.1 9z. The.Omnipotence of Goo. our parts to make.ufe of it: though it be an he– red icary difeafe in thee) (now you know an here– ditary difeafe is that "'hich wee have from our parepts,) thOl.,gh thou haft fuch adifeafe, fu.ch a firo.ng lu-il:; yet thinke with thy felfe, ~he Lord 1~/IIHSJt. '· is able to heale this. lam. 4· 6. Aplace named before, But heegivetb moro- grace, &c. As if bee tbould fay : when bee had tolde them of the Iufts that fight in their members, this objeCtion .comes in i Alas, ·wee are not able to mafier thefe lu!l:s. It is true, faith the Apoftle, the lufis that are in us, doe lufi againft the fpirit,as natu– rally as the ftone defcends downeward : but how fhould wee beale them, fay you ? How ? The Scripturegiveth more grace, that is, there is an omniEotent power which can heale all this. M ~ So Matthew 19. :6. With men this is im- ..r. 19.1•· opened. poffible, hut with God all thingJ Art po.Jlible. It is a place worthy conlideration. Saith our Savi– our, It it impoffible for a rich 1111111 to ~nter into the Kingdome of Heaven: Why, fay the Difciples, · who then can hee[aved ~ Indeed, faith Chrift, It if · impoffible fl)ith men, hut with God all. thingJ 4re poffib!e. The meaning is this ; when a man bath riches, that is, when the object: is prefent aod before him, a man cannot of himfelfe but fet his heart upon them ; and when a mans ,hear.t is fet upon them, no man in the world can weane his heart from thofe riches : what iball wee doe then ? Why, faith bee; the L o :a v hath an .Almighty power, bee is able to morri- . fie • ___,....!_________......_____~=,__,;· .
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