T'besoutes efea`uall ca!Iing to Chrift. 387 extraordinarygreat, and foare the hindrances to be removed,and none but Chrift candoe it; and if faith bee fiipernaturall, theoppofition againft thisworke of God bee fo fierce, let then every man that heares the word of God this day, yeeld that it isunconceivable how it isdone, and there- fore muchmoreout of our power toworke it in our owne foules : therefore you that have heard, and underhand the mindc ofGod, that out of ignorance have beene deceived, toyou I now fpeake, you are tobe intreated in the name ofthe Lord, to goehome, andfay, and take fhameto your ¡elves, and confeffeyour owne folly; thou that haft made ita eafie worke tobeleeve, laying, ifpetiple were but judicious to underhand the Scriptures, it were eafie to beleeve ; now rake fhame to your felves, and fay thus, Lord, the truth is,1 condemned Inch and fucha poore foule, I heard filch a man a mourning, and laying, bee could not beleeve; in the meane time I thought it was eale,orelfe they wantedwit; but I thought that bymy parts andabilities, and brcaufe I was able to fee thedepth ofScriptures,that therefore I could beleeve,and that it was an eafie matter to doe it : but poore deluded creature that I was, Y feenow that I am nomoreable tobeleeveout of my owne power, than topull the funne from the heavens : confider it fadly,andknow,tharhe that beleeves, mu ft beleeve through grace, therefore parlywith the promife, and fay, Lord,I /puff be- leeve through grace : it is not parts nor privi- leges,.meanesnob duties, I mutt beleeve through grace:
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