468 TheSoule, o f tluallcalling toChrifl. Againe, thirdly, it is a workeand Brokeof the will and affections : here you may fee the carnali hypocrite even almoffat heaven, and yet he fais lhorr, and when he is inhell, he (hall fay, I had thought I was in heaven, and yet becaufe I have no faith, I am now cat}downe to hell ; it is thus rnuch,when the Lord lets in agliwpfe of the exe- fencieofthegrace offaith, and the gloryof hea- ven, and the fweetnc ffe ofthe pardon ofall the fines of the faithful!, and the Lord lets in a glimpfeof all thefe, whichgoeshome to the top ofthe affe&ions, andwill that the Lordby a fpiri- tuall kinde ofPath, fuddenlypaffeth by the will, fo that he leaves forcekindeofdew, and force re- membrance of thole glorious things, whichare thus let inupon the mindeofa poore ruiner, in- fomuch that hisheart ismarvelloufly tickled and ravifhed with it : I exprefre it thus , as it iswith thewater in a flanding poole, and the water that .:ri: nneth through apipe5the (landingwater foakes and goes down-ward, and fettles inwardly in the earth, but the water that paffeth by fuddenly, leavesonlya little dew behinde it, but boakes not at all 3 fo it is with this temporary beleever, the ftreame of the heavenly truths of the Dothine ofChrifl: paffeth by fiiddtnly, as namely, thatfe- fus Chrill came into the world to fave linners,and that Chat came to rake away the iniquitie ofhis fervant,this loth paffe by fuddenly, and leaves a littledew behinde ir; fo that he faith,Oh this is ,good, this is fweet ! I may be bayed too, mayI not? Oh I never heard a man fpeake fo comfor- tably
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