r TheSoule' e,,f.Duafl calling toChrift. 461 that the Lord jefus (hall bee the Judge ofall the world, and that hee fhallcondemne them, they affent to it, and tremble at it. Marke 5. 8. when ourSaviour came amongft the devils, they laid, We know thee who thouart, even theholy oneof God; and Ads 16. r 7. there was aDevill in a woman, which was a Diviner and aWitch, and the laid, There mienare the fervantt of the living God, which fhevunto us the wayoffalvation; it was the Devil! in the woman,therefore the Apoftle bad him goe out of her, becaufe he hindered their worke : I with that the Devils in hell might not rife up in judgement againft many of our unbeleevcrs, which will not yeeld to the truthofGod; this is the bottome which beares up that kinde of boldneffe, which many carnall creatures have up- on their death-beds, which never had the power ofgrace in their foules. Come to a carnali man that knower nothing favingly and fsnaifyingly, and he will fay, I beleeve in the Lord Jefus Chrift with all my heart,l haveadmired at ir,and fought to know thebottomeof it, and it is this, they thinke this is beleeving, to acknowledge that Je- fus Chrift is come into the world, and that they are not infidels, they allencunto the truth, and yeeld unto it in their judgements they thinke this isfaith, and that it is fuffrcient too : Oh you poorecreatures that have your friends,or parents, or husbands, that thus lay hold uponChrift, and are perfwaded that this is faith; underhand what themeaning is, they only affent to the truth, but never make application to their owne foules. Non Whats iRl
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