496 Book IV. J!.ooatng unto jjefu.S'. Chap. 1. ~ea. 11. being do-;;e, a-nd l~te_g_o_n_e_u_p_o_n"C"h"C"ig-:h-,--:th-e-~S~p"C"ir-:i-t ,-.-m-.~.d-:-o_w_n_;-an~Chrills fr~blilhed order in the Church,. which order or efiabli/hment is here fer down, by gifrs, 11 ca!lmgs, and tvork!. Here .'s. firft, a Gift; Secondly,- a Calling; Third]), a Work., Gifts are afcnbed to the Sptnt, Callmgs to ~hrtll, and Work_, to God, even to the Father of our Lord Jdus C~rtll; where the Sptrtt ends, Chrift begins, and where Chrill ends! God begms; tf no gtft, we mull !lay there, and never meddle with the ea/ling; and tf nocalling, we mull fray there, and never meddle with the Work; firll, the Spirit comes, and b,ellows the Gift, and then Chrtll comes, and beftows the Calling, and then God the Father comes, and fets us to the w~rk;. the Gift is for the Calling, and the,~if: and callmt are both for the Work., And tf thts be. the order ellablinted by rhe ~ptnt 10 Ius Church, Oh what lhall we.fay of them that euher have no Gifts, yet fiep 1010 the C~lling, aSif there were no need of t_he Holy Gholl; or that have no Calling, and yet Wtll fall upon the Work_, utterly agatnft the mind and rule of J efus Chrift? Oh whlt the poor Chur_ch of Chrift fuffm at_ this time in thefe refpe.:ls ! certainly rhefe men have no commtfhon from the holy Sptrtt; he was never fent to them that break this order, firll Gifrs, an'd then Calling, and then the Work., But why d01h the Spirit endo":' men with gifts? furely faith the Apoille, to this 1 coc. 12• 7• end, to profit withal. Gtfts are gtven for the good of others, gifts are for edifying: we fhould not conteron them, gifts are a blefling of God, and therefore we :re to rndea1Tim. 4.15. vour after them. Let thy profiting appear to all, 'and covet earneft!y the beHgifts: 1 Cor. 12 • 3'· '"'~yet ( ~ays Paul)_ 1 jiJCIV unto yuu a moreexce/lcntway:. and that was true grace, of wluch he dtfcourfeth m the next Chapter; and thts bnngs m another reafon ofthe Spi– rits million. 5. That the Holy Ghoft might according to his Office endow 'men with graces. In doing this, he firlfgives the inward principle and habit of grace, and then the fruit, or .. acrings of grace. I. He gives a Power, an Habit, a fpiritual Ability, a Seed, a Spring a principle of Grace; whatfoever we call it, I cannot conceive it to be a new faculty : added to thofe which are in men by nature ; A man when he is regenerate, hatb no more faculties in his foul, than he had before he was regenerate, only in the work of regene– ration, rhofe abilities which t!re man had, are improved to work fpiritually, as before natura!Jy l as our bodies in the refurrecrion from the dead fhall ltave no more, nor other parts than they have at prefent, only thof~ which are now n<~tural, /hall then by the •cos. 1 5-44· power of God be made f}irituAI. Now this principle is infufed, or poured in by the Spirit Qf God; and hence he is called th<Spirit of fan&ification. z. He gives the oThef. 2. '3' fruit or aClings of grace, but thefrttit of the Spirit u love, joy, peace, long-fuffering, Gal.s.zz,•3· 1 gent}ene(s, goodnejj,faith, meekpefs, temperance; Some call thefe the diverlilications·of - the acrings of that fpirimal principle within us; certainly the Spirit doth not only at firll infufe the principle! of grace, but he doth alfo inable us to acr, and improve thofe bleifed principles; he dothnot only give us power to holy actions, but he works alfo l'hil.z.t 3• ·the holy aCli.ons themfelves, God ll'orks in w not only to will but to do. God hath a two. fold grac.r, il\)rial and convening ; exciting and quicl<ning: in refpec'r of this laft, David r ra1 • 119·88. p.rayes, f<!!.i<ksn me afrcr thy.loving kindnefs, 0 Lord, and fo fhall 1 l;,eepthy reftimonies. This is rhe aCtuating grace that we need every haur, and ever)' moment, and mull pray for more earnellly than we would pray for our daily bread. Two priviledges more efpe– cially /low from this; As ~-- I. Hereby the foul will be k(pt from negligence, Hcb-4- 1 6, and dulnefs; from ~;rofs and foul Iins; the Apollle calls ir, grace t? help in time of ne_ed. Oh this is admirable, when grace comes in the very nick of need; lt may be fomeume or other thou wen even falling into fuch a~>d fuch a lin, it may be thou wen fometime or other drowning in fuch and fuch a wickednefs, and this exciting quickning grace came in, and kept up thy head above the waters.. 2. H~reby the_fou~ wtll be kept ma frame for every duty; if the Sptnt come but wnh excmng, qmckntng grace, then tt is ready to fay, My heart i; -prepared 0 L ;rd, my heart. u p~ep~red, 1 can now ~oand fliffer thy will; fometimes the pnnctple of grace !yes fttll Wtthm us, a~d. begt~s to rull:, but then comes the Holy Ghoit, and breaths upon our fouls, and lo_ tt exmes, and quickens, and commands faith, patience, z..eal~ arid other graces to be m exe:nfe; and thi9is as 11 were the file to take off the rull, tts the whemng of the edge, tts the fiirring up of the coals into a mighty /lame.. Chrinians! have you ?Ot clear experi– mental demonfirations of tlris truth? fomettmes you are on the wmg of duty, and fometimes you are dull, and dead; fometimes the leafi tempta_tion; the leall: fnare is ready to make·you fall, and fomerimes agam though firong wmds and tempells blow upon
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