TheSoMk.;efjfeëttaa(LcaeYing to Chrift. never fopreciousand powerfull,and though they havedonenever fo much good inquickning the heartsofothers, yet they never doe thefe min good,this unbeleefe makes all meanes to be fpilt upon the ground, andthey never doe good to an unbeleevingheart; as Heb,4. r 2. let us feare there fore, left at any time by forfaking the promifeof entring into his reft any ofyou fhould feeme ro bedeprived of the grace and mercy ofGod ; for the word was preached firft to us, as alfo unto them, but it did not profit themchat heard it, be- caufe it was not mixed with faith, there is the caufe ; be the reproofes and threatnings never fo fierce, that it wouldalnroft affright the heart ofa Devil, and the comforts never fofweet, and the heart ofa poore Minifter never fo enlarged, to worke upon thehard hearted, yet infidelity isas the buckler that beares offall, and hefaith, I will never beleeve ir, all hiswords fall to the ground, andenter not unto the heart ; no reproofe terri- fies, no exhortation prevailes; the heart is un-. belecving, itbeats;baee,and (huts out all; this is the reafonwhy the Devill labours tomake up this fortrefiè aboveall the reft,becaufe heknower, if any mm have an unbeleeving heart, it will make all meanes unprofitable ; the Devil! is con- tent thatmen have parts and gifts, and thefe will carry a man to hell that path an unbeleeving heart : and therefore many wickedmen that are the Devils fa&ours and fchoolmafters, the firft le&ure they read to a poore foule that is corn- tning on becaufe they fear; that hee will bee Zz wrought `,> 1,1
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