It ifbard tobelee)e made the eye,and fo·he that made the will, and the undcrftanding, he oncly can healethe brea- , ches fthem, he one1ycan elevate them and put : a fupernaturalllight into them, and make them fit-to apprehend thofe fpirituall reafons, of any kind,thar he objects andpropounds to the hearts ofmen :So that Godonely is able toperfivade,as ofall"othertrmhs, fo ofthis,that all things are in • his bands,that he is A!l-fufficient. · , Pft· We may m~kethisufeofit :wefeethe ~eafon . · .Whyon('ma.n . why one man IS able to fee a11d trufho this All- ' I : trhl.fhch Gcd, . ,fofjiciency ofGod;~ndanother.is not. Thereafon : ;~~~otano. is,bec~mfechrijl hathrevealed~t to one man and . ,, not toanorher:Godhath taught.tt to oneman and. n<;>ttoanother:VVe fee it in common experience Awife,learned,witty,and ablemanthat candif– courfe more then m·any others of the vanity of outwardrhings,oftheAll·(ufficiency and fu]neffe that is inGod,yet whenbeecomes to the practife 'Ofir,he isabk to doe nod1ing.-On the other fide , r we fhall .finde in experience, that many poore , Chrifiians that are ahlc to fay little, yet when : theycome ro:pradifeJthey are able topartwirh : thdr libertie, wirh theircredir,. with their goods : and with theirliue?,that they flllaYc]eaue toGod ~ and kecpeacleare confciencc :what js the reafon . ()fit ~brcaufcthey betaughrofGod,rhey are per- : fwadedbyhim,and rherfore rhey are~ble topra- •· ttifeit;As fortheother they ateta1;1ghr by men, ,~ they are taught bythemfelu~s<m,drhereforethey . l : ;lr nottaughtindeede, they are not f~lly con- 1 vincedof1_t;andrherfore thoughth~tykaowfuch \ · things --------~~--~--------------~ '
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