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IVER.7.

phefianr,Chap.

chearing our hearts ,

theft

we

may toy, we

find

God

as ir

were

fup-

I

ping

with

us:

heefinelling

our.fpirituail

facrifices, wee feeding

of

his

comforts:when we

find

the

fpiric

confìrtning

&

flrengthening

us,

then

we may

fee

God

repayring

his

houfe.

t

1ahn.4..13.

Hereby

know wee,

that

we

dwell

in him and

he

in

tor,

becauf

be

hath

given

ws

of

his

fpirit:

Working truth

in

us

and fpirituall peace.

Zahn

t

4.

57.

But

the

fpirit

is

every

where.

Obieá,

A

man,though

he

come into twenty houles,

is

not

raid

to dwell

in

Anfi.

them

all,

but where

he

lodgeth,

where he dineth

and

fuppeth, where

he

Both reparations and

buildeth, there he

is

Paid

properly to dwell:

he

is

in

others;

as

by the

way,

as a

paltenger, or

after

the

manner

ofa

flranger,

not

as an

inhabitant

and._mpfler

of

the houle.

Secondly,

this cleareth

ro

us

the

flare

of

fuch

as

are

without the

fpi-

.

fi

;

ngthé

Not

rit

of

God, they

have

not God;

for Gods dwelling

in

us

is

by

meanes

spirit,

wicked

of

his

fpirit:

therefore the

Apo/ile

faith,

ifthe

fpirit

of

Chrift

dwell not

in

ones.

yáu,

yoso

are

not

his,

Rom. 8.

9.

Therefore not only

finch

forborne

wretches

as

mocke at

the

fpirit,

but

all chofe

that

walke

according

to

the flefh,they

utterly be without

God,

in

fuch onely

the

devill and

his

Angels

relde;

they

enter

in and

dwell

there. Luke, t

I.

26. leis true,

there

is

a:doublepoflefïion:

the thong

man fpiritually

doth hold all,

till God by

his fpirit

come

to

re.

enter.

If

you

asks how

Satan thould

doe this andwe

not

aware

a

My anfwer

is

:

The

natural/

corruption

HovVSatan

which thou carrycil about thee,

is

confederate with the

devil',

yea

of

I

ads

s

,yyet

fuch frmilitude and likeneffe,

that they

can hardly

be knowne the

one

from

the other.

Now

as

in anobfcure

night much evil' may be done,

andave not aware,efpecially

if

one

ofour

ovine family bee content-

ing:

fo in

the

night

of

the body

,

where God by

his

(putt

is

ahfent,

much

villany

is

pra%ifed

by Satan,

we

not difcerning it, our owne

fa-

miliar

flefh

being

the coadjutor

and

furtherer

in all his

malitious and

impiòusproceeding.Now where the

fpirit

is,he

bath

put theflefh out

of

office,& taken

awaythe

keyes and government

of

the

man,&

over-

ru-

leth every

power

of

the foul:the

fpirit

in

thy mind,the

fpirit

in

thy con-

fcience,in

thy

will,

in

thy heart,

&

who

but

the

fpirit

in

all

thy anions.

A

conlderation

of

great comfort

that God,

is

come unto

us

by

his

fpirit.

Art

thou afflined at the fight

of

thy

finnese

Looke up

to God,

yf

fitting

in

thy heart by

his

fpirit,

who

will cure thee

of

every deadly

Comfort to

finne, and will purge

thee

from

all

thy

uncleannetfe.'

What if

I

have he

sP;ided

by

reliques

of

corruption

in

my

flethe

Yet

I

know

that

I

am not

in

it, nor

led

by

ir,

if

I have

the

fpirit

of

God

dwelling by me; You

are

not

in

the

ffeth

but

in

the fpirit,

feeing

the fpirit

of

God dwelleth

in

you.

Ram,

8.9.

Againe, am

I in

bondage under my corruption

or

tempta-

tion!

Where

thefirit

eft

he

Lord

is

there,

is

liberty; this fpirit

is

of

pow-

er

to

deliver

us

and

to

diffolve

the works

of

the

devil!:

Am

I in

feare

of

my

diffolution and

doubt

of

my

:

cot.

3'

r7.

refurreetion

! If

the

fpirit

of

God

dwell

in

thy foule,

it

!hall

quicken

thy

dead

body.

Rem.

8.

tr.

if

the

¡pint

of

him

that

'railed up Jefus

from

the

dead,

dwell

in

you,

bee

that raifed

up

Chrifi

from

the

dead

'hall

alfo

quicken your

G

ga

mortall

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