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Secondly. This Impotency must be confessed and Bewailed in our Coming to our Saviour; & our Sensible ⟨p. 67⟩Confession of it, is a notable step of our Coming unto Him. It is not likely, that the Spirit of Grace will Enable us to Come unto our Saviour, till we feel and own that we are Unable to Come. When we become Sensible that we are Unable, and become Desirous to be Enabled, then we are indeed Beginning to come. When the Grace to Believe on a Glorious CHRIST, is to be wrought in a Soul, the God of all Grace, will have the Glory of working it. See, O Sinner, That thou art Justly Damned, if thou dost not come to thy Saviour. See this; and Say it before the Lord. But at the same time also humbly say; Lord, I shall not come to my Saviour, if thy Sovereign Grace do not help me to come! 'Tis true, Such a Corruption there is upon the Will of Unregenerate Man, that he will not come unto a Glorious CHRIST, but indeed have a greater Enmity to this, than to any one thing in all Religion; till there be an Efficacious and Supernatural Operation of God upon the Will, not only to lay Moral Suasions before it, but also to infuse a New Frame into it, and Effectually Incline it unto the Faith whereto it is an Enemy. So far is the Sinner, from an Ability to change his own Will, and bring it unto the Faith of a Glorious CHRIST, that whatever he does from his own mere Natural Ability, cannot oblige the God of Heaven, to make a Saving Change upon it. Let us keep to that famous Tenth Article of the Church of England. The Condition of man is such, after the Fall, that he cannot turn, nor prepare himself by his own Natural Strength, to Faith and Calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do Good Works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the Grace of God preventing us, that we may have a Good Will, and working with us, when we have that Good Will.

Secondly. This Impotency must be confessd and Bewayled in our Coming to our Saviour; & our Sensible ⟨p. 67⟩Confession of it, is a notable step of our Coming unto Him. It is not likely, that the Spirit of Grace will Enable us to Come unto our Saviour, till we feel and own that we are Ʋnable to Come. When we become Sensible that we are Ʋnable, and become Desirous to be Enabled, then we are indeed Beginning to come. When the Grace to Believe on a Glorious CHRIST, is to be wrought in a Soul, the God of all Grace, will have the Glory of working it. See, O Sinner, That thou art Justly Damned, if thou dost not come to thy Saviour. See this; and Say it before the Lord. But at the same time also humbly say; Lord, I shall not come to my Saviour, if thy Sovereign Grace do not help me to come! 'Tis true, Such a Corruption there is upon the Will of Ʋnregenerate Man, that he will not come unto a Glorious CHRIST, but indeed have a greater Enmity to this, than to any one thing in all Religion; till there be an Efficacious and Supernatural Operation of God upon the Will, not only to lay Moral Suasions before it, but also to infuse a New Frame into it, and Effectually Incline it unto the Faith whereto it is an Enemy. So far is the Sinner, from an Ability to change his own Will, and bring it unto the Faith of a Glorious CHRIST, that whatever he does from his own meer Natural Ability, cannot oblige the God of Heaven, to make a Saving Change upon it. Let us keep to that famous Tenth Article of the Church of England. The Condition of man is such, after the Fall, that he cannot turn, nor prepare himself by his own Natural Strength, to Faith and Calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do Good Works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the Grace of God preventing us, that we may have a Good Will, and working with us, when we have that Good Will.