The Souls effeEtuald calling to Ctariff. which the foulenow informed of Gnne, and fee- ling himfelfe loft, he finder afupply thcre. Againe, he mutt be thorowly informed in the way, howhe may come toChrift. All thrfe three mutt be,andare learned ofeve- ry faithful' foule that ever didor ever (hall be. leeve; for thatwhich a man feesnor, nor knower not of , he can never beleeve, and when a man knowes not the excellency arid goodneWe of Chrift,hewill not ray his whole lifeand falvati- onupon him,fpecially ifhebe wife and judicious, and faith is a judicious grace t They that know thy Name, will trait in thee, faith David; and there- fore thofe that know not Gods Name, cannot truft in him, and therefore fee what Chrift faith tothe womanofSamaria, Iohn4.70. A filly wo- man thewas, and therefore fee what our Saviour faith toher ; thoupoore filly creature, that igno- ranceofthine is the caufeof thy pride; for hadft thou knowne the gift ofGod, andwho it it, ti atfaith unto thee,give me drinke, thou would'? have .skedof hies, and he wouldhavegiven thee wager oflife : had theknowne this, {bee would have asked it; it is ùch a knowledge as will bring infaith. You that are ignorant, be humbled for this great finneof yours whichdothbarre outfaith : you that know notChrift, though you meet him. Looke as it is with men in darknetfe Exodus ro. 23. When the . Lord fen; that plague of darkneffe upon the land of Egypt, theEgyptians fam not oneanother, neither did any man remove from-hieplace for three daye.t,there awO nopaffage all that while : fo it is with an ignom L11 3 rant 459
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