The Pa,rable ofibe Ten flirginr, SECT. V. ObjeC\:.A/as! Wh~tt can I do? the Lord muH do it. , , eAnfw. True, bathe dorh it by means; che Minifiry of che Gofpel; elfe what need th~re be any_Scripture writ, or Gofpel preached? uft; you the means, and wm on the Lord thereby , for che eff.::cting of this : · '· ~ell. what fhot~ld I do ? Anfw. Lookasirisinmarriagehere, oreipoufals here; there be bur cwo chings that make up che match. I. Earnell fuit on the one fide. And z. Confencontheother; andthereforeif any thing hiQder, ir ever 'lies either on the one fide, the man is umvillillg, he delires it nor ; or on che other fide, if he be defirous, the is unwilling; bur barb there finith rbe bulinefs· if therefore you would be ever efpoufed ro the Lord Jefus,look eo thefe rw~ things. · _Firtl, See evjden.tly that ea~n~ fuit rhe Lord ~akes unto thee for thy confent,fonbygoodwlll; andthlswtllappearbyhtsownfpeec:hes, and this is a fufficient re!timony; by what fpeec:hes ?. by his voice in thefe Scriptures · for is . this the Brideorooms voice or no ?. if nor, away with it ; if it be, a~ char .they do breach the Holy Gholl, the'n know it, it is as if he fpake from heaven eo thee J:!PW. Object But he doth not fjtak. to mt there 6J name /4rticlllar!J; he ffrea/:! to others,HIIt to Me. Anfw. x. The Lord when he calls any to hitnfelf, he cloth not in his ordinary Call f~ak to them by name, and yet they have fo received che Lord in the Word, aSif he had called them by name; 'for look,as whenrheLawfaith All that fm iliall dye, the Lord fpeak:s to all by name ; and if confcience be awake, - it will apply it, This fentence is againll me ; ·fo when the Lord faith, .Aft that wiN remve the Lord, fhall live before the Lord; and therefore receive him; if confcience be awake, it will apply ~ As in the three thoufand chat were converted, what Jhtdl we do?they were nor called by natpe; but when they heard that they chat repented thould live, becaufe the promife was to all, they gladly received the Word ; fo here ic thould be fo; and therefore we fee when the Spirit makes particular application to a mao, he fo fees on a truth , as if the tordJpake to the foul particularly ; and therefore if you cio not, it is becaufe ~ouareleft of the Spirit of God, and the power of theWord; for it is your duty fo to do. · 2. Though your names are not fer down in the words o( the promife, yet your names are wrapt up in the meaning and fenfe o£ the promiie; and rh is is as good a.<; that ; for though the Lord cloth nor defire every man to keep the Sabbath by name, yet he means every man, and there your names are ; fa wh~n the Lord Jefus makes ruit to awretched heart to receive him, he meaneth every man, as if he had named them; that which is fer down in Scripture, and written to others, God means not them alone, but all others in like cafe ; - as Jtr. 3. u. Wh11t the Lord JPak! to Ifr,ul to return, he fneant efpecially Judlilh; fo Efay z. ver. I. t9 5· There is aProphefie of rhe Gentiles to flow to the Mount of the Lord; what means the Lord by that ? the Lord meant he'reby to Llir up the Jews,. and therefore he faith, Oh c,me houfe ?f lfrae1 , &c. And hence 'R.!m. I 5· i· what u written, it u f >r our le~<rmng, that '>~e might have hope; i. e. God meanerh us therein alfo, fo that when you fee th~
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