to tbe. E p.H E S I AN S. Theref~rein Job. 10,11. he faith, that-the S,pir.it Jl?all CQ11Vit1fe ihe World of~ 'Judgment, for(faith h~) thl ~ri,1;c~ of t~u Wor.M tJ ;udgt,t(. When amao. is Sermon. convened, Satan is judged, IS ~~n \)1Jt. jlefore a, man \I'~S Jakm.Caf!ttve of hJm XXIV. at hi< will, 2 Tim.7.,#/(. · · . . ~ My Brethren, This is~ mightJtPQwe.r to ~h5ow the Pevi\ out of a m~n. In, that nth of Ma.tt, 28. he (a!th, If .I '1J the ·.fpmt q God calf out VevJ/s, LookLz•keil,'J.I• Jfl/Jythefjngp; ~f Gotj. The Fing~rof God you know was •pplied to. a Miracl~· t.l!~t H!1JCrY,~t1JrC cgpjp t;fo~ Ex~d.8.19. lie IS callec! the Strong man. ; and, fq1~h 1% IU~ t~\OW rh~ D~viJ c;>ut of any man, I qmft overcome !Iim by ilrengtb, jor he. ·\S' a i)r.o~Jg fllan. · He compareth l11m to a Giant, and faith he,.hq wilJ !J~Vefl yie!g; he mull pe bound; there is no quar– ter no moral perfwa!ion~ will 1\\W. ~he Devil out of a man's heart. And he fai:h, (I remember it is 311 e::~:p.relf!pqun f..11~e lJ:1~.) that he hath =,.~,;.,, Ar– mour; he bath all fons·of Armoo.f)OJ~~ def~nq l)imfelf~ and to keep the Heal!; which in the 21th verf~IS comp~reP,.tp, his Cnj/!e, He, compareth h1\TI to afl~ong; man that bath his Ca(tle,. apd h~ h.l\t.b.gc;>o<j§ th~re ;. fqr fo he calleth tl\elll there, "[poili11g of hiigoo.4~ , , [ljlr evcry'fll'l.is ·1he De~il's gol1';1s; it is !'(ll)re th.e Qevil's work than OUfj£, h~ is·grati~cd i1,1 it !'(I\) re th~o ~e; .\i is OLl~ 19fs, bpt it is ~i~ gain, for he is the Fath~rohll ~P·, ll(ow (a!th hy, 'If J call the :p~v1l out o,( a, man's heart, he mufi be ll>uo.d, i~ ffillft ~e b)1 m~\n ~r~ngth; thHelore \a1tb ('\'• a man mufi enter,in that is ltrol)g~~ .t\wn h~ ~nd .pjnfl t~e l,lrpflg man, ~1,1q t~en he will fpoil his hqufe. Ht:re is, ~p~ jeE, 9n~ p~~t.<?t t~e!§reaf11tjs of pown: J?Ut forth in the work of <;ohverfion i l;mt jlqe ~~ ~u5 t~tf'mgn p~ Go?, It 1s no more in comparifon of what fo)lp\j:'~tl\i l'H t~1~ Wfolll]Cwli~f toward 11. Here is tjJe txcttdinggreatllffs ~f P<J p_q'tfi~~,f9Jf~4:1fs~ ,<yFO.Uf·"fJt;r,t,f. ' ·r>• l'l.<.J• • • . J But Secondly, Let u~ com~ ~il ;bs [11\Cf~dhtg, g.r(Ofn~jf of h~s po'il(fr i11, .tJ: To open that to 'Q~, fqr inde~~. !lJ~t is Thf IT!qi!J: f'9u jh~U hn,q t11ere are exceeding great exprel[lqns of ,Sfrli11Hr~ about the work ?J (1race m Uf· It is compared toCrtotzngat the li~n, that expre~on 1s qften u(~d, to a Met ramorphofis, a TrijQ~fonlj§tiOn,, , IE'H '\v,Q{d tl;l~t1s ufed Ro171.12.1. It is fudi a transformation, a~ when !Jeaf.l~ ,~rp tur!IF9 into, rpen; for fo you.know th~ word¥•tawotp.hofif ~s. It is ~~J: Tit¥of,il_ Boo,k that de4;rib.eth the Met.amor– phofis, the change 11f f'.1efl into Be~fts, '!'ld lje~~s imo ten. · So it is defrribe~ Ijai. I L6. he telleth us fhere, .that tpe Wq{f "'14 the cm;b fkof'!d 4well toge– lhe~, andtheLiona11d lht C<!lf'fooqU lie dowl'toget,er; thalis, God unde( the Gofpel would chaqge thefe 9features , ,the wildnefs of them , he would Me· tamorphofe them, An<;] )jai.4j.I8,I9• it is apla~e that the Apoflle cloth allude to, and therefore I quote it. ;¥'gu !hall find iq 2 Cp!'·5'·'7· faith the Apoflle, If "'IY m4n be zn (ihr•/f ht 1! 4new Crraturt; QJ(/ thitJgs are pajlaway, 6eh.o!d allthitigs are become 1lf'IJJ, "Now th~t place in lj'qiah is quoted for this; and {f you re~d there, where he qf~tl} tl}e (~me word~ mucq to that purpofe, he tel• leth you,that the l:lcafis of th.e li~lq I)Jall honour him. ~chad mentioned qefore. Remember ye not the former Jhit~,gs, 11eithrr cpvfider I he thmgs of o/4; here Old things are pail away; Btho/4, 1 will do " tzew thi11g, Tht Beofls of (h( fitId }hall hDIJour mt, tht Vragons and the Owls. He would go and convert Heatheniih m~n, Men th~t were :Beafis, that were as remote from honouring God, _even as. Beafis are in fome regard. But 1\ow would he do this, but by !l Creation? Sa11h he, verfe 21.; Tl;n .Rtop!e have Jformed for my jdf, they /ball jhtwforth my praife. H_er_e IS .t)Jat th~ Apofile fmp, Ql(i thi1Jgs tire pajl, afl thmgs are (lecomt l}ew; It IS With atran~fon:natiqn. Now, my Brethren, where .have yqu in S.cript1Jre (mark what J ihall no',V fay) a~y one that feJl aw~y from Gqd, ~h~t it is faid of bim he was a ~tl'tv Crtatt~re, or was born agaill, which is the infuflon of~ IUW lift: or a ll(W Soul; or that he was qt~ickt1.u/ and raifed from tht dta(/? All thefe phrafes are put to exprefs the greatnefs of this ,Power. lt is no wherefaid in all the Word of God, of any fuch man, tl<at he fell aW¥Y; Why? Bec~ufe ,to that work that lhall ne– v~ fall away, goeth a Power anfwer~~le to the work of Greariqn; it is the in– fufi?n of a new Nature, it is the r,aifing of a dea~ man. There is a counterfeit Qf 11 indeed, which thefe phrafes arc never applied unto. R r 2 But
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