TheSeules effiEluall calling t®Chrift. wrought more than all thefe. Ill thinke and am perfwaded I have power to goe out of my felfe, inconceiving I have power, and flaying there, I ftay ill my felfe,when I thinke togoe out of my felfe; it is a fupernaturall worke, and the fame hand muff bringus out of ourfelves, that tuft bringus to Chríft, the fame hand muff pluck us outof our felves and firmes, that mutt bringus to the Lord Jefus Chrift; therefore if I thinke, and through Satans delufion conceive, that I have abilitie togoe out of my felfe, I repofe up- onmy owne abilitie, when I profefly renounce my owne abilitie, I miintaine a repofe upon my owneabilitie, when I renounce it, I fay,I candoe nothing, and yet reft upon that 1 candoe; it is a point very profitable, therefore marke what I fay, this is Rife denial! in truth, when the foule knowes it hath nothing, and therefore is over- poweredby the almightieworke of Gods Spirit, and isftopp,d,as it were,in fo much that the foule ofa firmer Bothnot Tooke to expefi any power, orany principle from it Celle, or any creature, or anydutie, the foule of anhumble fanner knowes he is deadman in finne; hee cannot direct his owne wayes ; therefore when he is broughtto de- ny himfelfe, it isby the almightie worke ofGods Spirit, when the Lord drawes the foule, that it lookes not inward, it lookes not downward, it lookes not to the creature,it expects noprinciple from within, no power from the meancs to per forme any dutie, when then I thinke with my felfe, I have power andabilirie togoe out of my felfe, 547 I
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