3~' ' 'lhe '!rial an~ . SEll· 2~ wmgrtl Soul t? bel1eve,. eipecially againft Hope-. 4· To be~1eve Chrtft, when. Midni,ght fpeaketh Blacknds of Wrath, requueth Eyes and Light of Miracles nay 'tis a greater Work than the very Miracles of Cqt'iil!, .1oh. xiv. I z.. But efpecially, when Chrifl: is · ·abient, 't.is with the Soul, as with a Clock, in which the Wheels 'are broken, the paf1es or Weights fallen down. . Object. x. :But I aim and endeavour to be- ]iP7Je, but ran do nothing, and without his Qrac~ mJ Violence to HPaven is without Fruit. Anf. 1. 'Tis true, the SeJnipelagians halfing of the Work of believing, and the Glory of it~between co·operating Grace and Will, as if Nature could, djvide the Spoil with the Grace ofChrift, is damnable Pride; but it's God's Way to halt the .Work between Chriil: wit\\in, in Regard of the Habit of Grace and Chrifl: without, in Regard ofthe affiftingGrace of God, Luke xv.2o. Whit~ be ~as yet a f.reat W..1yoff, his Fttther (aw him, and ran and feU on his Neck, and kU}"ed htm ; Chrift rewardeth not Nature's Aim's with Grace, nor doi.'h he make Gifts the Work, and Grace the Hire, or Nature's Labour the Race, and Grace the Garland : But h~ rewardeth Grace with Grace, and that of meer Grace, .7oh. xv. 3· He bath in hi s Decree and Promife marlhalled fuch and fuch 1\Ets of Grace to ftand befide others, and that bv C<wenant; and therefore believe, that' you m"ay believr; pray, that you may pray. ObjeCt. z. 'But r:.vho r:an afl faving Grace, r.z,ithout the blo:zvin$ offaving Grace; I ea~. no more do it, than I can r:ommand the JVefl J!'uul to blo•w ~when I lift. An[. I grant all, nor do I fpeak this to infinuate, that Free-will :fitteth at the
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