358 The oulc'effeïuall calling to Chrift, r wiougkt upon by the word, and the light of the word is come into hism'nde, and his eyes are in- lightned, and hee faith, Ifthis bee true that the word faith, then hee faith, I am a miferable man, the Lordbe mercifull to me : now fee what the carnali wretch that is theDevils familiar, faith to him, I hope you have morewit, than to bee per- fwadedofwhatfoever he faith, he fpeakes out of paflion, andhemutt fayfomething,and threatned men live long, &c. thus nothing workes upon him, and the Minifter had as good fpeake to the pillars,forall comes tonothing, and we finde it in nature thus,tthat the not beie:ving of any thing, keepes the heart from being aff-eected with ir, as for example thus ; let there bee never fo many threatnings, as that the Spanyard hath an invinci- blenavie of fo many (hips let our, the merchant thatunderftands:any thing, knowes that theSpa- nyard cannot make fuch a navie, and therefore they beleeve it not; but in eighty e gl t every mans heart begins co (hake, and every manbegins to bettirre himfelfe : nay,let the promife be ne- ver Co faire and fweet, yet if wee arenot perfwa- ded ofir,wenever care for his kindenefie,and we looke not after it, and fay, thefe aregood words, and faire words make fooles faine, but wee be- leeve it not : jut} thus it is with an unbeleever, when hee comes to receive all the meanes of grace from the Lords hands,and when all judge- ments are denounced from heaven , and the wrathofGod againft finne ; and the word faith, Be ì of deceived,God is no; mocked ifyou fore to the fiefh,
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