fhr soles ejfeE11uaasallmm eo Chrift. 425 world iscore to this paffe, that theyhavea faith of their ownePaining, and it is ready to coufe: the touch, I meane of able judicious Ghriftians; but now this faith never came from the right place, fòr ifit were right, it muff come from the mineofmercie, and from God, and the worke ofhis Spirit ;from thence thou haft it, ifthyfáith bee found; Rom. t o.17.Fairh comes by hearing the word; faith is not in us 5 it comes to us, it is not wrought or purchafed by our owne worthinefíe or power,the word is theconduit toconvey ic,but the Spirit of theLord Jefus is as the founraine that fends it into the foule;fo that you muff nottWn!,.e to have faith here firft ; but haft thou found faith here firft, then it is not of the right, but ifthe good Spirit oftheLord hath wrought upon thee, if it be fo, then thy faith is right : but forewill fay,we heare the word diligently, and wedoeat- tend upon God in his ordinances, and have wee not faith? I anfwer.,hearing is themeanes to con- vey ir, but is is the Spirit of the Father that con - veyes it by the meanes; and that Spirit thoumutt receiveby the rneanes, ifever thouhave it, there is the pitchof thepoint. But how fhali we knowwhen the Spirit ofGod is pleated toworke this inour foules, and to put it into our foules by hearing ? There is all the difficultie, and it is worth the while toconfider fadlyof it,for I know the worke of Gods Spirit by the wordin the foule, by there particulars : F'irft,theSpirit fheweth to the folkof a poore g^ I-ï h h 3 fi,nner, objeíi. nj.r
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