Chap.x.Seel:.II Lopking unto 1ef~U. Booic lV,Parr.V 859 ;;;;:a I in him.-·And I liv·e (faith Pl!ul} Jef not I, but Chri.ft G1l. 2. 1o:- liveth in me. How in me ? not corporally, for in that fenfe the heavens muft receive him unti!l the time of the reftitution of 11/l A et ·3· 2 r . things; but fpiritually according to the tefii~.ony of the ~poflle, becaufc ye are fans, Goa hath [rnt forth the Sptrtt of huSon znto ;•o;:r GJl+G. hearts. This is the HJyfrery that fhould be known among the Gcntiles,the glorious myftery,yea the rich ~nd glorious my fiery; the Apo{Ue gives it all thefe Ep1thetes,the mlm of the glarJ of this m;fterJ, which is, Chrifl H1JOU the h,pe of glury. Col. u.y; 3 . As Satan keeps his reGdence in wicked men , working them unto all manner of Gnne, and holding them captive to do his will . fo the Spirit ofGod coming and thrufring him out of poffeffi~n dwelleth in us, leading us into all truth, replenifhing us with aft grace, and enclining us to all holy obedience. There is little quefrion but whildl: men remaine in the il:ate of infidelity the frrong man Satan keeps petTeffion, and d1~ellet11 in them, though not af~r a grolfe and fen!ible manner,as tn Demoniacks• . yet invi!ibly and fpiritually, ruling and reigning in them, and making them his flaves to do his will; and therefore by the fame reafon when a frronger than he cometh, even the g(l)od Spirit of God, he cafrs him out, and takes poffeffion, and dwells and reignes, and rules in our fouls and bodyes. ' 4· If the Spirit it felfe dwell not in us, then how would there be three that beare witnctTe? the Apoftle tells us, there are three 1 J oh.5 .B. that be.tre witneffe i11 earth (or in our hearts) the Spirit, the water nnd bloo~ ; now by w.tter is meant fanctification, it is our fan~ ctification th~t beares witneffe with us that we are the children ofGod; and this far.tl:ification confifts either in the habit of grace, or in the atl:ings of grace; iftherefore the Spirit of Chtift in a beleever were nothing elk: but grace,then it were all one with the teftimony of water; but there are three that b~:are witneffe there·s the tefritnony of tht Spirit, ofblood, and of11Pater. not only jufrificatioa, and fanctification which are but two witn~ffes but the Spirit is fuperadded, and that alfu beares witnet1e in ou; confciences, that we are the children of God, and that Jefus Chrifr is the Son of God. --Chriftians ! think me not tedious in thefe proofe!; thefe are not fpeculative notional poynts that tend not to edification,?ut are ~xceedin~ pr?~t~ble. pnly'conccrning th< manner of the mdwellmg ofthts Spmt tn us,tt ts moft difficuk - R.r rrr ~ to
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