ThesouksoffeauallcallingtoChrift. the ffurth ; thereforewewill onelypropound the two formertomakeway for the refl. Fiat, when Godcomes toworkeupon a poore firmer, hee findeshimdead in finne,and hee hath no good at all in him; no faving filpernaturall good, and hee is not able toworke any good in himfelfeby all themeanes in theworld, andhe is not able to receive any fpirituall good in theufe of thofe meaner; fo the Apoftle faith, f boom that i4my PP drvel/eth nogood thing; and our Saviour, Mn 3. 6. Whatfoever u borne of the _Ph, esfief)) ; whatfoever cornes from man, from corrupted flefh, is unclean ; foRom. 8.7. The earnedor the fiefhly wîfdome it not fubjeíi to the law of God; fo that a man not onlybath no good in himfelfe,but he is not able toreceive anygood, but rather op- pore it. Secondly,hence it is cleare,thatall laving workes are the propergifts ofGod, and the peculiar ope- rationsof his good Spirit in the hearts of thofe that have it,for ifeverymanbynature is deadin finne, and hath no good of himfelfe, and can re- ceive no good, but rather oppofe ic, then ifhee have any laving workewrought in him,it isGods freegift : therefore firft theLord meets with a poore firmer, and reveales himfelfe tohimbefore he be awareofi *,as many aman haplydrops into thecangreaatíon,or fats intoa houlewhere there is conference, and mercy, and grace, alines upon him,before he is aware ofir, and doth efFeclually draw the foule home from finne to God; as lob. 66 44, No man comes to me, except the ether which XX 2 bath 343 r. .
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