Cbrifl beleervedon in the World. t 5 i j oft times, whena rnan is cart downe, all in the world feemes to make againft him; and then fora man to have his heart rayfed up by an Al_ rnightie power, to beleeve 5 certaìnely , this muft be a Myflerie : I fay, when all makes againft him , his Confcience makes againft him,and the Judgement of God againft him, and Satans ' temptations againft him ,all the frameófchings prefent fèenaes. to be againft him God him felfe oft times feemes to be againft hire tobeanof- fended God, fuftly offended with his frnnes; for thefoule in thiscafe to call it felfeupon God, in Chrift, there muff needs be á hidden and excel- lent deep,e worke on: the foule : This is.the grea-I re_it Myfterie, the greateft :difficultie is in this ,I branch ; confìdering, how contrarie'to theheart ofman Faith is. Let us take heed of(hallow conceits of Faith; To have high as ifit were an. eaf3e Wcomm grace, univerfall Fa h ins of to. beleeve : No, beloved ; it is a füperna. turall powerful' worke.. Saint Paul fees it our divinely and largely , in Ephef, r. 18. Hee Ephe¡.r.i8. calls it, the hfightie power of God it requires not onely a Power but an AlmightyPower, to ray fe the heart of man to óeleeve. For, even as the worke of Redemption:, by Chri!} , is Redemption a a. greater worke in it fclfe, then the worke of Converró greCer w°rke Creation ; fo alto the worke of I _ rhenrcarion,,. n, , though they be all one to an infinite Pó.ver,. For Power. yet the. thing it felfe is moredi'fficulr,tomake theheart of man to beleeve, then tomake a world of nothing : for, when God made the world, there
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