io The Saints Infirmities. Hearts did yeeld unto the (lamp that was imprin- ted on them , 'Ei óY iluevibern 7"°11 "if* As the mettall then is judged to be fufficiently continu- ed in the Furnace, when it willingly receives the forme and figure ofthat which it is call and pow- red into. Thus Pqu1 was melted by the Sunne of Righteoufiief e, that (hone into his foule when he was going upon other errands,Ads 9.6. And he trembling, and affonifhed, laying, Lord what wilt thou have me for to doe ? as if he fhould have faid,This fire of thy love hath now lb thaw- ed and melted my obdurate and kicking foule, that it is prepared for any mould,to receive what print foever thou fhalt be pleafed to (tamp upon it : put me into whatfoever fhape thou wilt, I ' am now ready for any mould ; to bee a Preacher, that have beene a perfecutor ; to fuffer my felfe, that have beene the caufe of fo much fuffering to others formerly ;and therefore no marvaile, if the, Lord profeflèth he would l coke to fuch a- lone,lfaiah 66.2.becaufe onely fuch are fitted to be wrought upon ; whereas unbroken and un- mollified fpirits fubmit to nothing,but theWord is as water fpilt upon the R.ocke, that makes no manner of irnprefiìon. q.. The heart is then preparcd for aduty,when it makes the duty but a bridge to lead him unto God, when it refts not in the deed,but paffet'1 by it,and'through it to God:Ye have many very fre- quent in the outward ads ofduty,will heare, and pray,and faf},and preach perhaps ; yet raiCe their foules no higher than the outward ad alone.
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