44° The Souks lea toChrift. in thedaps of Noah before thefond, men dideat and drinke, marry, and give in marriage, and knew no- thingtill thefondcame, and tooke them all away fo Jhall alto the comming oftheSonne ofmanbe 3 how? namely thus ; this text opens the former, there will be fucha commonkindeof luke- warmnefre, and formality amongff people, that all flail have the nameofprofeflìon, and a (hew of godlinefîe, and yet all aimoft want the pith and kernel!; for as in thedayes ofNoah,theywould not beperfwa- ded that the loudwould come, thoughbeeArea. ched and gave warning 120. yeares together, they knew nothing, that is, they beleeved no- thing; fo alío [hail it bee in the comming of the Sonne ofman,they (hall not beleeve the truth of his comming, nor that whichmight fit them for his comming ; therefore as leremie faith,chap. 5. r . Run to andfro by theflreett of Ierufalem, andknow and inquire in theopen places thereof if there be any that executeth judgement, and feeketh the truth; fo may Ifay,is thereany that beleeves ? I knowGod bath his number every where where the Gofpell is, but there are many places where a man (hall fcarccly finde any one that bath true and Paving faith or grace : the reafons which efpeciallymake the cafecleare,are three,in whichit is plaine, that this great worke is hard to bee found, even amongft thofe that enjoy the meanes ; t%e firft reafon is this Iji.eafon. Firft,becaufe it is awonderful! difficult matter toconvince a naturali man, and toperfwade hinr ofir, toconfeffe,that bee wants faith,and there- fore
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