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

First, the Lord hath ordained and set apart the preaching of the word, he hath sanctified it, and set it apart to call the soul. Look as it is with the brazen Serpent, God appointed it to heal those that were stung now if 500. men should have made another Serpent, it could not have healed one man, though they had looked their eyes out of their heads: So it is with the Gospel, there is no ⟨p. 60⟩[…] ⟨p. 61⟩[…] ⟨p. 64⟩other usual means to call the soul: Hence it is casted the word of the Gospel. Now if five hundred men make five hundred Gospels besides this, they could never convert, or comfort one soul. Or as it is with a mint, if a mint master coin money, it will go currant; but if twenty other coin money, though the stamp were as good, yet it is but counterfeit coin: so it is here. 1 Cor. 1.21. Let a man study all the arts and tongues that can be devised, he never shall, nay he never can, know one drop of Gods mercy and goodness in Christ. Why but how then may a man know it? saith the Text, by the foolishness of preaching, that is, wicked men count it foolishness.

First, the Lord hath ordained and set apart the preaching of the word, hee hath sanctified it, and set it apart to call the soule. Looke as it is with the brazen Serpent, God appointed it to heale those that were stung now if 500. men should have made another Serpent, it could not have healed one man, though they had lookt their eyes out of their heads: So it is with the Gospell, there is no ⟨p. 60⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 61⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 64⟩other usuall meanes to call the soule: Hence it is casted the word of the Gospell. Now if five hundred men make five hundred Gospels besides this, they could never convert, or comfort one soule. Or as it is with a mint, if a mint master coyne money, it will goe currant; but if twenty other coine money, though the stampe were as good, yet it is but counterfeit coine: so it is here.