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that there is an all-sufficiency in God, and such
plentiful provision made in Christ, after they have been borne down and
sunk with a sense of their guilt and fears of wrath, exceedingly
refreshes them. The view is joyful to them to seek conversion. This
begets in them a strong resolution to devote themselves and their whole
lives to God and His Son, and patiently to wait till God shall see fit
to make all effectual; and they very often entertain a strong persuasion
that He will in His own time do it for them.
There is wrought in them a holy repose of soul in God through Christ,
with a secret disposition to fear and love Him, and to hope for
blessings from Him in this way. Yet they have no imagination that they
are now converted; it does not so much as come in their minds: and very
often the reason is, that they do not see that they accept of this
sufficiency of salvation they behold in Christ, having entertained a
wrong notion of acceptance; not being sensible that the obedient and
joyful entertainment which their hearts give to this discovery of grace
is a real acceptance of it. They know not
Izak van Langevelde
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