The so rilesefeEluallcalling to Chrift. I doe not meane Pagans, but unbeleevers, and they receive not that mercywhichChrift offers; nay it is juft that it fhould bee fa, that thou fhouldft never get good, though all the Angels from heaven fhould come and reveale Gods minde, and though all the Devils fhould come from hell to terrifie thee, becaufe unbeleefe drawes away thy heart, and pluckes away the foule, and mak°s the power of the truth not to prevade with it, fo that when the Lord would come in upon the heart unbeleefepulls away the heart from the truthof God ; Rom. r I.20. The Iewei were broken off; becaufe of unbeleefe ; they were cut offfrom b.ingGods people, and from enjoying the meanes ofgrace; thatwhen the Lord would lay hold upon a pore foule, unbeleefe plucks the foule from theword, that it may turne from it. But fome will lay ifunbeleefe makes all meanes Qeff. unprofitable, then an unbeleever fhould ufe no meanes at all. I anfwer,Yes,ufe all the meanes as may be, be- 4tJ' caufe the word may take away thy unbeleefe, and as thou ufeft all meanes, fo labour to have thy heart lubdued and overmattered ; the word tim- pers thy tonctongue and thy fingers, but looks Thcu up to the Lord, and fay, GoodLord let thy word be powerfull tocome in upon my heart, and to take away my unbeleefe. Thirdly, it is unbeleefe that maintaines all 3 finne in ti e heart ofa finner. in the ftrength and powerof it,fomuch as may be in this cafe ; unbe- Z z 3 lcefe 36r
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