Chap. 1. Sett. 11. J.Looltmg unto 'J!_t~.S. Book IV. 497 upon you; yet you are able to ftand, like mount Zion, that _cannot be removed : Oh what's the reafon of the difference? furely accordm& to the m~omes of the Sptm of God; rhis difference comes not from our felves, budrom the Sptnt; as thts exct– ring quickning grace_is ready, or a far off, fo tsour wndmon ; you know what changes David ufually found m Ius own he:~:·r, fomertmes he was able to nufl m God, and at orher times he was fo earl down as tf he had no flrength w1thm !urn, and whence all this, ·but from the ebbings and llowings of exciting quickning _grace ?. well may _we cry, come holy Spirit; Oh what a comfortable condawn would tt be, tf our fptrtts never lay frill, but we were always hungnng, tlm!bng, or movlll_g afrer God ~nd goodnefs: 6. That the Holy Ghoft might accordm~ ro hiS Office comfort Ius Samrs amtdft all , their afflictions . this was rhar whtch Clmft had fo often told Ius Apoftles, I tvdl not Jo.m leave yo~e comf~r;lefs, I will come untoyou.. --.- And I n•i/1 pray the Iiather, and he jha!l give yeu another Comforter, th:u-he may abtde Wtth you for ever. ---Bm the Comforter, John which u the Holy Ghoff, whom rh: Father wilt fend in my Name, he p~a!t teach yeu q. !6. v.IB· Y.26o ' 5· 26· all things.- But when the Comforterucome, whom IwilifmdtmtoyMfromtheFather, even rheSpirit of trmh which proceedeth fr·om the Father, he ]hall rejlifie of me.--- If John I6. 17. 1go not mvay, the Co.,forter wzll ;-tot come nnto you, bm if I depart I will fend him rmto you. But how is it rhar rhe S~irit comforts Saints? I anfwer in rhefe particul~t's, * 1 . The Spirit difcovers fin, and bends the heart ro mourn for fin; and fuch a for- * Ste at ta•ge row as this, is the feed and matter of true comfort : as {o[cph1 heart was full of joy l)r. Reynolds, when his eyes poured our rears on Benjamin's neck, fo there is a certain feed and matter on Pli•l. 1 10 • of joy in fpiricual mourning; I know they are contrary, but yet they may be fubordinate to each other, as adark and mu.ldy colour may be a fit ground to lay gold upon. Certainly there is a fweet complacency In an humble and fpiritual hearr, to be vileinirsowneyes~ Burefpecially the fruit ofit is joy, and great joY_. .Awoman John 16. or. when jhe u in travCJl hMh farrow, becaufc her bour H co·ne, but'!'foon M jhe u dehvered of her child, Jhe remembreth no more the anguijh for joy that a man u born onto the world; and ye now therefore haveforrow, bm fwillfce )Oil again, and your heart jiMII re;oyce, andyour joy no man tak£1~ from you. . . 2 • The Spine doth not only drfcover, but heal the corrupuons of the foul, and there is no comfort , to the comfort of a faved and cured man; the lame man that wasrellored by Peter, exprefTed the abundant e~~ltation of his heart by leaping and pratfing God• .Act. 3· 8. and forthts caufe theSptrtt IS called the oyl ofgladnefs, becaufe by that healing vertue that is in him he makes glad the beans ofmen. ~. The_ Spirit dorh not ~nly heal, bu_r r~new and revive ag1in; when an eye is fmmen with a fword, there IS a double mtfchtef, a wound made, and a faculty peri1J1_ ed, and here though a Chirurgeoncan heal the wound, yet he can never rdlore the fa– culty, becaufe total privations admit no regrefs, or recovery. But the Spirit doth nor only heal, and repair, but renew and re-edifie the fpirits of men; as he healetlt tltat which was torn, and bindeth up that which was br~ken, fo he revivetl1 and raifeth up that whiCh was dead before Hof 6. r, 2. And tillS the Apoftle calls, the renovation of "· the Epirit, Tit. 3. ) : Now this renovation muft needs be mamr of great joy, for fo , the Lord comfortS hiS affltcted people; 0 thou ajfiicted, tojfedwith tempeff, andnot com-!Ca. 54·"·"· fomd; behold, I will lay thy j/ones with fair colours, and lay thy fount/.itions with Sapbyres, and Iwillm.1k£ thy windows of Agates; and thy gates of Carb1mcles, and all thy borders of pka(antj/ones. The meamng IS that all mufl be new, and new built up as for a goodly, coflly,andftarely firucture. - 4• f"he Spirit doth not only renew, and fer the frame of rhe heart aright, and then leave 1t to t~ felf, b?t being rhus rellored he abideth with it ro prefcrveand fupport it, and ~o make tt .,ctonou; again!I all tempefts and batteries; and thisfurther multiplyerh the JOY and comfort of the bean ; victory is ever the ground of joy, They joy before !fa. 9· 3· thee, -. - M _men re}oyce when they divide the JPoyle. And the Spirit of God is a vtctortous Sptru, a bruif'd reed jiMII he not brea~, andfmoak,ingjlax {l>all he not qliench, Mar. 12.2o. tdl he fendfonhJudgmtnt unto viE/ory. . • ) ·. The Sptm doch not only preferve rhe heart which he hath rene\ved, but he makes ttfrmtful and abundant in rhe work of rhe Lord. And fruirfulnefs is a ground of comfort, Smg 0 barren, thOit that didft not bear, brca~forth into jinging, and cry a ifa. 54- i: l011d tholl that dtdff not traveil with child, for more are the children of the defol.1te than thecbtldren of the married wife, f~ith the Lord. 6. The ,
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