8i6 Book IV. Part. V. Looking unto }efru. Chap. z.Secb L Cor.-1.1. I 1. which will infinitely content thy vafl: defires; Chrift u in thee, really in thee by hu Spirit; will not this content the utmoft ca- .pacicie of an h~art? furely he is too covetous whom' God him• felfe cannot fuffice; if thou haft Chrift, thou ha£1: all things, and if thou haft the Spirit ofChri£1:, thou ha£1: Chrift hin~felfe, not notionally , not by the habit ofgrace only, but really, elfentially, fubfl:an~ially by his Spirit; it is the very Spirit of Chri£1:, the Spirit it felfe, tbe holy Gho£1: it felfe in his own perfon that is united to thee, and dwells in thee, nor only comes he in perfon, but be brings. along with him all his traine-; hath be not indowed thee with fome gifts ? hath he not divided a portion and meafure to thee in thy place and calling? take notice, obferve it, and be thankful, ifthou ha£1: a gift of prayer, of pruphefie,. of wifdome, ofknowledge; it comes and flows from this holy Spirit: untoeveryoneofmu given grace according to the mrafureof the g ift of Chrift. Or according to the meafureof the Spirit, who is the gift ofChrift. And all thefe worlzeth that one And the felfe- {arne Spirit, dividing to every man fevmtlly as he .will. But belldes a gift, hath he not- endowed thee with his grace ? hath he not planted it:~ thy foul the.habit, the power, the feede, the fpring, the principle of grace ? ha£1: thou not felt fometirnes the excitings, quicknings, fiirrings oftbe Spirit ofGod , commanding thy faith, lo.ve, zeale, and other graces to be in ~x~rcife? hath he not many a time at fome dead life, at fome m'tghtie ftraight, at fome prevailing temptation, when thou waft even ready to yeeld to Satan, come in as b~twixt the bridge and wa ter, and given thee grace to help in tim~ of need ? 0 the fweet incomes of the ) pirit of God! as he is an holy Spirit,. fo he makes holy hearts; and if there be any holinetfe in thy hrarr,what is it but an emanation, influence, effect ofche Spirit of God? if ever thou hadtl any ilowings of e:xming quicknin~ grace, fay, thit is above nature, above {l(/h and blood, it com(s frurn rhe holy and b!ejfed Spirit of GodSome other effeCts chou may£!: confider ot, as of the comforts of the Spirit; what? hail: thou not .fometimes felr the ;oyes unfpeakable and full of gl y? haft thou nut fometimes known amornings joy aftl!r a nights forrow ! an healmg of thy broken heart? a reviving of thy dead fp:r it? a drop of heavens joy given thee as the h1nfel or earnell: of thy inheritance? why all t hefe are but the workings of the promifed Comforter: and I will
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