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He that formed "the spirit of man
within him" by his creating power,
& "fashioneth the hearts of men by
his providential influence, knows
how to new mould the soul, & to
alter its bent, & temper, & to make
it conformable to himself, and
his own will, without doing
any wrong to its natural liberty.
In such a drawing as works not
only a compliance, but a cheerful
compliance, a complacency;
"draw us & we will run after
thee"
No man in this weak & helpless
state can come to Christ without
the influences of the Spirit. As we cannot
do any natural action without
the concurrence of common Providence,
so we cannot do any action
morally good, without the influence
of special Grace, in which
the new man lives, & moves, & has
its being, as much as a mere man has in
the divine Providence.