398 { Whither is tbJ.Be1o"Vedgone. SE R.Xv.nr You fee herethedaught.trs oflerufalemgrowing; An ~rrorof t~e therefore let us labour to be under good meanes. P11pijls touch- S f h R ·n d l h' l . ing rhe efficacy ome o t e omtu.s .an ot 1~:s w IC 1 ar.e 1ll ojg~ace in con- affeCted and grounded mthat pomr, they thtnke grutty, that the efficacy ofgrace is,aswe call it from the I congruity,fimdie,and proportion of the me8nes . 1 to the heart andwillofman,and thereupon God converts one and not another,. becaufe there is a I congruous and fit offering of n~eanes to him, when he is fitly difp6fed, and another is not 1 fitly difpofed; therefore there followes nor upon \ it dfeetuall calling, fo that the venue of the · meanes offered depends upon futablendfe arid firndfe in the party to whom t e means are offe– red,and not upon the powera · . ·bleffing ofGod, verily this is plaufible' and goes downe very - T~at twe mea~s roundly withmany weake P·erfons · but this is a 'Wtt h011t a dt· l ) , flinlf co»fifting f.1lfe and 3 groffe errour ; for unleffe God by hts wor~e can d{Je holy Spirit doe worke by the meanes, no pian– norbmg. · ting and watering will bring any increa!e and ch2nge the heart ~mcl mind, though there were greater mea_ns in Chrifis time,when hewrought thefemiracles then any rimebefore, yetall thofe could not cohvert that froward generation: And it was Mofes complaint inche wildernelfe, where I they ~1 ad abundance of meanes, God bath not given you aheart to perceive,and eyes to fee, and ·qres to heare untill this day. Whena man is j Dcut z planted under good meanes,and frequents them, I That 'u}udi& thenordinarily it pleafeth God by the inward a.od workt workings of his owne powerfull Spirit to worke l wttbthe me~~r·\ great matters ; and thofe that keep out ofGocls . reach~ I
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