¡7°he,,ßoule.reeauallealli'rg to Chrift. 3 S 3 finner that hee cannot Tooke out; nor lookeup towards Heaven, and thats the reafon why when the Lord chaires up a poore finger under the power ofhischicle difpleafure,hegives them up tohardneffe ofheart, andunbelecfe, Born. it. 32. 11' bath flout up all its unbeleefe: it is a compa- rifon thus tobe conceived, as it is with a hainous malefa&our that hathconfpired againí the King, . andwhen he is taken theyput him intolittle café, or fome fuchdoledarke dungeons and clap cold irons uponhim, and ifany frier] come to bring himany thing, cannot fpeake withhim, nor hecannot receive it becaufe he is c,ofe prifoner Só the Lord doth in his heavy difpleafure, hee locks up the foule inunbeleef, and holds the heart in thechines of unbeleef; thathowfoever judge- ments paile up and downe the world,yct all thefe, judgements cannot awaken him, nor all mercies; why? becaufe the unbeleever is lure enough bee cannot fo much as looke to that mercy prepared, and offered in lefus Chriff ; and thus the reafon why when the Lord comes by in all his glory, andmercy,as he did xod.33.6.7,faying,theLord, the L' rd, flrong, merciful/ and glorious. When all- thefe pafle by, theunbeleever fits in his feat, but his heart is lockt up, that hee cannot Tooke up, and thats the reafon why the Apotle faith, Rom . i r. 8,He bath given them thefjirit offlumber,eyes that they fhouldnot fee, and cares that they fhould not heare to this very day ; that thoughhe hdth all the calf of mercy, yet he bath eyes and feesnor, and all is Hill, andnothing í}irring in the foule,. Y y 3 n. y,
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