The Seuleseft¿tuai calling to Chrift. vers, and marke this, ifyou were never yet fehfi- ble of your unbeieefe,in fame meafure, I fay, you never Cookeone ftep towards grace nor Chrifi wee cannot l:elpe our [elves, weecannot goe to Chriff, andChriftcannot come tous, fo long as this iron barre is between us, therefore intreat him, for his covenants fake, to accomplifh that he Math laid s and tell him, that thou art a Poore prifoner, and that Chriftcame for this very end; plead hardwith him, and fa , ßlefl'edRedeemer, . it is but onewordofthy mouth,fay toa poorepri- foner,and anunbeleevingheart, reft thy felfeup- on the promife, plead thus with the Lord, and this is the onlyway to obtaine this mercy ofthe Lord, it is a finne that undermines all our com- forts, andmakesall meanes unprofitable, whatfo everwe have ,andyet we never looke after it, nor care for it ; Oh hateall finnes, but hate this infi- delitie above all otherfìnnes. In the next place,is it fo, that the Spirit ofthe Father muff perfwade the heart,before it can rat upon the free riches of Gods merde in Chrift? then here we colle& the difficulty of the worke of faith, the conclufionnot onely followes appa- rantly, but undeniably, that the worke of faith is ofmarvellous.difficulty, and beyond the reachof all created power, and beyond all the power of man, tohave power ofhimfelfe, to beleeve the promifcs ofGod : thepoint followes thus ; ifwe cannot come to God further than God carries us, and ifwe have not legs to goe to the Lord Jens Chrift, no further than the Lord gives us legs, I meane
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