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

this upholdeth and sustaineth the heart of Gods servant, yet there is plentiful redemption; and this may discover it self in three particulars.

this upholdeth and sustaineth the heart of Gods servant, yet there is plentifull redemption; and this may discover it selfe in three particulars.

The infiniteness of Gods power; though thy sins are many, though the guilt of sin is mighty and powerful to condemn the soul, yet when the soul apprehendeth an infiniteness in the power of the Lord, to over-power all his sins, all the guilt of corruption; this lifteth up the heart in some expectation, that the Lord will show favour unto a man: though it is a hard thing to hope when the soul is thus troubled, can this hard heart be broken, can these sins be pardoned, can this soul be saved? now cometh in the power of God; God can pardon them, never measure the power of God to that shallow conceit of thine, as Christ when he had told his Disciples, it is hard for a rich man to be saved; they said, how can any man be saved; the Lord Christ saith, all things are possible to God, though not ⟨p. 116⟩to men; and it is said of Abraham, he hoped above hope, he looked to the Lord, that was able to do what he promised, to supply what he wanted; he considered not that he had a dead body, but he considered he had a living God; not Sarahs barren womb, but the gracious goodness of God, able to make it fruitful; nay he believed in the God that can make things that are not: thy soul is not humbled, the Lord can humble it; thy sins are not pardoned, the Lord can pardon them; thy soul is not converted, the Lord can convert it; though I cannot see it, though man cannot imagine it, yet the Lord can do it.

The infinitenesse of Gods power; though thy sinnes are many, though the guilt of sinne is mighty and powerfull to condemne the soule, yet when the soule apprehendeth an infinitenesse in the power of the Lord, to over-power all his sins, all the guilt of corruption; this lifteth up the heart in some expectation, that the Lord will shew favour unto a man: though it is a hard thing to hope when the soule is thus troubled, can this hard heart be broken, can these sinnes bee pardoned, can this soule bee saved? now commeth in the power of God; God can pardon them, never measure the power of God to that shallow conceit of thine, as Christ when he had told his Disciples, it is hard for a rich man to be saved; they said, how can any man be saved; the Lord Christ saith, all things are possible to God, though not