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

Motive 2 Secondly, as there is a fitness in that promise so suitable to all a mans wants, and this fitness in that promise marvellously stirs up desire after it: So the beauty and excellency of that fitness gives full satisfaction to the desire; as it is with a man that hath an old cankered wound, which puts him to daily trouble and vexation; if this man should hear of some special salve that would forthwith take away his pain, and ease him; and withal would take out the dead flesh, and heal him perfectly, how would this man desire that salve? nay nothing would content him but that. So it is with the freeness of Gods grace, Prayer, the Word, Conference are very good, and thou hast had an old cankered soul, and a wayward peevish spirit, and these sinful lusts stick upon thee, and are still vexing of thee, and these are not quite purged out: Oh, saith the soul, these old recourses of base corruptions are ever dogging of me. Now if any bid this poor soul pray, and hear, and use the means; yes, saith he, these are useful and good; but I may pray, and hear, and receive the Sacraments, and yet go ⟨p. 155⟩down to hell for all these: But oh that free grace of God in Christ, that would bless all these means, and make all effectual to me for my good. Oh that I had this grace above all the rest, Cant. 5.8, 9, 10, 11. Joh. 6.34.

Motive 2 Secondly, as there is a fitnesse in that promise so sutable to all a mans wants, and this fitnesse in that promise marvellously stirres up desire after it: So the beauty and excellency of that fitnesse gives full satisfaction to the desire; as it is with a man that hath an old cankered wound, which puts him to dayly trouble and vexation; if this man should heare of some speciall salve that would forthwith take away his pain, and ease him; and withall would take out the dead flesh, and heale him perfectly, how would this man desire that salve? nay nothing would content him but that. So it is with the freenes of Gods grace, Praier, the Word, Conference are very good, and thou hast had an old cankered soule, and a wayward peevish spirit, and these sinfull lusts sticke upon thee, and are still vexing of thee, and these are not quite purged out: Oh, saith the soule, these old recourses of base corruptions are ever dogging of me. Now if any bid this poore soule pray, and heare, and use the means; yes, saith he, these are usefull and good; but I may pray, and heare, and receive the Sacraments, and yet goe