128 __ ). It is the-voice ofmyBelo'TJed Sa-~t.V. j caufet~ey we,re never ~o~vincedby thepower 1 :md maJetlyofthe truth 10 tt fdfe ; and then in the ·end they defpaire, notwithflanding all the promifes,becaufe they werenever.convincedof the truth -of them, they cannot fay 'Amen to al1 · 1 . the promifes:But the Church can fay confident– lyupon f<.?und experience~ It is the voice of my Be- I loved,&c. 06forv. Againe, Whereas the Church faith here,It iJ she v.oicee ofmy Beloved, &c. and knowes this voi-ce ofher £eloved,we maynote, That the Church of God, and.every chrijlian takes noticeof the mett_r.;es that God ufeth for their Jal-uation. A-Chrifihm is fenftble ofall the ble£fed helps Ihe hath to falvation.To a dead heart,it is all cne, I whetherthey have meanes or no meane5, but a ·Chrifiian foule takes notice of all themeanes. It is thevoice,ofmy Belovedthat knocketh, it feeth Chrift: in all. A JiflinCfion And marke what the Church faith moreover, ~etn:ixt .Jleep. It u the voice of m'~~ Beloved fhe acknowledgeth tn dtvers Chrt- . J ' {lians, even at· (hrift to he hel()vcdofher;though ibe were aileep. -the wo1·jl, a~d) So then here is a diftintl:ion between the iletp of deadneJ!e in a Ch ·n· d h d d n f h Haturall mar.. a . n 1ao, an t e ea ·· eep o anot er natura-11 m:m: The onewhen he fieeps, H. is heart doth not ·Dnely a.wake, but it u awak& to difcerne the voiceof{hrift;it can relifh in reading w.hat is fpi– rituall and good, what is favoury, and what nor. Andli,kewife ta·ke a Chrifl:ian at the worfi,when he is a!leep,he loves Chrift,hewill doe nothing againfi him. Icttn doe nothing(faithPllul)againfl the 1 ------~----------------------------
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