2 .Petition. 54 A profitable Expoftion the meanes appointed of him to crea the fame, and fceing well by all this bath bin faid, that neither one nor other of thele meancs can prcuailc with vs any thing, vnleffe the Lordalfo with them grue the power of his Spirit, and the blcfiing of his g, ace in our hearts by them: therefore there is concluded herein alfa, euen prayer for this grace,and theipetition being vnderffood of vs, is thus much with the Lord, as we fhould in plaine termes fay, O Lord, giue vs not onely thy word toreadand heare,bnttheheauenly grace of thy holy Spirit alto to fanaihe,bleffc, and maketruitfull to vs, both our reading and hearing,that to hearing thy king- dome may come veto vs, and thou ruling, and we ruled, we may liue forcder withthee,according to thy promife. See then bill further matter ofthispecition. And fince the Lord bathtaught vs thus to pray for the htlpeofhis hand, and the blcffing ofhis grace;to all the meines ofgood vnto vs, and fo guided the tongues ofhis ch;lderen euer before this forint was laid downe vote) them, though in other words. Let vs brethren looke vpon this oceafion intoourcorruption, fortruely the Lord reuealeth a fecrervnto vs ofour nature,that thoufands fee not when hethus teachethvs, that without his Spirit no means profìte vs. We [ruff to our wits, to our skrll,to our yeares and youth, arid I know not what, ar d we think we haue wings ofnature aboue our fellowesmany of vs, to fie aloft, and to fee the ferrets of the Lord,but truely it is not fo, we haue all finned, and finne hath cut our wings that we cannot flit abone, we haue all in our firff parents tranfgreffed, and that tranfgreffron bath dazeled and darkned our eyes, clofed our eases, and benum- rned our hearts, thatwe can neither fee, heare, nor frele, except it be giuen vs from aboue, as we haue now fully bin taught. As naturals men we perceiue not the things that are ofGod, we are not able to think a thought that is good, but all our fuflicrenciciis ofGod,and by his grace onely we are what we are that good is t daily trueth be opened to vs, the Lord bath done it, and concerning life eter- Efay. qq nail, flelis and bloodreuealeth nothing to vs, but the father in hcauen : read with_ Esrk3332 out this Spirit, and the book is fraled tova, heare without this Spirit, and it is a plenfantfong that finkethnot, but paflesh.with the time: piay without this Spi- Rom.8.a6.x7. rit, and we pray we know not what: for, it it the Spirit that helpethoteranfermities,and that ma ethrcqueflforvswith/iehes, which cannot be expreffed. Aridhe thatfearcheth ver(.g,rq;tp,. the heartsknowcch what. is the meaning of thefpirit, forhee maketh requefi for 16. the Saints according to the will of God. Haue not this fpirite,and bee none of Chriffes, for as many as are led by the Spirit ofGod, they are the fonnes of God. Want thisSpirit,and feare againe the feuere threatning of the Law, but haue it, and cry in comfort,llbbaFarber: thefame Spirit bearing witneffe with our Spirits, that we are the children ofGod, Ceiling our adoption in our minds, and therefore Toln,q, opening. curméuthes;ThisbleffedSpirit and Iweet grace, is that heauenly water that our Saviour (peaketh of in his dialogue with the woman ofSamaria, when fitting vpon the well with her, he faid,Whofoeuerdrinkofthis waterfhall thirfl again, but the water that Tibialgine him, /ball be in ham a Well of Water, ff ringing vP into euerla- fling life. And ô my brethren,how differeth all earthly water from this,ifwe rharke it, let a man thirfi for the honors,titles, pleafures,places,anddignities of this pain- ted world,and if he enioy them euen in great meafure,doe they quench his thirfi? No truely, but if this other watet be away, I meane this moderating grace of Gods blcffed Spirit wrherofwe (peak, then increafe his thiraa thoufand told, and ofa found man beforehe enioÿed fuch heapes, he is firicken into a loachfome and deadly difeafe, cum a fpirituall dropfie,that the more bee drinketh, the more drie Iofuárç.r9, he is,and neuer fatiflied..Men arc playing dayly & ho wetly the partof, Achfah, in feeking fprings of water to his South countrey, that is more to much, and Rill fomethingelfetothat that is had already. But this water of Gods holy Spirit (p ringing not out oftheveinesòfthe earth,but from the highefiheauens,runneth about our hearts continually with a diuine venue, mots comfortably cooling all our
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