They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
      b.  Their  wills  shall be  bowed.  If the soul of man had now its original rectitude there needed no more to influence the will than the illumination of the understanding; but in the depraved soul of fallen man there is a rebellion of the will against the right dictates of the understanding; a  carnal mind,  which is  enmity  itself to the divine light and law. It is therefore requisite that there be a work of grace wrought upon the will, which is here called  drawing,  (; John 6:44):  No man can come to me except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him.  The Jews murmured at the doctrine of Christ; not only would not receive it themselves, but were angry that others did. Christ overheard their secret whisperings, and said (John 6:43), "Murmur not among yourselves;  lay not the fault of your dislike of my doctrine one upon another, as if it were because you find it generally distasted; no, it is owing to yourselves, and your own corrupt dispositions, which are such as amount to a  moral impotency;  your antipathies to the truths of God, and prejudices against them, are so strong that nothing less than a divine power can conquer them." And this is the case of all mankind: "No man can come to me,  can persuade himself to come up to the terms of the gospel,  except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him,"  ; John 6:44. Observe, (a.) The nature of the work: It is  drawing,  which denotes not a  force  put upon the will, whereby of unwilling we are made willing, and a new bias is given to the soul, by which it inclines to God. This seems to be more than a  moral suasion,  for by that it is in the power to  draw;  yet it is not to be called a  physical impulse,  for it lies out of the road of  nature;  but he that  formed the spirit of man within him  by his creating power, and  fashions the hearts of men  by his providential influence, knows how to new-mould the soul, and to alter its bent and temper, and make it conformable to himself and his own will, without doing any wrong to its natural liberty. It is such a drawing as works not only a  compliance,  but a cheerful compliance, a complacency:  Draw us, and we will run after thee.  (b.) The necessity of it:  No man,  in this weak and helpless state, can come to Christ without it. As wecannot  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, and moves, and has its being, as much as the  mere man  has in the divine providence. (c.) The author of it: The  Father who hath sent me.  The Father, having sent Christ, will succeed him, for he would not send him on a fruitless errand. Christ having undertaken to bring souls to glory, God promised him, in order thereunto, to bring them to him, and so to give him possession of those to whom he had given him a right. God, having by promise given the kingdom of Israel to David, did at length  draw the hearts  of the people to him; so, having sent Christ to save souls, he sends souls to him to be saved by him. (d.) The crown and perfection of this work: And  I will raise him up at the last day.  This is four times mentioned in this discourse, and doubtless it includes all the intermediate and preparatory workings of divine grace. When he  raises them up at the last day,  he will put the  last hand  to his undertaking, will  bring forth the topstone.  If he undertakes this, surely he  can  do any thing, and will do every thing that is necessary in order to do it. Let our expectations be carried out towards a happiness reserved for the  last day,  when all the years of time shall be fully complete and ended.