· ~8o Hofell.H· Book IV. Part.VI. Lo.oking unto :fef m. Chap.zSecr.4 mine. Or if thou wouldfi rather argue from cbe effeCt co ~he.caufe, then thus; if the Spirits interl\ffion be mine,then is Chrifis intercdfion mine:lo this cafe we need not to afce4_ up into heaven co learn the truth, rather Itt us defcend into our own hearts , and look _ whetherChrifi have given us of his Spirit,which m2kes us cr.y unto. God with Gghs and groanes which CJnnot be expreiled ; he that would know whether the fun lbine in the firmament, he mufi not climb into the clouds to look, rather be mufi fearch for the beams thereof upon the t~rdr; which when be fees, he may conclude,that the fun (hines in the firmament; 0 come & let us ranfack. our own confciences;let us fearch whether we feel the Spirit ofCfuiftcrying in us, Abba Father : certainly thefe cwo are as the caufe and rile effect; Chrifis intetcellion in heaven, and his Spirits interC{ffion on earth.are as twins of a birth; or rather fuch is the conca\eoatron ofthefe two, that Chrifis interceffil)o in hea,ven breedes another interc~ffion jn the hearts of hisSaints.lt is the fame Spirit dwelling inCbrift,and in.all his members,that moves and fiirs them up to cry Ab/Ja Father.Here then is my argument,if Chri!l bath put hisSpirit into thy heart ,and ifche Spirit hath fet thy heart on work to make , incelfant iote{ccffions for thy fdf,theo isChrills interce/Tion thine. There is a kind of a round in the carrying on of th.is great work of inrercefsion; as, 1 .Ch,rift intercedes for his p~ople,o that m1 ~pirit might go down! 2. Go.d harkens to the incerceflion of Chrifi,a~J:>4J holy Spirit,get tku down bto 1 he hear II of {t~ch "'"afuch . 3.The Spirit waits on the pleafure of tbfm both, and no fooner down, bur he fends up his iotercellion back again: Chr.fi cryes co God,and God fends the Spirit, and the Spirtt p.oes and c:cchoes in the hearts of Saints co the cries of Chrifi. MU( h of thi' is contained in that one Text, God loath fent forth the Spirit ofhPI Son into~ur heart;-K.g:l/ov, crJing (as if he meerlv acted our rongues)AI• bn FAtloer,here is dod the Fathe:r,God tbe Son,and God the holyGhofl,a,nd a,f ue acting their puts on the eleCl: people ofGod: the Son intew~des, 0 dw my Spirit may /Jr given to the{f; the !~ather willingly g ants, a'Way holy Spirit,ana M my Son 61Jk,tth,enter,and tak! pofJrjflon of thofe jinj11l -he"rtJ; the holy S?irit obeyes, and no ft)ont:r 10 the hearcs of the Saints, ·but he cryes in th~m Abba Father.God heares Cbrifi, and - ~he Spirit heares God,and the Elect hear the Spirit; and nov becaofe the Spirit (peaks in the Elect, God hears the bl:ct; much like unto this is rhat of the Prophet, Ana it fha/1 come to paf{~ in tbat day I 'Wilt hMrJt~itla t~: Lord; I Rii!l htar the heavenr, a11d the] foa!l hear ' tht
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