\178 A Cornmentar~e 11pon ./, Chap. r, bornnelfeof hi• hearr, and made him rraCia- A Paul. Bur it isfalfe which they reach: f6t-r!fc , ble,and reachable. This humiliation is ourheart!• vncapable ofany go.od dcfire,c;>.rp~,t, ' wand,or inward. Thcourward,was partly by pofe, rill.ir be 'regenerate, Th.e.r;pihilrijiii lightening from heauen, rhar ca(l hrm ro the . r6arrhejr,eu'iu)fuiagrace, iJJ1fie'6rf1 r,on.iiercarrh, and made him blind,and parrly by a fion,,.'rliegra~epFregeii~fatio'ri,-~nlffecpkc,l'·. I voice reproouioghim:Smsi,Sasil,whJper(«•· ly,theinfiJira\\?nofgoo<fddires, and ~JQ.ti, , rc(l eho•"'' 1 Thein•·ardhumliiationwasin a oos.Whe~Gijljd preueritl L4~~r~ii,.rf\:i:~?e ; fighr,and horrmir fur his finnes.The On.that tpay reuineagainc' he firij P,i1f,s-a foul; triu! I God reuealed ro him, arerhefc: the fir(! wao, nim,~ndth~q hf calsvnto1Jip]i1!Uaith; 9,o)n~ : an height ofwickcdnclfe, tharin pcrfccuring forth, L<<,ariu, becaufe he was dead: in .li~c. , theC!lurch,hemadcwarre cueilagainfl God mannei'J~t:,iJC dead ih finn,lf.,and thcrfore r~-:: . . hlm(e!fc. Secondly,God madcmanifell vnro gcucrarion.[wtllch is the fopl~ of oqr foules) · him the meaning of the rcnrhcommaundcmu(! be pui intov~,befolc:\ny infpiruion or menr ,and that fecrct lufl withourconfcnr of heauenly motionscan take place.Xetaftcr \l'.;, will,wadinne.Rom.7.7.And ihusrhc law kilarc once borne anew,good motions and i:le: led him rhat wasaliuc, in Ius owneopinion, B fires put imP.O.~r hearu, I11.PJ' ber~epreueo:- when he was aPharlfic. ring grace' fol the doing of fundrie f,OOO The i»flruilion whereby God taught the workes. · · ' · fame to P<rd,harh two parts. The firUis, the , THcfecondqucflion is, wljcthcrrhe.,iil of ca11 OfGo~, whereby he inuites P.UJl to be. Par~!.werean agenr, orcauf~',in ~he effc:Cling · come amember ofthe Sonne of God, And o('his firllconuerfion /. An(w•. No:Scripture this he did, fidl, bypropoun?ing \;nto him m'akes two forts of conuerGon i one Pllj/iHf, checommaundcmcntoftheGofpeJ,which is, when man JsconuertcdbyGod. In this,Qii1n to repentand bclceuc 111 Chrifl.Sccondly,by is bur afubieCI, to rcceiue the imprelfion of offering to him the promife of remi,llivn of grace,andnoa:genr at aH. Fori'n thecrearirlg, . !innes,and lifccucrlail•ng, whcri hcbcfceued. feuing, or imprimingofrighteoufnetfe, and _ Tlie lccond part of inOmcrroo, isa ieail :ind holinelfe in the heart, will can doe nothing. liuelxrcaching, when God madePaul in his The fecond. conuerfion, is Am;,,, wher.ei)Y, heotrttoanfwerthe'calling,acccrd_ingtothat, man bt:eTngcOhuerted by Go:J, cloth furth.e_r_ Pfai.:].V.j'. Whm rhol4(ard/f.{cckcJCC 111)f•ce, riirne and con'lleri him(elfe to God, in all his mmeh~arran(wered,[n>iflftek.,NhJfac~,o LQrd. C rhoughts 1 w0rds,and decd~S.T.hisconucrfioi'i Apd in Zacharie,•3·9· He/ball(aJ,il iur~veo- (•nor onely ofsrace, nor onely ofwill; bpr plc,a•J.rhryf,.l/far.•h' LorduorsrGod. Tt¥• is partly ofgrac)', and partlyof will: yer fo as afpiriruall Eccho, rhat is made in the heart. ' grace isthe principallagenf, :ipd will burrhe • Tbe(oun<\pf Gods word, goeS through the mrlrumentofgracc. For f!e.ing·nrll turned ~Y. · world, and the hearr~ofG1ci1_, which bf ~s grace,Wethefi1 Ca"n rnooue,&rUrneourfdul:s. , rockCs apd lloncs, make anfwcr. And this And thusthCre Is acooperation of manSwiU, workcofGod, that n>akes niahyecld !O the "!ithGodsgrace." :And Au/lin faid truly, H' Serm. >f, callirigofGod,isinScripture,akmCiofdmfne , thatm{ldcihr:t -withoitt the~, dith'nOtfaHI ih~e dcverbis re.aChmg: rhus rlie'F?rher i_s!itid tptcach the· I'll';thout tli~e. \ Apofi. Sonne,b]dr•wing.Ioh.6.44: AndGodi•faid . The third queUlon is, wheiher God did ro \cad> vs l)i~wal~l;whcu heguids vs by ~is offer any vi?lcnce toPaulr Dii9dcarid wil),ip ' rp\rili1J.rhel~od of1ighteoufnctfc, Pfal. '43· I hlscoimerfion~Anfw. TheN ita doublcvio· fhanhrsreal,and hcaucnly kmd orteachmg, lcncc,or CoaCl'i~n. One, whibh dothabolrlli nJiiY, coke place, God' by hrs gracC,P,Utsakmd, ' all confent ofwtll; and rliisljcvfed not. The • o'rro'fitietfc tnro 'theheart, wbcrehY. ''is made' other Jra,wcs'Ollt aconfent from the w'rll, by fubieCl;andobedrentt'otlie word.And 1t hatb caul1ng it o(an ,lilwdling ~~i!l,t<;> becomewil> rwo p'arts. One" an acknowledgement by D ·fi·ng. ThiscoaClion or violence, Gocfoffei'ed \ fai~fi,rhat the Son~e rs our rcde.emer. The,fcloP•ul, and in'ilils fenfc, tlief~hich come_ to ,ond ,,regenerallon,wluch IS rhepumng off ChrrU,arc f~!d.ro bcdrawnc, loh.6.4). : r5{of~ maq, and the putting on qf the new: ; The fourth quellion is,whetein Uandsrf!e whti:h to doe, by the vcttue ol' Chri(l, isto efficacy ofthe preucntinggrace,wherbyP••i lca;q~Chrill. Eph.4.i'o.>J. Th\Jsthen God waseffeCiually cpnucrted/ An(rr. TheCouQ.- . rcuealesthefonneroP•"l,byprepalinghun, ! C:ellofTrenr,aodlimdryP.ipills, inclinero and_J,ll~king.hi~ t\''!,Chable, byP,rop~unding this opinion, to thinke thatit llands intiJe e- . rh"eiloCiririeof falu-dtion tohim,and by eau- · umt, in rhar the will of :nanapplresrt fcl(e to fil1gliim ''l\J~rdly t.o bclecuell, an!l to obey 'th~gracewhich God olfereth. Bu( then rh.e it.And rhus we (ee the manner of rhe.calhng, et!icacre ofgrace mull be from mans wtll:apd · a~dconuerGon ofPaHI, rhen man haeh fomerhing, wheteofroboaU, , .., Forrhebcttcrcidringofthi•doClrine,fiue andhcistothanke himfelfe for the grace of qucl\jons.orc,ro bea~livered. Thefirtf is,wHat God. Other Papi(\s place the ef!icacie of \va5 ...ftle,prcpclj"ting gra<;ein thcconlicrfion of grace,in thccongtultie, oraptnetfe ofm~t!· PariI/ 'An(w. Schoolemen, and Papil!s geons,or hcauenly perfwafions,prc(entedtorh.e nerallyreach, that it ,vas the infpiration of 'mindcofmanthatistobcconucrted.Butthis gohOmotion~, ~nP,ddires, inro th~heartof opinion alfo, isdeuoid oftruth. For there b no
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