iF TheSo :41e1et/Ca ng ta Chriff. 3 8 able tobele:ve, then what will it availe aman to doe any duties, or to tare any means ? I anfwer, it isvery profitableand urefiill,asthe Anfr Apoftle faith, becaufe though weecannot worke faith in the nfe of' the msaw, yet God by the tare ofthe means cm doe what he will : thebegger muff come to the doore, though theman in his love and bountyprovides togive the doale, yet the begger muff come to the doore to wait till itbe given him. Ails IS. 27. The Apoffleconfir- med thofe whichhad beleeved through grace: So that the WordofGod ,& themeane ofgrace, and all the duties that we doe, three arebut as Con- du ,t pipes to convey what God is pleated to be- ffow., hemay flay the Conduit whenhe will, hee may worke with war s and without means, but let us w ,it uponGod in the rife of them. The Lord io themmayand haply will work upon thee: So that ifthe heft meaner, and the chiefefl prie vileges, and tl:e heft duties cannot worke faith, then I prefume it is not onely difficult, but in re- gardof parts, and privileges, and all duties and means of themfelves, it is impoffible ever to have this faith wrought, and therefore it is not eafie to get thisfaith into the foule. Secondly, as theweaknefi'eof themeans that (hould doe this worke, fhewes that it is difficult, fo alro thegreatneffeofthe workehinders us,thas wearenot able to compareit by all the means we doeenjoy : Now the greatnefTeof the worke offaithwill difcover it felfe in three particulars: Firíf, becaufe theremuff be feverall hinderances C cc removed,
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