Hooker - BT780 H7 1637

368 TheSoasles eeíluáll caldirsg to Chrift. there : SoS. eSKuthewhath it,but hecould doe no great workes there; fo the Lord, hee candoe mighty workes, he can juiiifie a firmer, andcom- fort the difcomforted, and cleanfe thepolluted, and lave thepolluted,but he will not favethe un- beleever, bee cannot worke this mighty worke uponhim;and therefore doe not trouble thy fel£e fo much for mercy towards thee ; ifthou bee an unbeleever, never dreame of comfort, for God cannot fave thee will God goe againft his ovine words? then he should not bee truth; hee bath fwom112 that an unbeleever (hall not enter intohis reiíf, this word and oath (hall ffand for ever. Therefore goe to God, that bee maygive thee abeleevingheart, and then mere, will come, and pardon and gloat will come to the foule ; but re- maining in unbeleefe, hee cannot fave thee, bee will nordeny his Word, uor his oath, for never an unbeleeving wretch under Heaven. Now if you doe conceive the nature of your flume, and your mifery thereby ; then for the Lords fake, you that heare the Word this day, all youmbe- leeversthat never had this worke offaith in your foules, hie you out of this miferable condition, goe your wayes,andgive no quiet to your fouler, nor no comfort to your confciences, before the Lord (hew mercy toyou in removing this cor- ruption from your foules, and thew mercy to you : Nowwhether you have true faith or no, I (hall thew afterwards when I fluff come to trie everymans evidence : and that yee mayconeout of this, unbeleeving condition, labour to fee the danger

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