Thesoulerejf mall calling to Chrift. that which it borne of the fl<fh is fiefh, and that which is borne of the Spiric it spirit : Oh, faithhe, how can thefe things be ? he couldnot. gainfay and yet becaufe bee could not underftand it, therefore hee would not yeeld : fo it i with this nim, it befalls this man as it is with Tome wile Lawyer, lice reads over a mans ;.writing and the leafes, and hee rehearfeth the ren::,ur upon which the lands are holden, and what right the man hath to them, hce layes open all the clue lions of the law, and hereads hisname inthe will,and yet henever reads hisowne name tbere,nor.any right that hebath to them : Juft fo it is with this iudi- c:ous profefl'or, he is able todifpute ofthe maine points of the Gofpell, and fhewes that others have right to them,andhe reads the writings,but never comes to partake ofthem himfelfe ; as it was with the wife men that came to inquire for Chrif}, Mattb. 2. t, a. vertes, the Scribes and Pharifeescould tell you whereChaff was tobee borne, and bid thewife men goe to Bethlem; but they would not goe themfelves : fo thefe men have wifedome enough to fay, here is the way to Heaven ; but their owee hearts are not hum- bled nor framed to walke in that way, and to goe home to Chrifi, nor to receive mercy from him. Know therefore you that are wealte, that beleeving carries two things with itin the phrafe ofScripture : Firft, the oftent of a mans judge- ment to the truth, when aman isfo farceconvin- ced thatbee fits downe, and acknowledgeth that whatfoever the Wordhath revealed, his judge- ment 459
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