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R.13.
Epheßians,Chap:t.
14.1
inheritance,
(.4th
zo.
32. But
I
haften
to the
thingsremaining
in
this
verfe.
The
3d.
generall
doctrine is,
that
it
is
not enough
toheare,
butwe
muff
beleeve,before we
can
be partaker
ofthe
good
fpirit
of
Chrift,Gal.
3.
r4.
By
faith
wereceive the
fpirit
of
promi
f
:
The
Gentiles having heard
&
beleeved, God did
give them his fpirit,Adls
r
5.7,8.
He
that
heleeveth,
rivers
of
water
'hall
flow
from him
,
which
is fpoken
of
that
fpirit
which
they
receive,
who
beleeve on
Chrift,
John
7.28. This
fore
-
promifed
fpi-
rit,is firft
in
the
fulneffe
ofit
received
by
Chrift
our head,AUs
z.
33.and
from Chrift
it
commeth to
us
; for
from
his
fulneffe
we
receive
Grace
for
Grace.
Now
looke
as
a
member cannot
receive
thofe
fpirits from
the
headwhich
caufe fenfe and
motion
in
the body,but they
muft
be
united
with the
head
:
fo it
is
here, we cannot have this fpirit from
Chrift
our head,
but
we
mull
by
this finew
or
nerve
of
faith
bee united
to
him.
But how
can we_receive
the
fpirit by
faith, when we cannot beleeve
before
we
have
thefpirit
e
Some thinke
that
wehave firft
aEtuall
grace,
that
is,
that the
fpirit
as an
ayde
without
us,
doth
make
us
aáually
be-
leeve,
that
fo
the
fpirit afterward
by habit
of
faith and all
other
fanti-
fying graces,
may
come
to
dwell
in us.
Now they
would anfwer, that
though we cannot
beleeve
without
the outward
aide
of
the fpirit, yet
we might
beleeve
without the
fpirit,
by
an
fupernaturall
habit dwel-
ling
in us ;.but
this
is
the errour
of
the
fc
ole:
for we
are faid
tohave
a
fpirit of
faith, before we
can
bring for the
a&
offaith,
z Cor.4.
having
thefelfe
-fame
Spirit
of
Faithwe
feake.Againe,
no externe help
can make
us
bring forth good
fruit,till
it
make
us
firft
good
trees; and a
blindeman
may be lifted up
to
fee,
without
a
facultie
of
feaing,
as
well
as
anunbe-
leeving man lifted up
to
an
aifofFaith,without
a
faculty,a fupernaturall
habit
of
beleeving
:
Wee,erge,are
faid
beleeving toreceive
the fpirit,be-
caufe
then we
receive it
more fully and manifeffly, dwelling
in us
to
our
faniification
and affúrance,
touching
our
redemption.
Wherefore let
us
labour
by
faith to be
one
with
Chrift
;let
us care,
as it
were,
and drinke
him,
by beleefe on
him,
then
fhall we feele
the
quickning
fpirit comming out
of
him ; yea
let
us
ftrive
fora
further
meafure
of
faith;for the
wider the mouth or neck
of
veffell
is,the more
it
receiveth, the fatter
it filleth
;
fo
here,
the more our faith
dilateth
it
fclfe,the
more abundantly
doth
this fpirit flow into
us
from
Chrift.
We
fee
the idoli faith which many
reft
on,
for itbringeth them not
to be
partakers
ofa
holy fpirit,
nay
their faith
is
accompanied with
a
fpirit
of
fenfuality, flefhly prophaneneffe,filthineffe, covetoufnefl'e,even
fuch
a
fpirit as
is
fit
to
come from
a
groundleffe and fruitlefle pre-
fumption.
Thus having confidered
the
benefit
in
generall, we will
lift it more
particularly
;
for he
doth
not barely fay,
in
whom
when ye
alfo
had be-
leeved, ye received
the
fpirit,
but
ye
were Pealed
with the
holy
fpirit
Two
things are
to be marked.;
r.
The
fealing,
which
doth
'>
figuratively
DoFi.3;
ue
i.
PP
z:
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