The souls vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.HThe soules vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.H

Partic. 3 The witness makes the soul yield unto what the spirit hath witnessed: As the witnesses in open court in a matter of law, they make the case clear and evident; the Jury they take it, the Judge observes it, you all know how the case goes, the witness sufficient, &c. So when the witness of Gods Spirit comes, bringing the hand of God the Father, and the hand of the Son, touching Gods acceptance, it casts the cause clearly. Now this judgement of the sinner yields, and cannot but close, and submit it self unto the truth; this is the meaning of that phrase before the text, they shall be taught of God, they shall not only learn, ⟨p. 86⟩but they shall be taught, they shall have their lesson without book, they shall be made to learn; and therefore the tenor of the covenant is this: I will write my Law in their inward parts, and they shall all know me from the highest to the least: observe the 2 Pet. 1.3. it is a place of marvellous difficulty, (this I take to be the meaning) there is enough to satisfy any man, according to his divine power, he hath given unto us all things, that is, the Lord by his almighty divine power, hath given unto us all things, either appertaining to this present life here, or eternal life hereafter. But how comes this to pass that God doth this? the Text saith, It is through knowledge of him, that hath called us to glory and virtue; the word in the original is, through their acknowledgement of him that hath called us. The soul doth not only barely know, that this is grace and mercy in Christ; the eye of the understanding is not only opened, but he now comes to acknowledge the same, and subscribeth thereby thereunto: God saith, I will save thy soul, I will be thy God; the soul saith, It is true, Lord, I will deny it no more, I will gain-say it no longer.

Partic. 3 The witnesse makes the soule yeeld unto what the spirit hath witnessed: As the witnesses in open court in a matter of law, they make the case cleare and evident; the Jury they take it, the Judge observes it, you all know how the case goes, the witnesse sufficient, &c. So when the witnesse of Gods Spirit comes, bringing the hand of God the Father, and the hand of the Sonne, touching Gods acceptance, it casts the cause clearely. Now this judgement of the sinner yeelds, and cannot but close, and submit it selfe unto the truth; this is the meaning of that phrase before the text, they shall be taught of God, they shall not only learne,