346 rbe Sortlel effiiluald Chrift. printingof the fathers image, fo vocation to hrifl, is baorethe imageofChrifican beeitn- prirted: I ufetoestpreffe my by this fimiti rude, looke as it is withaclocke that hath the wheeles turned the, tong way, what muff a man doe to snake there wheeles goe right ? Firft he flops the wheeles, and the wheeles doenot flop themfelves, and thenhe turnes the wheele, and thewheeledoth norrum it felfe, and when hee bathdone fo,thenhe gives it a poife or plum, and by vernie thereof the wheeles run right, and the decke firickes right, all there are feverall workes uponthe wheele, the fopping is not the turning, and the turning is notthe ftriking fo it is with the foule ofa poore firmer, the heart ofman is like this wheele, it was made forGod to pleafe him,and to fervehim,andwas altogetherheaven- ward, but nowit is hell-ward, and fin.ward, and world-ward, and it is quite unjoynted : now how mutt God workeupon this heart, tobring it into theright frame againe ? Firft,theLord flops-the poore Gnner,and that isbypreparation,he fhewes him his finne,and thepunifhmentofit,andwhen he is potting on tohell, the Lord writesbitter things againft him, and faith, friend this is not . the way tohappinefíe,friend ifyou goe that way, there is the pit ofdeftru&ion before you, and fo witha mighty f Tongcommanding hand he flops the fanner by godly feare,apd forrow, and hatred, and turnes it from wickedneffe. Secondly, the Lord turnes the heart to himfelfe in vocation, and the Lord faith, come hither thou poore fin ner,
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