Chap.z.Sect.Lf. Lookingunto":fe[tu. Book. IV. Parr.V. 88; --------------------------------------------------- Spirit ofgrace, and of[upplication · -Lik_ewife the Spirit alfo htlp- • tth our inftrmitieJ, for we k._now not what we /J;ould pr"'} for as we Zlch. n(;to. ought, but the Spirit it felfe mak..e!h inter~e/Jlon form mtb gro,; n- Rom. B.: · ings which cannot be uttered. It IS not_fatd that the Spmt c_eacheth us words, and fluent phrazes, but It teachech us to pray m the heart and Spirit with lighs and groanes. 4· The Spirit of Chrift is a Spirit of fanCl:ification ; d1e Apo . file having told the Corinthians that they had be.en notonous C 6 f h .fi d'· h 1 or. • tr. linners, aith furth~r, that t ey were wt~jbed flnd j~An[h e llJ t e Spirit of qod. Hence the holy Spirit is called the Spirit ofholi- Rom.1.4. ne.ffe . becaufe he makes us holy who were in our felves corrupt :and Gnful. Ifwe have this Spirit, it ir.clines our beans to the things above, it mortifies our lufts; it brings us nearer unto God: the fpirit therefore that is impure, and encouraged! men in fin, and cryes up carnal libertie, is certainly none of the Spirit of Chrifr; and by this one figne many carnal pretenders ofour times may be jufl:ly convicted. 5· The Spirit of Chrift is a Spirit of love. God is love, md he 1 Joh,4,16. th.tt dwe!leth in love, dweUeth in God, 11nd Go.din him, as the Spirit is love, fo it begets love in t~e hearts of his people; the fruit of G•l.r.u; the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-fujfering, genrlencfe, goodnejfe, faith, meek.._13rj{e, temperance. All thefe graces are the fruits of the Spirit, bot the firft grace in the Iinke is love: by his Spirit we are taugqt to love God, not only for his benefits but in refpect of his nature, for his goodnefle, mercy, jufiice, .holineffe, and all other his faving attributes; by his Spirit we are taught to love any thing that bath but the fl:ampe and Image of God upon it : but , tU touching brolherlJ love ye need .not that I write unto you, for ye 1 TbeC.·4·1• your(elvu are taught of (jod t9 love one another ; the mofl: ·Of the · heretical fpirits ofthefe times do hereby fhew that theyhave not the Spirit; their very religion lyeth in rayling at Minifim, and · repro:tching thofe that are not in their way; this is far from the Spirit oflove that is in Gods children; ' certainly wlrere tl!ere is malice, ~hatred, ftriffe, bitter envyings, raylings, revilings, for fuch kinde of perfons to lay claime to the Spirit of unity, it is a piece of impudent vanitie, and a falfe fuggefiion from their own corrupt erring fpirit, or from the fpirit of errour himfelfe, who is an hater , reviler, and the accufer of the J;>rethren. Uuuuu 3 6. The.
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