2.  As for our ignorance and blindness, he taketh that away, being given for a light to the Gentiles, Isa. xlii. 6, and xlix. 6.  Luke ii. 32.  He is sent to open the blind eyes, Isa. xlii. 7; to bring out the prisoners from their dark prisons, Isa. xlii. 7, and lxi. 1.  Yea, he is anointed for this end, so that such as walk in darkness see a great light, and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light hath shined, Isa. ix. 2.  Matth. iv. 15; and he hath eye-salve to give, Rev. iii. 18.

3.  He is qualified for taking away our impotency, so that through him we can do all things, Philip, iv. 13; “when we are weak, we are strong in him who is our strength, and liveth in us,” 2 Cor. xii. 10.  Gal. ii. 20.  Hence, “he worketh in us both to will and to do of his own good pleasure,” Philip. ii. 13.

4.  He also taketh away our natural averseness, unwillingness, wickedness, and hatred of his ways, making his people “willing in the day of his power,” Psal. cx.  So he taketh away “the enmity that is in us,” Col. ii. 20, and reconcileth us to God and to his ways, that our hearts do sweetly comply with them, and we become most willing and glad to walk in them, yea, and “to run the way of his commandments through his enlarging of our hearts,” Psal. cxix. 22.

5.  He likewise taketh away that desire and willingness, which we have, to lie still in our natural condition, by convincing us of the dreadful hazard thereof, through the spirit of conviction, whereby he convinceth the world of it, John xvi. 8, and circumciseth their ears to hear, and maketh them willing to hearken to the counsel of God.

6.  As for the power and dominion of Satan, he breaketh that, by “leading captivity captive,” Eph. iv. 8; Psal. lxviii. 18; “and spoiling the strongman’s house; for he is come to destroy the works of the devil,” 1 John iii. 8; “and he spoileth principalities and powers,” Col. ii. 15.  Thus, as a captain of salvation, he leadeth them out as a conqueror; having paid the price, he delivereth also by power and authority from the hand of this jailor.

And thus we see how he answereth our case and necessity, and is a fit way for us; and though this be not questioned, yet little is it believed and considered, and less put in practice.

And as for the third particular, that he alone is this way, and answereth our case herein, it needeth not be much spoken to, since it is clear and manifest, confirmed by the experience of all generations, and the disappointments of fools who have been seeking other ways.  Angels in heaven cannot do our business, they cannot satisfy justice for us, nor have they any power over our heart to turn it as they will; nay, they are not acquainted with our secret thoughts, that cabinet is kept close from them, and reserved as the peculiar privilege of God alone.  The blood of bulls and of goats cannot do it; for the apostle tells us, that it is impossible for that to take away