---_-__ 54. The Fathersgreat Love into the infinitnefi ofnothing, (for nothing is a kinde ofinf- Luk. t5. nitncfs) and he is indeed gone into a far Country, as the Peo- 13. `dial was ; now therefore nothing but the infinite power, infinite wifedome and ftrength that is in the Lord, is a- tobring life out ofdeath, fòmething out ofnothing; there- fore there is nothing to bring the heart of ,man out of that far country whereinto it is gone, and out of that bottomleß pit into which it is fallen ; nothing can do it but infanitneß 2 Cor. 4. and eternity ; nothing but the famefpirit that railed up Jefu; 14. -Chrififrom the dead, can quicken our mortal bodies : there is nothing I fay, able to do it (but the fame fpirit) to bring a poorfóul from hell and condemnation, and make it one in unity with the fpirit ; And therefore the Apofile witnef- fes,Eph... i 3.you that were aliens,hath he made nigh by theblood ofChrifl; andyou that werefomtimes afarof,hath he made near by the blood ofthrift. Sonow, I hope this appears a truth toyou, and I hope the Lord will make it fo in you by experi- ence ; till then it is not a favour of life unto lije ; for except you have the Scriptures made good in the power thereof, inyour own hearts, what are the Scriptures to you ? And I have alledged them for that very end that you may finde and fay, Thefe things are all fulfh'ed, not only among the Jewes and at Terufalem,but really and truely in my felfe. So then I hope fomeofyou fee it is the alone power of the Father that draws the foules of men unto Chrifl: otherwife no man can come unto him. But give me leave yet a little farther for the clearing it, and explaining it by the way ; What this power of the Father is, or how the Father doth draw or bring the foules ofmen untoChrifl ? Joh. 4.23. God is laid to bea Spirit, and they that worfhip him, muff worfhip him infpirit and in truth : God is nothing but life,glo- ry, andpower,fpirit and immortality ; and whatfoever thing we could have a notion, or fimilitude of, that is able to fet outftrength, and life,andglory,and wifdom:yet all thefe come infinitlyport of letting out the ftrength and power of the Lord ofHofs, the great Jehovah, who is (Pfal. 121. 5.) he Pfal. 121. that keeps Ifrael : be that lkeepesIfrael, neither flumbreth nor 5. eepeth ; fo that it is to be cleared, what power it is that brings Eph. 2.13
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