SERM. 2 ·Triumph of Faith. 9 works and Out-works, when he bath takm t~e '\\ jlJ, the proudeff Enemy t~at ~hrift bath out f?f Hdl: When .Steul renders hts V"i tH, be r('nders hts \t\ eapon ; this is Mortification, When Chrift runneth away with your Will; as Chrift was like a Man that had not a Man's Will ; fo Saul, Atls 9· 6. c_r'rembting and .aflonijhed, jaiJ, Lerr/ti what ~:cilt thou have me to rlo ? 'Tis good when the Lord tramplc:th upon Ephraim.'s fair Neck, Hof. 1 o. I J. There is no Goodnefs in our Will now, but what it bath from Grace, and to turn the Will from Evil to Good, is no more Nature's Work, than we can turn the Wind from the Eaft to the Wefi: When the Wheels of the Clock are broken and rufted, it cannot go : When the Bird's Wing is broken, it cannot :Ay: When there is a Ston~ in the Sprent and In-work of the Loc~, the Key cannot open the Door. Chrift muft ovl the \ \' heels of miiordered Will, and heal them,· and remove the Stone, and infuie Grace (which is Wings to rl1e Bird ) if not, the Motions of Will are all Hell-ward. Jlut be coukf not be l:Jic!, for a certain Woman, &c. Chrifi io~:netime would be hid, becaufe he l1ath a SJ>irit above the · Peoples windy Air, antl their Hoi"fmna ; 'ris a Spirit of Straw, naughty and bafe, that is burnt up with that which hindered. 'Ihemi.flccles to Sleep. Ifonour me before the Pt.oplf , w~ s cold Comfor~ to Sau!, when the Prophet 1 to,d htm, God had rejeB:ed him. But Chrift defi red t)Ot to be hid from this Woman, he was feeki~g ~1er,_ and yet he flyeth from ner: Chrift: lQ thls · 1s iuch _a Flyer ·as wou]d gladly have a. Pmfller. .... Euth :findeth Chrift out when ne i" hid, !fa. 45· 15. Verity thou art a' GoJ tbat bi,tcfi:
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