85& Book. IV Part.V. Looking unto1tf~J • . Chap.r.Sed:.11 v. l r. dead dwell in you, he t,h11t raiftd up Chrifl [rGm the dead fb ;r/[-a!fo quiG'k_tn your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwe!!eth in you. This Spirit cannot be meant Of habitual grace, for habitual grace did not raifeup Jefus from the dead; no, no, it was the fame Spirit thaE dwelt in ChriA:, and that dwells in us. - 1 Cor.).,I 6 • Agaihe, ~now ye not that ye are the Temple ofGod, and thatrhe Spirito[God dwel!ethin you? --and k_now yenot thatyour body l Cor.(),I9· is the Temple of the holy Ghif/, which is inyou.? now gifts and graces are not properly faid to dwell in Temples; this belongs rather to perfom than qualities; and therefore it is meant of the holy Ghofi himfelfe; ye are the Temple of the living fjod. furely 7< Cor,G.xG. graces are not the living God ; but ye are the Temple.r t!J the living God, 11s God hAth faid, I will dwell in them, and w.clk,r in them, tmd I will be their God, a?Jd the] /bt~li be mJ ptople. z. The arguments t@ confirme this> are fuch as tbefe; I. Ad:ions are afcribed to the holy Gho!l: as given mnto us~ J:oh 1 1.1.8 13 • or dwelling in us, when theSpirit is come,he will reprove the world of a.o~.s.1 s,16. fin.-And when-the Spirit oftruth is c~>me,he will guide you into aft truth.- And JC have received the Spirit ofadoptim whereby ye cr1 Abba Father: :-and this Spirit braretb witnejfe with our fpirits that we ~tre the children of God. Thefe adions are ufually given ~o the holy Ghoft, 1 meanetothat lroly Ghofi which we receive, and dwelleth in us; it reproves, it guides, it helps, it fatist.ies, it witneffeth: now llilionrs junt fu.ppofttorum, ad:ions are of perfons, and not of qualities; habitual grace cannot reprove, or !1Uide, or teach, or he! pour infirmities ; thefe are the ad:ions of rheSpirit himfelfe, in his own perfon. 2. The Spirit it fclfe is the bond of our miftical union with Jefus Chrift, and therefore it is the Spirit it felfe that dwelleth in lils. Look as it is in our body, there is head and members, yet all are but one natural body, becaufe they are animated and quicki.-led by oneand the felfe- fame foul ; fo it is in the myftical body, ' Cbrift is our head, and we are his members, and yet both of us are but one miftical body, by reafonof the felfe fame Spirit dwelling inboth. And hence it is faid. chat Chrift dwelleth in us by his Spirit. k_now ye not that Chrijl {efeu is in yea except ye be reproJok. c;, t'- .lwri l -he that weth my flefh , and drink;sth m] blood dwelleth in . -
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