The application of redemption

Though all that thou canst do, can neither prepare §3thee for Grace, nor purchase Grace for thy self, yet the means through Divine Institution are mighty; God by them can work effectually, and if it seem good to 'his good pleasure, he will; wait upon him only for that good thou wantest, from whom only it can be received. As the Lepers in the time of the Famine resolved to try what might be done by others for their safety, who could do nothing for themselves. That is Gods way and means; try what God will do, in whose pleasure it is to give, or deny. I might ad what Divines speak, and seasonable […] to the Point in hand. While thou art endeavouring as thou canst, it lessens thy sin, and prevents further plagues, unto which thou wilt be subject, through Gods just Judgment, and thine own just deserving. Ahab's […] humiliation, prevented the […] plague, though it did not free him from the eternal, ⟨p. 307⟩1 Kings, 21. 29. Seest thou […] Ahab humbles himself, I will not bring the evil in his days.

Though all that thou canst do, can neither prepare §3thee for Grace, nor purchase Grace for thy self, yet the means through Divine Institution are mighty; God by them can work effectually, and if it seem good to 'his good pleasure, he will; wait upon him only for that good thou wantest, from whom only it can be received. As the Leapers in the time of the Famine resolved to try what might be done by others for their safety, who could do nothing for themselves. That is Gods way and means; try what God will do, in whose pleasure it is to give, or deny. I might ad what Divines speak, and seasonable 〈…〉 to the Point in hand. While thou art endeavoring as thou canst, it lessens thy sin, and prevents further plagues, unto which thou wilt be subject, through Gods just Judgment, and thine own just deserving. Abab's 〈…〉 humiliation, prevented the 〈…〉 plague, though it did not free him from the eternal, ⟨p. 307⟩