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Thirdly, a natural man doth not only withdraw himself from grace and salvation offered, and resist this grace pressed upon him, but if the Lord follow him yet further, and course him, and pursueth him that he may give him grace; yet considered in hi• self, he is not capable of this grace. In the 6 of Mat. 24. there saith our Saviour, Ye cannot serve […] and Mammon, ¹Every man naturally hath his Mammon, the proud man hath his Mammon, and the covetous man hath his Mammon, and the prop••• man hath his Mammon, now these cannot serve God and Mammon, also to serve them both, doth not imply only a difficulty, but an impossibility also, so that we may plainly see, a natural man is no capable of grace, but understand this wisely, I do not say, that a man by nature is uncapable of grace, thus far, that he is not a fit subject to be wrought upon, and to be made capable, but th•• I say, that a man having sin, and remaining in his sins, is not able to entertain grace, things so considered for a while, as long as he continueth in that estate, he is not capable of grace, but yet God •an make him fit, and disposed thereunto, he ⟨p. 95⟩may be wrought thereunto, and God by his spirit can make him able to entertain grace, but he must first be disposed thereunto, look as it is with a vessel that is full of puddle, there is an unpossibility now in this vessel, as long as it is full of that puddly and filthy water, that it should receive clean and pure water, but when it is emptied of that filthy water, then it is capable to receive pure water, but first the dirty water must be put out, before it can receive the pure.

Thirdly, a naturall man doth not onely withdraw himselfe from grace and salvation offered, and resist this grace pressed upon him, but if the Lord follow him yet further, and course him, and pursueth him that he may give him grace; yet considered in hi• selfe, hee is not capable of this grace. In the 6 of