Sun, (6.) That Faith is from God appears, in that when the Gofpel is revealed, and Chrift therein holden forth, yet fah is the Blind- nefs of the World they cannot fee 'him, fuck is the Power of their Unbelief they cannot affent, fo perverfe are their Wills tht.y can- not embrace Chrift. i CV. iì. 14. The natu- ral Man receiveth not the Things of the Spirit of God,for they are fpiritualiy dzfcerned. The Ob- jest isclear enough in it fell, but Men want Eyes, and a Light to fee what is holden forth : Hence the Gofpel is hid to many ; and Chrift' delivers his from the Power of Dark-. ?iefs. (7.) This is clear if ye confider the Lord's great Defign in the Difpenfation of the Gofpel, 'which is to humble Man, and exalt
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