150 êphefjant,Chap.I, V E R.14, i author and finifherofit, that they may fo ftand in it unto theend. Thirdly,it is falfe that fuchasare fure of falvatibn have nocafe to feare, unleffenoother evilsbut finali damnation need to be feared; but while the foule is fubjed to bring upon it Gods temporary wrath, ficknefres fpirituall hellifh anguifh to the fenfe ofit, thereis fill left caufe enough to feare. . Let us then deteft that damnable doctrine which dothcondemne this particular perfwafion, as prefumptuous herefie, which maketh the fpirit playall -hid inus, fo that we cannot know what we have, what we doe, what thingsabideus through Gods mercy. Yea, let it reprove manyof our conceits, whohave leftpopery, and yet thinke that this is impoffi- ble, that iris too high apoint, fomewhat prefumptuous, that it is not neceffary, that acommon hope is fufficient. Seeing the fpirit we have isbutas anearneft,a fm all thing in compari- fonofthat whole fumme ; let us not be difmayed though ourknowledg andfaithbe butlittle : The imperfect life in a babe, is life as truly , as that life which a man attaineth at his conftant age. Though we muff not take occafion to live in luft with a literall knowledge and corn. mon profellion, as many doe from hence, that all is imperfect and no- thing which we obtain here ; yet having the Grace which doth make us in any meafure cleanfe the heart, though it be never fo little, even hencewe arcnot tobe difcouraged, feeing it may be little, andyet a true earneft ofthat fulneffe tobe given us. P3. Laftly, How fhould we labour both to get and keepe this holy fpirir, holyin it felfe, making us holy inwhom as Temples it dwelleth ? Men, if they deale in great matters, they love to get earneft and good ones; the fuller eartieft, the more fecurity. Agame, they keepe and efteem ah earneft more then other money,witchbathno Inch reference to fur- ther matters, as that bath : fo it fhould be with us. Let usthen deliire this fpirit ofGrace at himwhogiveth it : Let us not defpife good meanes2 fo quench it : Let us not bynot heeding the fuggeftions and infpi; rations of it, grieve it : Let us frequent the company of thofe who are fpirituall, able to quickenus in this kinde. Doi7. Yntill the redemptionptircbafe.l, &c. ] Whence firft obferve, that the fpirit abideth with us as a pledge confirming us till our redemption, ourfull redemption. Firft, that it abideth. Secondly, as an earneft or pledge, Ira. 59.v.5o. God promifeth that hisword and fpirit fhould ne- ver depart from that blefl'ed feede, and all thofe who fhould be borne after a fort, ofhim : and Rom. 8. the fpirit of Chrift is faid to dwell inns who areChrifs : Yea, fo that it Thall at length quicken our mortal! bo dies : the feede of God is Paid toabide in thofe who are borne of God, thatthey cannot fins ; but I will not profecute this here, which I have doneelfe-where. It abideth a pledge, confirming that full redemption : for evenfoules now perfedted have the fanctify ing graces for fubftance, which here they had, though their faith and hope be changedinto light and quite expectation, and by that executed in their fpirits, they doe Iexpedt the confummation of glory, both in bodyand foule. But it may be
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