CONSID. XXX.
That God in communicating spirituall things unto us, dealeth as in giving the fruits of the earth.
SEtting my self sometimes to reason with God, I say unto him in this sort: Wherefore Lord, when thou callest a person to thy king∣dome, doest thou not make him presently feel his justification? Wherefore doest thou not pre∣sently give him the holy Spirit, which should rule and govern him? And why doest thou not shew unto him thy presence? To this it seems to me, that he makes answer to me, saying, For the self same cause, that I do not make the grain as soon as it is sown, to spring, so that it may be reaped. This, say I, is the curse of sinne: And this other matter, saith