Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself

1. He draws by the pull of that same arm and power by which he commanded light to shine out of darkness, ¹2 Cor. 4.6. by which he raised the dead out of the graves, Ephes. 1.18▪ 19. by the exceeding greatness of his power, and the mighty power by which he raised Christ from the death. Arminians answer, this was omnipotency of working miracles, but what was it to the salvation of the Ephesians, and to the hope of their glory to know with opened eyes such a power as Judas knew? and can the dead choose ⟨p. 314⟩but be quickened and come out of the grave, when God raiseth them, Joh. 5.25. That Vaga necessitas, the strong moral necessity talked of by Jesuits, when strong moral motives work, is a dream there,² for it may come short; a man quickened in the grave and put to his feet as Lazarus was, of necessity must come out, he will not lie down in the grave again and kill himself. A man starving for hunger when meat is set before him on any terms he desires, if he be in his right wits will necessarily eat, and not kill himself, but the necessity of saving souls in the tender and loving mind of God in Christ is much stronger, and if we consider the corruption of will, this fancied vaging necessity cannot so bow the will, but it is necessary that corrupt will dissent, rather then consent to Christ.

1. He drawes by the pull of that same arme and power by which he commanded light to shine out of darknesse, ¹2 Cor. 4.6. by which he raised the dead out of the graves, Ephes. 1.18▪ 19. by the exceeding greatnes of his power, and the mighty power by which he raised Christ from the death. Arminians answer, this was omnipotency of working miracles, but what was it to the salvation of the Ephesians, and to the hope of their glory to know with opened eyes such a power as Judas knew? and can the dead chuse