A Divine Cordial

3. It is an irresistible call. When God calls a man by his grace, he cannot but come. You may resist the Ministers call, but you cannot resist the Spirits call: The Finger of the blessed Spirit can write upon an heart of stone, as once he wrote his Laws upon Tables of stone. Gods words are Verba creativa, Creating words; when he said, Let there be light, there was light; and when he saith, Let there be faith, it shall be so. When God called Paul, he answered to the call, Acts 26.19. I was not disobedient to the Heavenly vision^*. God rides forth conquering in the Chariot of his Gospel; he makes the blind eye see, and the stony heart bleed. If God will call a man, nothing shall ponere obicem, or lie in the way to hinder; difficulties shall be untied, the Powers of Hell shall disband, Rom. 9.19. Who hath resisted his will? God bends the Iron sinew, and cuts asunder ⟨p. 152⟩the Gates of Brass, Psal. 107.16. When the Lord toucheth a mans heart by his Spirit, all proud imaginations are brought down, and the Fort-Royal of the Will yields to God. I may allude to that, Psal. 114.5. What ailed thee, O thou Sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wert driven back? The man that before was as a raging Sea, foaming forth wickedness, now on a sudden he flies back and trembles, he falls down as the Jailer, What shall I do to be saved? What ails thee, O Sea? What ails this man? the Lord hath been effectually calling him, he hath been a working a work of grace, and now his stubborn heart is conquered by a sweet violence.

3. It is an irresistible call. When God calls a man by his grace, he cannot but come. You may resist the Ministers call, but you cannot resist the Spirits call: The Finger of the blessed Spirit can write upon an heart of stone, as once he wrote his Laws upon Tables of stone. Gods words are Verba creativa, Creating words; when he said, Let there be light, there was light; and when he saith, Let there be faith, it shall be so. When God called Paul, he answered to the call,