----------------------------------------------~ height, and quintelfence_ofhea~en, (hrift in his Fat hers Thronr, 11nd I in Chrifts Throne; mddinng thts I defire all; and therefore what ever thou giveft or denyeft, Lord give me this, and I have enough for ever. . 3. Let us fee Chrifts million of his holy Spirit, and fo deflre a fhare ,in that gift, we cannot expect to fit with Chrift, but,we mufr firft have the Spirit of Chrift; and therefore as we would have that; let us de!ire after this. The greateft gift we can ex. pect in this world is the Spi~it of Chrifr. Con!i~e: 0 m~ foul, all things here below are etther temp~ral or fpmtual thwgs ; and of things fpiritual this is the fumme, the in-dwelling ofthe Spirit. 0 Lor~'~ive me thy felf, and that co.ntai~s all.gifrs; 0 give me the Sptm, and thou can.ft not but Wt~h htm gtve.me all . things; There 6e many thttt fay (fatth the Pfalmtft) WhQ wJ// jbew Pfal.-t-6'. P.J any good? earthly things are defired ofmany ; but is any thing on earth to be compared with this gift from heaven ? ifit were oncly the}eauty ofhalinefs', it were certainly a moft defirable thing; ifwe rightly underftand it, holinefs(thougb but one effect of the Spirit) is a moil: rare thing; holinefs fills the foul with joy, peace,quietnefs,alfurance; holinefs entertains the foul with feafts of fat things & of refined wines; holinefs carryesthe foul into the banquetting-houfe ofapples & flaggons; holynefs gives the foul a dear communion with God and Chrift;holynefs brings the foul into a fight ofChrift , an accelfe to him, a boldnefs in his prefence; holynefs admits the foul iato the moft intimate confe- ,.rences with J efus Chri£1: in hi5 bed-chamber , in his galleries of love; and that which is an argument ofmore beauty than all the creatures in ~he world have be !ides; holynefs attrads the eye, and heart, and longings, and raviilimentli, the tender compaffions, aad everlalling delights ofthe Lord J efus; and if hoi ynefs be thus lovely, oh what is the holy Spirit it {elf? what is the Rife, the Spring , the Fountain of holynefs ? what ~ 0 my roul, that _ not ouely gr:tce, but the Spirit of Chrift fhould dwell in thy fpirit? that thoufhouldfi be q9dsbuilding, and thatnotasthereft 1 Cor.~.9. of the world is, for his creatures to inhabit. but as a Temple for himfelftodwell in, a Gr11l~~y.(or himfelf~o walk in? oh what ~ 1Cor.6.I6, longings! oh what pantings and gafpings! oh whattaintjngs Canr.7.~., and fwoonings fhould there be in thy f{iirit' .afcer this Spirit ! • Come holy Spirit, 0 come and dwell in my foul ! l know thou Uuuuu wilt
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