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

First, to open it in general, and then to come to some particulars: In the general observe thus much; a poor sinner having fallen from God, and departed from him, he goes away from God and all goodness at that one stroke, he that goes away from God, the God of all strength, must needs be weak; and he that goes from the God of wisdom, folly must needs possess him, because God is the God of all wisdom, and all wisdom must be from him; and he that goes from God, goes from life and happiness, therefore death and cursedness must needs seize upon •im: now he that hath gone from God, hath gone from all these, and therefore he is full of nothing, but wants, miseries, and troubles, and vexations, that are come in upon him, and overwhelm ⟨p. 316⟩him. Now faith is appointed as that only means whereby the soul may be succoured, and the heart furnished anew: and it is faith that doth all these, and this is the excellency of faith, and the good of it, and the benefit that belongeth to faith in a peculiar manner, above all other graces in the world: now that ye may see how faith suits a man with all graces, take notice, that there are three ways, whereby the heart went away from God; and the spiritual wants, which by this means befell the soul, ¹are three, all which faith supplies to the soul answerably.

First, to open it in generall, and then to come to some particulars: In the generall observe thus much; a poore sinner having fallen from God, and departed from him, he goes away from God and all goodnesse at that one stroake, he that goes away from God, the God of all strength, must needs be weake; and he that goes from the God of wisdome, folly must needs possesse him, because God is the God of all wisdome, and all wisdome must be from him; and hee that goes from God, goes from life and happinesse, therefore death and cursednesse must needs seize upon •im: now hee that hath gone from God, hath gone from all these, and therefore he is full of nothing, but wants, miseries, and troubles, and vexa•ions, that are come in upon him, and overwhelme ⟨p. 316⟩