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devoureourfelves,
thatl~ercc~ive
it not in
vain~·:·)
the
Holy
cbojl,
by
w~i~s
to
fieQ
1
andbloud unknowne,
tnJJmmg
tt, as a
breath,.dtfltllmg
tt,as a
dc1v; dcrwmg_
1
r, as a fe-.
cret
injlflence,inro
the
fotde .
For;•f
Phtl•fop~te
gram
an
111VJ{\bleoperatton
111
us;tothe
leflia!lbodies.
much better may we yeeld tr, to Hts etcrnall
Spmt:
whereby fuch
a
~ertue,
or
brca;h,
may
~roceed
from
~t
and be
received
ofus.
. .
· .
Which
breath,
or
Spmt,
.sdrawcnmby
Pra7er,
and fuch other cxerct[es ofdcvon–
ononour pares: and,on Go os part,breathed m,by and wtth the
Word'.(\yell
there-
foretermed by
theu1p<iflle, the Wordofgrdce. )
And (Imay.,fufcly fay tt,wtthgood
Albo.
p.;
warrant) fi·om rhofe wordsefpcctally and chtelly.; lyhtch
(as He
Hunfelfe fattb of
them) are
spirit
and
Life :
eventhofc words, whiCh )oyned
ro
the
element;
make the
Ioh.G.G;.
bldfed
Sacrammt.
.
There was aood proofemade of it, thisday. Allthe way, did He preach to them,
till they
~ameto
Ema/#;andtheir
hearts
were
hot >vithin them(which
was a good
:)but their
eyes
wetenot
opened,
but
at the breaking ofbread;
and then they were:
Luk.14
.jt.
is the belbndfurcll: fenCe (we
know)
and therefore moll: to
be..
ccomptei
of.
There
wet4l,
andrhcr~we
fee ;
T".ft
andfee, howgraciotu the Lord
u.
There we are
P6l.l4.8.
.
made to
drinkeofthe Spirit:
There our
hearts areftrengtheneddndftablifhedwithgrace.
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There is the
bloud
which {hall
purg'e our confciencesfrom dead
rvorkes,whereby we may
li:b.;:;::
die tofin.
There,
th~
bread of
Go o,which !hall endue our foules with much
ftrcngth;
in them, to
livw nto
Go o,yea, to
liv<to him continually;
for
Ioh. 6 ·H·
·
anddrinketh
Il
is btotld, dwellet!J in Chrift,
and
Chrijl in him:
not
Ioh.
6,
s6;
for a time; but
drvelleth
contint~alty
.And,never can wemore truly
'""'·'"' Lt.>mso
lefu DominonofJro,
as when we come new fror:n that hol;
is
in tu,
and we
in
liim,
indeed. And fo we to make full
accompt,
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as afpectall meanes, to further us to make up our
Eajlcr-dayes accompt,
a good part of our
Charge.
In
C"
R
r
s
T,
droppmg upon us the
· of His
grace.
Inle{
I#,
who Wtllbe.rcady, as om
SA
v
1
o
ua,
to(uccour
andfupport us, with his
Auxiliumfpecidte,
His fpeciall helpe. Without whi£h aflift–
ifig us even
grace
it felfe,is many times,faint and feeble in us :.And both thefe;becaufe
He is
our Lord,
who having come, to
favethat
which was
loft,
will not fuffer
that to be
loft,
which He lmh
faved.
Thus,ufing His owne ordinance
of
Prayer~
ofthe
Wo;d,
and
Sacrament,
for our better
~nab
ling
todtfchargcthls dayesdury, 'vca1all (I trull:) yeeld
up agood
accomft,
and
cele~rate
a good
Feaft
of His
Rejtwrec1ion.
Which AI-
·
mighty Go o grant, &c.
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