The Sogle.ref wallca/llnn t o Chrift. 427 eaaafe they beleeved not onhim 5 this puce implies two things : Firft, the Spirit ofGod Pets downe all Gnfull t carnal! pleas and pretences that the heart can make, and p4rfcvades the heart, that he is in a fin- full and moft lamentable eftate and condition, and muff change. Secondly, it convinceth the heart, that there is 2 good to be found in another, and with that the heartis turned that way, to looke towards a Sa- viour, and towait for him,tillmereie come from thence; and then if thou canft fay this to thy foule,The truth is,Lord,I wasan unbeleever,and an unfaithful) creature, and the Lord made mee fee it,and left menot there, but by the power of his Spirit,and the miniftcry ofthe word, hedrew me from thence, and laid fad hold on me,and left fosse remembranceof his indignation upon my foule, and mademe reftlefl'c in my felfe, andope- ned mine eyesto feea better way, and laid, thou mutt goe on in another way, and ina better way, and fo opened tame a glimpfe cf his mereie and goodnefle; fo that the foule is now comrningon toGod; where this is,it will never end; hut the Spirit ofGodwill worke faith, and faith isnow comminghome to the foule, and the foule will come home to the Lord: converfion is nothing elfe, but a Petting of the foule for God, as it is plaine in all the phrafes of the Scripture ; this is the firft trial!. Secondly, ifthouwilt judge thy faith, whether 207W4'0 4 is true or roe, doe thus ; faithmakes choice wholly.
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