The Soulet ffeEïuallealling to Chrift. 327 that I have heard thou art a mercifiill God. And laf'rly, the finall caufeoffaith is this the fouie cornes tobe fitted withall good,according to its neceflity. But famemay fay, I heare nothing ofthebolee- 0)e vc r all this while,ir feemes hedoth nothing , ifthe Spirit bee the efficient caufe, and if the Spirit wozkes it,andmakes the foule able ro worke up- onGods free grace, and ifthe Sp±rir be the find! cane: ofall,then the beleever Bothnothing,&tc, This worke ofbelecving is a worke of the Spi- Aiifw, rit upon the foule, rather than any worke wrought by the foule,or ¡truing from any princi- ple which the foule bath in it felfe ; as it is with art eccho, whenGod faith, thy fanes arepardo- ned, thy porion accepted; faith founds againe, my fanes pardoned?my perfon accepted ? good Lord let it be fo : then this perfwades the heart, and that marvellonfly, to refF it felfe there forall good : but it is done upon the foule rather, than by the foule ; as Phil. 3.12 . we are laid, To be com- prehended of God,andnot to comprehendGod; fo we know God,becaufe we are knowne ofhim : now give mec leave in a word todefcribe thecaufe of it; whatir is in the [nonlife, that thuseffe;}uaily perfwades the heart, that it maybeleeve, and herein I will goe no further than the promife, and thereinThew the motives in the promife,and how the heart comes to beleeve, and thefe will difcover the reafon ofthepoint. There are three things in a promife, whereby 3. Things in thewill ofman i9 drawne to beleeve, promifo. T t 2 Firfl, 4
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