520 TheSouler eeifuall calling to Chrift. mifèry ofit. Thefecannot fee the excellencyof faith, therefore cannot make a ftep to goe to Chrift by faith ; such a foule is rivettedand fettled to his balewretched condition : therefore there is no tradingwith him in matters of faith, till his confciencebe a wakened, and his finnes difcove- red. The text faith, Thewhole need not the Phyfti- an, and therefore will not feckehim ; nay, he will not receive him whenhe comes, he cares not for him; while we thinkeour felves whole,and fafe, and found, and feared, and fpeake peace to our foules in our naturàll condition ; wee looke not after Chrift,' neither will wee receive Chrift, if tree come to our doores. It is a fine paffageof Saint Paul, andit is thegroundhee makes ache unbeleefe of the Iewes : Rom. i t. 23. the text faith, Hardneffe a come upon the Tearer, till theful- neffe ofthe Gentiles is come in: theword in the ori- ginall is pretcie. There is akinde of fleepy,fluggifh, ftupid,be- nummed fenfelefneffe in the Jew, till the Gen- tilescame in; the onearehindred frcm comming to Chrift, andbeleeving in him, becaufe they are rocked afleepe : therefore the word in the origi- nail fignifies a tilneffe: for when a manbath got s Rapid benummedheart,he is all ftilled,,all quiet andat refl. ; he feethnothing, he lookes after no- thing, he cares for nothing, but rats in thecon- dition he is in : and in this the Jewes Ihali dwell, till the Lord awakes him out of this fecuritie. This is the caufe men complainé, they cannot endureTharppreaching, and to have their finnes difco
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