- 34- • · . J.naxitnes , tbnt a thing muft firO: be, before Heart 7reafore; ~!J~:;~~~: ic can aa, nothin_g can give what it bath not , Nihil dat fuch as the cau(e 1s, luch are the effe6l:s : ·Of quod nor~ nothing, no.thing can be tnade, without a habet: Miracle of Creation, and \Ve _ cannot C)fpeCl: ~ll!tS ,. to be fed byMiracles, where ordinary means 'a~~fa a 15 - d r. r d b f effeEtus.Ex ar~propofed, an 1UPP<?1e eo .e ufed :.I ,we t~ibilo nih.il wllfully neglect to lay 1n provrfion whtle we fit. . have a{ea(on for it, we are guilty ofgroundIe{s prefumption, if we conceit we can lay ... ' · out ina neceffitous condition: How can any e~petl: liquor from the Still, meat from the Cupboard, garments fro'm the Ward-robe , where noneofthefewere laid in ' What mad man would think to reap without {owing, or teach others when hee hath no learning hhnfelf? Was' there ever a bringing forth .~ichouta conception ?•Is it not .fond dotage In a Shop-keeper to thtok to fell wares, that-– hatb t1one ?_ And is this prepofierous in Na- . rurals, and can it hold in ~piricual~? Jofeph , could not {upply the Countrey with Corn _ · wicbqut a fiore. A Tree cannot bringforth 1 good fruir, except it be good: Tbe Scripcure Jam. 3 • ~. fa~th, .can "'·-Fz'g•trce bear ~live·herries, or " Pine ftgJ ? And can we thtnk men can ael gracioufly without a principle of Grace? ... ' / .• · 2• Reafon is drawn from the Offices of Chrifi, the fecond perfon in the facred Trini.. tyt·was filled wirh a rreafure, that he might fill the Saints wi~h a Treafure of .Grace: In Co!.t. 3,9 him are Ud. ~J1l the Tr~~fures of Wi[Joml dntl ' Know!edl/• The ft~lnefs of the Gotl-h1addwells bodily in Chrijf, And for this very end bath · . God
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