jpirations ltt_them 6o~ft oj them ~hat h;~ve them, we kn~w no[ttch thinrr. Methtnks a mtddle betwtxt both thefe (as 1t lS proved by ~then) is mofi confonant to trnth; for neither can I reject the graces offandification from being grounds ofour affurance ; neither dare I deny but there is fomething of the work of the Spirits teflimony which is afl immediate work. Let us heare what others fay of it.- Ccrtainly there is a work, wherein the Spirit atts·as in illumi- f~:(~ of che nation; and infufion of good motions into us, wherein by a fe- P!nc. cret influence upon the heart he quiets ~nd calmes the troubled foul concerning its condition by his own i-mmediate power,without any grounds from Scripture without,or graces within. There is a threefold work of the Spirit; firl.l:, toconveigh and plant grace in the foul. 2. To act and help us to exercife the Caryl on ;Jofl graces which are planted there. 3, To fhine upon and enlighten ch ' P· 10~ thofe graces: this Jail: work the Spirit fulfills two wayes; firll by arguments and inferences, which is a mediate work. z. By prefence and influence which is an immediat~ work ; this the Apoftle calls witnef{e-6earing; Tbeu are three thllt 6eare witnejj"e in ear til, the Spirit, andWater, and 'Blood; the Spirit brings in qoh.~.s the wilneffe of water and blood, which is his mediate work, ' but befides and above thefe he gives a dil.l:inCl: witneffe of his own, which is his immediate work, is in away of peculiaritie and tranfcendency called, the witmf[e of the Spirit.-As it is with the motions of the Spirit, many a tim~ · the Spirit excites a man to fuch or fuch duties, by laying his hand immediately upon the heart, and thereby inclining it to obey thoie motions ; fo in this cafe when a poor foul fits in darknefs, ood fees no light, fometimes upon a fudden it is (as it were) taken up into the third heaven; and this is in fuch away, that though the fpirit ofa man really beleeves it, and is immediately calmed by it, yet it cannot tell how it came to paife. ·xoitonJ dileCl:, There is a tcfiimony of the Spirit whiclr'"fometimes the Spirit f~l a c~~foamay .fuggefi and teftifie to the fandified confcience with a- fecret, ~i:~ Go d~ng fii!J hea rt-ravi!hing voyce, thus, or in the like manner thou art the child of God; thoJt art in tht number of thofe that jb.11l 6e [aved: 1hou .fbtl/t i;rherit everi.ifling life; and that as certainly and comfortably as ifchat Angel from heaven fhould fay to thee, as he did to D4nid, greatly 6elovec'.- Mighty and remarkable was the work ofrhe Spirit chis way upon tbe heart of that noble MarXx-xxx tyr,
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