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The one thing necessary Preached in a sermon at Pauls, before the Right Honourable…
The one thing necessary Preached in a sermon at Pauls, before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and the aldermen of the City of London, Aug. 31. 1656. By Thomas Watson, minister of Stephens Walbrook, London.
London: printed by E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1658
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Answ. 1. 1'Tis true, we have not power: I deny that we have libertatem arbitrii*, man before conversion is purely passive. Therefore the Scripture calls it cor lapideum, a heart of stone, Ezek. 36. A man in his pure naturals, can no more prepare ⟨p. 45⟩himself to his own converting, then the stone can prepare it self to its own softening. But yet when God begins to draw, we may follow. Those dry bones in Ezekiel could not of themselves live, but when breath came into them, then they lived and stood upon their feet, Ezekiel 37. 10.
Answ. 1. 1'Tis true, we have not power: I deny that we have libertatem arbitrii*, man before conversion is purely passive. Therefore the Scripture calls it cor lapideum, a heart of stone, Ezek. 36. A man in his pure naturals, can no more prepare ⟨p. 45⟩himself to his own converting, then the stone can prepare it self to its own softning. But yet when God begins to draw, we may follow. Those dry bones in Ezekiel could not of themselves live, but when breath came into them, then they lived and stood upon their feet, Ezekiel 37. 10.
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- *Lorinus.