866 Book. IV Part.V. L;oklng unto 1eft~r. Chap. T .Sea. ., 1 . houre is come, but a,; flon as foe i,; delivered ofthe chiia, foe rememu, breth no more the anguifhfor jo,r that 11 m.rm is bwne inr~ the world: and p now therefore have forro-w, but I will fee yott againe, and your heart ./hall re)Q}ce, and your joy no man tak.Jth from Jffl· . . 2. The Spirit doth not only difcover, but heale the corruptions of the foul, and there is no comfort, tQ the comfort of a. faved and cured man; the lame man that was rellored by Pettr, · expreffed the abundant exaltation of his heart by leaping and praifiog God. A[f. 3:8. and for this caufe rne Spirit is called the oyle of gladmjfe, becaufe by that healing ver ue that is in him he makes glad the hearts of men. 3. The Spirit doth not only heale, but renew and revive againe; when an eye is fmitten with a fword, there is a doubl~ mifchiefe, a wound made, and a faculty periilied,and here though_ a Chirurgeon can heale the wound, yet he can never rellore th(7 faculty, becaufe total privations admit no regreffe, or recovery. But tbc: Spirit doth not only heal~, and repaire, but renew and re-edifie the: fpirits ofmen; as he bealeth chat which wa5 torne, and bindeth up that which was broken, fo he reviveth and raifeth up that which was dead before, Hof. 6. I, 2. And this the ApoHie calls the renavarionofthe Spirir, Tit. 3. 5. Now this renovation mufi: need> be matter of great joy, for fo the Lord lC comforts bts afflicted people; 0 thou tiffii;]ed, ·ojfed "With tempfft~ J. H• 1 I, 1 :. ttnd not comforted, behold, I will lay thy ftonn with faire colours, and lay rhy foundations wi:h S.rphyre,; , and I will ma/zoby windowes of .Agaw; a~td rhy gate,; of Carbuncles, and all thy borders of plea(ant ftones. The meaning is that all muJl be new, and new built up as for a goodly, cofi:ly, and !lately fl:ructure. 4 The.Spirit doth not only renew, and fet the frame of the heart aright, and then leave it to it felfe, but being thus rellored he abideth with it co preferve and fupport it, and to make It victorious, ag~inft all tempefis and batteries; and this further multiplyeth the joy and cornfort of the heart; victory is ever the grou!'ld of joy, th•y joy before thee,· -as men rejoyce when they divide the JPoyle. And t.he Spirit of God is a victori-ous Spi- ~lt.I 1, 1.0, rit., a bruifed reede foal! he mt brea/z, and fmoakjng flaxe [hall he not quench, till h: fenl forth jHdgement unto vi· [/or;. 5· The
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