----------- ac'tordin3 to S`M A r r x E VV. 43 But whatfoever he willeth,without impedimenthe etfetrdeth,lft. 1.6. o, Pfal.ii5.3. Of theJefiònei to raifeup children to Abraham.] This he could doe, though he will not. And yet he doth as much as this,when betakes the (toneout of the heart : when ofcarnal[ he makes us A prop:e createdayain, Pfal. r o a. i 8. when cut of a hollow perfin ( one as empty and void ofhearr, as the hollow ofa tree is of fùb- ftanec) is fetcht out heart of oak, and cfa wilde affe-colt-born, Job t tots. is made aman : Seeboth thefc finiilitudes, yob r r. t z, It was a ezp;ttnd.d. ftrange change that Satanmention'd and motion'd toour Saviour ofturning [tones intobread. But nothing fo ftrange as turning ftony hearts into hearts offk íh. This is a work of C cds Almigh- ty power, the fame that he put forth in railing Chtift fom the dead, Ephef,r.19. ( where the Apotile; the better to let forth the matter, of th a f'x. fold gradation in the Original)) and in creating the world, PR1.5 r. t O. 2 Cor, 5, r 7. The Prophet /- Iî'. i 6, firthi tels us , That he plants the heavent, and l.ties .the fundation of í Ile earth, that he may fay to Zion, Thou rtrt my. people. And al- Ica though mans heart be ori emptieefe, as in the Creation, as herbs in 4r°S' ° Winter, or as a breathlefe clod of earth, yet that hinders not, frith the Prophet_ Verfe i o. And now alf3 is the axe laid to the root of the tree.] q. d, God is now taking aim where tohit, and how tofell you a man laieth his axe at that very plate that he intends to to finite at) he feeth weld enough that all his patience and pains Lu 3. indigging, indunging, and in dreffing you is to no purp©! , v rimsdeJ O He comes feekingfruit from time to time, but findeth none, Luk.i 3,7. ratioaú ind ciii Now therefore he bath laid down his basket, and taken up his ell, Potter le- axe, as refolved to mine you, unlcfíe prefent courte be taken. curi aamave. Negieft not the prefent Now, left ye be cut oft for ever. God Eraf ra,et, will not alway ferve you for a finning - flock. Since ye have a Preacher, repent or perifh. Let this fpring diftinguith between dead and living trees. Every tree that ¿ringeth not f rthgoodfitait.] So God is graci- oufly pleated toftileour poor performances ; in every of which Hieronym; there is fomethingefhis, as well as fomething ofourown. That which is his, he accepts : that which is ours he pardons. But good it mutt be, quoad fontem, the Spirit of God : and quoad f s"nem ' the for ofGod. Negative g` odnefle faresnomans for sul klitoi ,2¢æ tofave him from the axe. at is laidofIthacitee, that the hatred of thé
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