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

Doctrine VII. The Spirit of the Lord kindles in an humbled heart, and enlightened sinner, love and joy to entertain and rejoice in the riches of his mercy. p. 205 The opening of the Doctrine consists in 3. passages. Passage I. Is this, that this love and joy is no where else to be found, but in an heart humbled and enlightened. p. 205 ⟨image 7⟩Passage II. Is this, that the love and joy is enkindled by the Spirit of the Father. p. 206. Passage III. Is this, that the love and joy being kindled, they may entertain and rejoice in the riches of Gods mercy. p. 207 Reason I. Of the point is this, because that love and joy do follow desire. p. 209 The Spirit of the Father, doth enkindle the love and joy in these three particulars. p. 217 Particular I. Is this, God the Father by the Spirit, doth let in some sweetness and relish of his love into the soul, that doth warm the heart. p. 221 Particular II. Is this, that the freeness of Gods love, doth enkindle a love in the soul. p. 222 Particular III. Is this, that as the sweetness did warm it, the freeness kindles it; so the greatness of the sweetness of this love doth set the soul in a flame. p. 224 Use I. It is an use of instruction to inform you that there is no sufficiency in a natural heart, to be carried to the Lord Jesus Christ, or to the work of grace. p. 226 Use II. I• is an use of consolation to stay and refresh the hearts of those that have received the gracious work. p. 233 Use III. It is an use of trial to examine your selves whether ⟨image 7⟩your love and joy be sound, true, and sincere, and how it doth differ from the feigned, wild, and hypocritical love in the world. p. 237 The soundness of true love from counterfeit Hypocritical love, appeareth in these five trials. Trial I. Is this, observe the root and rise of thy love, ibid. Trial II. Is this, observe if thou entertainest thy Saviour, as a Saviour; that is, as a King. p. 242 Trial III. Is this, thou must observe if thou labourest to give contentment to Christ. p. 244 Trial IV. Observe whether thy heart doth rejoice to see the happiness of the thing you love, p. 251 Trial V. Is this, it is the nature of true love, to covet nearer union with the thing beloved. p. 254 Use IV. It is of repose to all those upon whom this work of love and joy in Christ was never wrought. p. 261 Most men have not this love to God, but hatred against him. p.