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Ephefan.r,
Chap.
:.
VER.2,1.
come
in
unto
him and
dwell
with him,
John
.
14. 23.
Wouldit
thou
then
Notes
of
know, whether God dwelleth
in
you?
If
he
be
in
thee , he
is
like the
Gods ;ndwel-
Sunne which
giveth
light
over the whole
Horizon, the
groffe
fogges
ling,
and milts
ofblindnefe
are
fcattered,and the
day
ftar
of
underftandin
1.
hath appeared.
If
God dwell with thee, then
is
thy
confcience
fanétj
2.
fied,
and clearely acquiteth thee
of
all
thy
tranfgre fions; for thou
haft received
the Iudge into thy houfe,who bath fully
difcharged
all,
3.
and freely ftricken
off
all
thy
finnes.
If
God dwell with,thce,thy
will
&
of
%&ions are
reformed,thou
haft
the
mind
of
G
od,willing
that
which
is
good,
hating
that which
is
evil!
,
thou
feareft
God
and loveft
his
truth,
and
art humble
in
thy
owne eyes.
For
as a
wife maffer
of
the
houfeguideth
his
whole
family with difcretion;
fo
God
ruleth
in
the
foule
with
the
f
cepter
of
his
Word,
and
compofeth the
working
there.
of
to
his
will.
Contrariwife,
if
thou be
Rill
ignorant,faithleffe,unruly,
1
ungoverned, proud, covetous,
full
of
carnall policy, and
the
like;
then
Chrift
is
not
in
thee, but
Satan
,
who ruleth
in
the
children
of
difo-
bedience,provoking thee unto
ungodly,
unlawful! pleafures,
conten-
tion, wrath, blafphemy, contemning
the
niinifteryofthe
Word,
ma-
ligning
the profeflors thereof,
by
mifchievous pra&ifes,
mockes
and
fcornes.
Yfe.f:
It
teacheth
us
further how to
lift
up
our lamentation
in
Cods
ab-
fence,
when
we
fee
others
ufurping
his
poffeßïon.
Lift
up
your heads
yee
gates, and
be
yee
lifted
up yee
everlafling
dores,
that
the
King
of
glory
may
enter
in,
Pfal.
24.9. If
one fhould barre the dore of the
owner,
not
giving him ingrefle and egreffe, what
a
riot would
it bee
deemed?
Be
carefull
to
entertaine him corred,
in
enjoying him, by rejoycing
in
him: let him
not
waste
at our
dore;
Behold
I
ftand at
the dore
and
knot k,Rev.3.
so.And
when
he
taketh
up his
Inne with us,and
lodgeth
with
us, we muff
not
mifrulily moleft and awake him
,
left
in difplea-
fure he
take his leave and depart from us.
Obje?.
How
can
the Father
and
the Sonne be
Paid
to dwell
in
us
by
the
Spirit,
feeing
they
are no
leffe prefent
with
us
then the
Spirite
eAnfw.
True
in
regard
of
Omniprefence, not true
in
regard
of
putting forth
this
elf-d,
in
which their inhabiting
of
us
is
grounded.
By
the
Spirit:]
inafmuch
as
the Father
and
the Son are there
prefent
in
their Spirit,
fo
they
are every where manifefting
a
peculiar
prefence
Prov.t.n;.
by
theeteet
offanétification. This
was
promifed
in
the Old
Tefta-
ment,
I
will
put
my
Spirit
into
you.
Know
yee
not
that
yee
are the
Temples
of
God,
andthat
hie
Spirit
dwelleth
in
you,.'
r.
Cor.
3.16. and
6.19.Your
bodies
arethe
Temples
afthe
Holy Ghofi, whom you
have
from
God.
Our
fanitification,
in
regard
of
which
effect
God
is
faid
to dwell
in
us,
is
referred
to the Spirit, with
force diftin&ion,
though
it be the
work
of
the Father
and
the Sonne.
Yfe
-r.
So
that
we
may
fee
in
what
we
are
to let the
prefence
of
God,
in
By theworke
finding hisSpirit working
in
us.when
we
find
the
Spirit
of
God
work
-;
ofrheSpirit
in
g
Faith, patience, love,
meel:nefl'e,
then we may fay, wee
find
God
I
conclude
of
God:pre-
dwelling in
us.
When
wee
find
the Spirit
of
God
comforting
andI
fence.
cheating