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

Doct. 1 The word of the Gospel and the work of the Spirit always go together; the point is grounded in the Text, after this manner: they must first hear, then learn; hear by the word, and learn by the Spirit. The hearing of the Gospel without the Spirit, is nothing else but a beating of the air, and a dead letter. It is true, the Lord ⟨p. 63⟩can work above means: we know also God can appoint other means for to call the soul, but it is not our meaning, we must not look for revelations and dreams, as a company of fantastical brains do; but in common course Gods Spirit goes with the Gospel, and that is the ordinary means whereby the soul comes to be called. God can make the air nourish a man, but he doth not. If a man should expect to be fed by miracle, he himself would be a miracle; Gal. 3.2. for there goes a spiritual power with it, it raiseth the dead in sin to life; it is a living word, and the word discovers also the secrets of mens thoughts. Now that word which raiseth the dead, and discovers the secrets of mens hearts, it must needs have a marvellous power with it, and accompanying of it.

Doct. 1 The word of the Gospell and the worke of the Spirit alwayes goe together; the point is grounded in the Text, after this manner: they must first heare, then learne; heare by the word, and learne by the Spirit. The hearing of the Gospell without the Spirit, is nothing else but a beating of the ayre, and a dead letter. It is true, the Lord ⟨p. 63⟩can worke above meanes: we know also God can appoint other meanes for to call the soule, but it is not our meaning, we must not looke for revelations and dreames, as a company of phantasticall braines doe; but in common course Gods Spirit goes with the Gospell, and that is the ordinary meanes whereby the soule comes to be called. God can make the ayre nourish a man, but he doth not. If a man should expect to be fed by miracle, hee himselfe would be a miracle; Gal. 3.2. for there goes a spirituall power with it, it raiseth the dead in sinne to life; it is a living word, and the word discovers also the secrets of mens thoughts. Now that word which raiseth the dead, and discovers the secrets of mens hearts, it must needs have a marvellous power with it, and accompanying of it.