;-~~nt that God cloth infu11:dere ma#tiam, but Cap.18. that he cloth not infundere mollitiem. 'rhus is - · ·- .. God faid tQ ~ay jumbling-block.! before men, Eze. 3.2o. as-was [aid before, to blinde the~r eyes , to lJ.arden theirheart, that they fhould not be coliverted&c. J oh. I 2 . 40• .To fend frrong deltifions upon men,21beff. 2. IO· To give men over.to vile affe8:ions, and to a reprobate ~ninde, Rom. •· 2 8. All thefe five foremcntiOl'l~d Confciences may be quiet ·and ftill Confciencu , but ;tre wretched and tlnhappy in their quietnefs. Lafily, nonewill make quefl:ion but there 6. Satanni· is another who had a prime hand in harden -: c~ll hard- • Ph '-' h · S ' l · b' nmg. mg araor:; s cart, VIZ. atan, ttloug 11t c neverfaid exprd1y thatSatap hardn1ed Pha– raoh's heart. But certain it is , that Sata~1 hathhu firft or[ectmd hand in every finfull aa, and had a hand in the firtt hardening to the lafr. He brougl>tt in the firft naturalJ haranefs, ·he brings on from that to volurttary hardnefs, he fubornes Deceivers to harden fur ther; he .Jfeals away the Word, when the Gofpel prea- Mat.I3•19• . ched fbonld [often. AndwhenGodhath tri- ,·ed all means;and finds mendefperately wic– ked, having pleafure inunrighteoufnefs, he gives over {hiving any longer ; then comes ~atanwith full Comrnii1ion of power, and eflicacie of lies and errors, to perfw.:~de and prevail alfo, 1 Kin. 2 2. 2 2. , The likeexpreffions the Scripture alfo u– fe:h as tom:hing the fpirimall blindnefs of nunde: 1 . We
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