244 Of the E dint Caufe to receive the Lord Jefus : Hence the Lord firft killeth, and then maketh alive . All Mouths are flopped, and become guilty before 'God, ere the Grace of God be ,manifefled : We are firft Phut up under the Law, ere the Promife of. the Seed come, and the Spirit of Bondage is before the Spirit of Adoption. f ohn xvi. 9. "Ws ii. 42. Rom. iii. 19, 20, 2I. Gal. iii. 23, 24. The Hammer of the Lawmak- ing fuch rough, rugged, unpolifhed Stones, fmooth ; and fo fit for the fpiritual Building. This is the firft Step and Work. (2.) Step is by a Work of Illumination, whereby the Soul is made to fee theLordJefus in his perfonal Gloi:y, full of . Grace and Truth, and all the great, and glorious Privileges of Believers, and the rich, abounding Upmak- ing that is for them, holds forth Remedy. every Way anfwering, and fatisfying all the Soul's Needs, which was íhut up, and hid fröm them formerly. The Illumination is that : glorious Light f the Gofpel, which the Lord maketh to íhine into the Heart of an humbled Sinner, whereby Chrift and all his Glory is made really to appear to the Soul, fo as the Will cannot but adhere there- unto. This is that marvellous Light of the Gofpel the Apofile Peter fpeaks of. i Pet. ii. 9. This is that Spirit of Revelation. Eph. z Cor. iv. 6. God hath made the Light and Glory of the Gofpel to appear in the Face
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