TheSouks eePuafl calling to Chrift. 479 excepted) and ilaefreeneffe ofmercy to ail-forts of íinners,he they never fo many for nutrìber;ne- ver fo vilefor nature ; yea, he heareth that there is a fountaine fer open for all towa(h in; when the heares this, bee faith, thats well, then I may corne toheaven too,'and there is Come hope that I may receivemercie, never confìdereth the cone dicions uponwhich God promifeth, and beftow- eth merde, whereas the man that is a true belee- ver, bath not only a common kinde ofahprehen- fion ofthe merde ofGod in Chrift; but he hath a particular application of it I will open it thus, that every manmay take fomethin ; the tcrnpcm rariehatha common hear.fayofinerce, and the common hear-fay of mercie in thebare letterof them, as that jefus thriftcame to lave (inners, it is in the bruit of it onely, but the humbled foule bath it under the handofthe Spirit, and theSpi- rit leales it,and makes it good to him,the promife oflifeElides and paffeth by the temporarybelee- ver, but now the Spirit ofGod feules it, and it rakes a deep and a through impreflon in the heart ofa believer by application, the Spirit of God only, as it were, jogs the heart of a tempo- rariebeliever, but he fits it on deeplyupon the heart that is humbled and fitted for it,as the An- geli laid untoGideon,The Lord iswith thee, thou va- liant man fo the Lord faith to every humbled foule ; not onely that the Lord is gracious and mercifull, for thus he faith to the temporarie be- leever, but he is graciousand mercifull to thee, and hee will fpeake peace.. and comfort to thee, PPP 2 which
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