'Part n; A Saint i? A Bruie; 1~? 2 Their confereiice proceedeth from the JPirit of grace, 2.11d ther.efore is gracious, ia_vouring of that lf.i~i! : and all the -breathi,ngs and manifeftat1ons of that bleffed ipmt, are veryac. ceptable ro thofe that have the fpirit themfelves, a,nd fo can fa--: vour fpiritual things. . . . . 3 Their conference 1s about thehtgheft, the mofl neceJJ't-~ry, the moft excellent things: Aklout the moH Bldfed Godand h1s feveral .Attributes • his WiN, andwork!, of Creatio?:J, and difpojing-Pr~~ vidence, of 'ntt~ture and Grt4ce ; about the wonderful myfieries ~f Redemption the perfon, life and fufferings of the Redeemer, h1s O(fifes and ·r'heperform_llnce of th~m, on earth, and in Heaven_, in his Humiliationand h1s Exaltation; and of the fweet Relatun.r. that WC and all his Church do fiancl. in, to Chrift Otlr Head,~ our .SM1iour and Redeemer; as alfo about the gracious workings o£ the Holy ~hofi, in firft begetting and increafe of holinefs ; To · open to each other the powerful workings of that Grace that · hath raifed them above all the cre~mres, and broeght them'to a · conrempt of earthly glory, ~nd feuheir hearts on the invifible G,od, and OlJ: eternal th.iqgs~ that h;I(h 'renewed them in the inner man, an~ rnade them hit'te the things they· loved, and mortified thei'r olde!l: !l:rongefi fins~ and quickned them in the exercife o£ every grace ; all' this is edifying fweet difcourfe to gracious -fouls. ' . . . - , ~ 4~ ·And the rather beca~fe it is 1 ahout the mofi pertinc~t /lffairJ :· Th.~y are thing~ tha~ do (oneerly eoncernus, ·that we are glad to · fpe'akwith rhofe that underHand them. It is ourown cafe, which · we hear our brethren open : They fpeak our very hearts, as if they had fe~n . them; becaufe it i~ the fame work of the fame . fpirit ·chat t~iey ~~fcribe. ..Ye~ when they complain of their In– firmiti'es, it t$ with ourc9mplam;ts,and they tel1 us of that which· wear~ trou~led with our 'felves; and we-perceive that we are not finguJar in our Eroubfes, but tnat OUr cafe is tbe cafe of Other fer– vanes of the Lord. · · · · - _ · . 5. And it isJh,~ ,j{~re pleafant .to cGnverfe wit'h the .Godly, be~· '_. cau(e~h.~y fpe~_k'po~JY-~.ea~Jay ~nly,but byexp~r~ence:T~ey. E~ll us of the dtfcovenes tlhtF lllummatmg gr~ce , ~1:i!th made to che1r own fouls; and of fhem~fny evils they have 'been faved from . and the COll)munion they have had with God, and the prayers .tvhifll he ha-tfu heard, and _the many and great del iverances he bath granted them ; They ' relate their confl icts with temptations, ..Q...q _ and
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