6 5 8 Ofthe S E No 1 N a Sennon 6 : ------~------~--~---------------- How tohlYe ufcof this phr3f~. ·sH6'W •tdol t.ritvtHim! And Q~icvc fl'?,~· l lm. J.6. J~· ·· ~6. were fo indeed. Wearenotcarefull enough (wethinke) of that\velo~ there be with ourlove, fo~emixture of jealou{ie: When Go o. then, wo~ldfue e how chary He 1s of the enmeneffe ofour love towards Htm; He 1sfaid, to be 4 ew, tomGo o. We alter notwhatoncc we have fer downe, but when werepent: Wha.. Go o then, changeth his courfe formerly held, he is made, as if He did r en (though, fo to :doe, were evtr His purpofe.) Andfo here: wewithdrawn~Jt•t felves,from whom wehave converfed with before;but upon fome grievance: Whur the Spirit of Go o then, withdrawerh Himfelfe for a time, and leaves us H ~n brought in a~ grieved: For thatif it w~reotherwife delivered, it would nor [ 0 a~e~ us,nor make mus the tmpreffion,that thts way •t doth. So that, Gr:eve Him not th is (i~direcc tennes) Give Him not caufe to doe that, which ingrie(emen ufe 10'd~t to Withdraw H1mfelfe, and to forfake you. If yee doe, beleeve thts; Hewill as c ' tainely give you over, as if He were grieved in earnefi. This.is from Sainr.,t gujline. N~ By this time,we know how to conceive ofthis phrafearight. Now,howtobave ufe ofit. And ofthis humallmn dicit, this ufe we may have. Firfi,uponthefeplaces where we thus finde affeccions a~tributcd toGod, Our rule is ever, to refleClrhefam~ ttjfo8ionuponour f~lves, wh1ch 1s put upon H1m ~ to ?e}taloHOover our felves, tobe t~ngry,orgrrevedWith our fel":es, ~orthat, wh1ch IS fa1d toanger, orto grieveG 0 n, And that, upon thts Sohloqute wtth ourfelves, That, how light foever wefeemeto make offin, yet in that,itis faid, thus, to grieve Go os Holy Spirit itmu/!needs be fomc.grievous.matter certainly. A_nd yet. (me thinkes) it toucheth nottheSpirit of Go o though: Heihalllofenothmgbytr. Heneedsnottogrieveatir. Ofthe iwainc, it !hould rather feeme to ~oncerne us, wemay come !hort ofour Reiemptio 11 , by the meanes; and (a worfe matter than that) becafi into eternall perdition. The loffe is like to be ours. And is this faid tb grievethe Holy Spirit ef Go n, and!hallit notgrieveus, whom it more neerely concerneth ~ Shall we be faid to grieveHim with it, and notour felves begrievedfor it This,~ or fome,tolike effeCl. Then, it teacheth us (this phrafe) \Vithall; what in this cafe we are to do,when ic happcneth. Sure, even that, which we would doe, toone,grievedby us (whomwe make fpeciallaccountof, and would be right loth to lofc his favour :)never to leave, but to feeke, by all meanes,to recover him; by ihewing our felves forry,andgrtivtJ, for grieving of him l by vowing, neverto doe thelike more ; by undertaking any thing, that may win him againc. The onely way to remedieit, is, totakeusrorhe f.1mc affeccion: As here, that it grieveus to doe any thing, may turne Him togriife, or,ifwe have done it,never ceafe to begriwedwith our felves,til! we haverecovered Him; His favour, and His grace againe. Now then,were it not well, to take notice of theregrievAnm, that wemighta• void,not ofter them: and fo fulfill the ApoRia, ~lite contr!Jlari t Divers there be. But one ofthem,we cannot but take notice of(This verfe isfo hemmed in with it,on both fides. ) Out verfe begins with [And] which couples it, to the former. And the very fame,that is in the former, is repeated over againe, in the next after. Andrh1.s it is: To fetaSea/eupon our lips, from joule lAnguage, htternejfe, mfing,fwmznt without any fenfc at all. That thefe, come not out ofour mourhes. Tha~we!eave thefe in any cafe ; and then, foilowes our verfe, Andgrieve not the Holy sp.mt: ~stf He pointed us to thefe, and faid, Thefe arefuch, wherebywegrieve the Spmt ofGod, and all good men,that hearethem. (And thatis one fpeciall way togril'lle the Sptrtt, to grievegoodmuJ, in whom it~s.) His :very comming (this day) in !hapeofto~g~1J !hewerh, He would have the punt of Hrs Sealeupon that pare, upon t~£ toPg:ue . •n Hisftre from heaven, breath; not this jre[rbm heU, thus fparklefro~1t. Sa1~t 14mt 1 makes fhort worke : If any wouldbe holden for religiotP, andreframe mt h11 tongue frQm thefe, that nwf! religion is (to be prifed) as, little worth. This,fro~ [And] the firfi word, thecopulativeto the bordering verfe, whic~l) I could not~vo1d. jlul
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