Of Elellion. ~·'-""""' pr~ache~ to them, to.r whom, and whofe Miniflry it was they had bten prt pa· ~reo by ]ohn; thoug:1m It felf tt was not a bare Preparation, but a lavu·g Work ot Callig in them. And thus much for my firll ground. My focond ground 1s this, No man can pttc'>. upon any act, "hich he would have firll to put rhe diffe rence, but there's a C ounr rfeit oi it; !o as you mull dill•ngui{h upon that alfo, and fo you mull upon all ~he rdl. Let a man calh:d dfellually; fa} he hatll Afftuance, that other fort ot Prole!for will fay fo too . There lore it is not fuch or fuch a particular ad dut begins to put the Jir(l diffe~ rence, a1if allatlings alore it were Lut fucn os are common to others widl them, and no other : No; but it is tht !Gnd of that and •11 other that puts the diff, rence. And if you ask, What is that kind of them all, or wherctn lies it? I Anfwlr; It is the Sp•rrttt·.!1!f{lof all ads fl.ow1ng frc'm rite r.ew Creature wherein rbe d1ff:rencc hes, tf we couln mke;n ll : Our very H Oorical Faith whereby we believe the things ,hernfd r t>)S ,hatll!ere is a God,(§c would and may ferve to mahe a diff"ence bemeeo a man called, and one not call<d ~nly we cannot fo readily di[cern that diff<rence, it is nor fo fenf1ble. I fou;d this Anfwer. upon that of our S~viour, That wl1ch H · rfl of the Sprrit ;, {pirit; t he Spmr begotten ts the wnole bulk, duller, and lump of Graces in ottr fir!t Calling rcccivod. (we have fpoken of) the whole Seed infufed when firll boro ana bt gotten, all o! which, and throughout , is J'prrtt, faj she, and it bath not ene oniy, or a few parrtcular Objech to be drawn our unto, but all forts o{ Di· vme and fp ;ritual things prepared for it to exerd i; tt felf upon both 10 the firlt working> of rt, and alterwards. Now one tltat i<nor Elect, he is wrought on fo as to be manned and carried out to D ivine Objects that are •'piritual; and one that hath this spirit begot– ten in him, he is carried out rotne fame Dtvine fpiritual Objeers 21fo;how rhen, you will f•y, fJJall we d1 tmguifh rhem? I will give you i1 in as few words as I can. What is th• Root of all ? That Root you fee is Spirtt. What do"' th•t •mporr ·1 Tl~>t he is made a Spirrtuat M~n: 1\nd to difccrn t hat, let u' go to 1 C>. 2, 14, IS· The fpiri tua! Man dt(cenutha/J thmgs [[jllritruii_;•;J the n~;ural M•o receives not the things of the lp.nt, bec,wfe thr~ are lpintu•tly dtfc.rned, but he th,;t rs fpirttll– a! judgnh rr/1 thmgr. From whence f learn, to r to have fpirit begotten in a Man, ts to make him, fpiritoal Man; And 11hat doth his betng a fpiritual Man capaciw him for? To tal<e m .ll fprritiJ,li Object, jptritttally, 1 t i> the Apvltles own ditlindion that he pUis; ~ SchooJ. man could notdi!\inguifh more exactly, agd it is one general di!\indion which fervestodill inguifh all aCls of a fpiri tual Man in the goings forth ot hiS Soul unto Spiritual Objects what– foever : You will t hen ask, What is it for a fpiritual Man to take in Spiritual Objoc~s !piritually? I anfwcr when he conftdering them all, or any of them, ss tht y are limply in their own SpirrtutJ! nat11re, is then alled fpiritually to– wards them, and nnrh (Ut table fp1ritual atfings upon them in every power of his Soul; whereas one that is not favingly called , though he be exercifed a– bout fpiritual thmgs, yet betng not born Spirit , the whole of ryis Soul IS not atfed or carried forth to t hem , as barei•· apprehended tn rhelf fptmualtty; and fo he dmh not do it fpiriruaiiv, But llill how may wedifcern the difference between thefe two? ft iseafy, I do notiay to di(cern it, but to give the rule for it: It 1s this, when our Underflandings take in, and conC.dcr u~v fp(ritu– al thing, as it is in its own fpiritual Nature, and thereupon we find fomething throughout !lur whole Hearts fuited to that fpitiru•lneh of it taken in under that apprehenflon, or confiderarioo of it, fo as to be 2ffdhd, moved, Oirred, carried on according as it is rhus apprehended, then there is a fpiritual acting: For inllance ; let thy Underllanding take in the fpiritualit v of God or Cftr:!r, or ofChYJf/'s RighJeoufnefs,(to jgllance in that) what iris i11 it fdf. in t~'" ex. cellency of it, above thine own, as Paul, who counted all his but . ;[, o/! and dung in comparifon of this of Chrifi ; yea, sithough thine own fr, uld be made up as cornpleat as that which is in 1he H.oly Angels in Heaven; Y'".~ and as perfecr for degrees os the righteoufnefs of all the Angels i11 Heaven; !t that which is in them, all were put into one, yet the Soul would rejoyce lt had
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