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B
R.
f9.
Ephefanr,Chap.
..
3. How
he can
pray
that
they fhould be filled
fulnetle,
this being impo(ïible while
they were
at
home
in
the
firth
in
there
mortal! bodies.
For
the
r,
thefalneffe
of
God
noteth the
graces
of
the
fp-rits
flowing
into
us
from
Chria,and
all
the
fulne&
noreth
the perfedion
of
degree
which
is
then
attained when
God
is all
in all.
For tt
e
s.
we
mat
know
there
is a
double
fulnefi'e
;
One
vn
vcrfall,
which agreeth
to
the Head,
as
who
receiveth in
Diverskind,
common
for
all
:
of
róe fulne$2
Another
in
part,of
every member from Chrift: Saint
lobo fpcaketh
°fcoa.
of the
firft
:this
text
of
the latter, which
is
two fold
:
Ogle
attained
in
this life,
which
is
that
fitting.us
for our calling,
that
which
God
hath prefixed
to
us,that which
fitteth
us
for fome
parricu.
1.n-
thing ro be
done
or
fuffered. Lake
1.41. Elizabeth
fall of
the
Holy
Ghofl.
Ads
7.
5
5.
Stephen
fall
of
the
Holy
Choft.
Or,
that fulnefe which
we (hall
have,
when Godis
all
in
au.
Now
here
the Apóftle
cloth
pray for
btrth,thatthey mightfo
be
filled
further
and
further here,as
to
come to
all fulne(fe.
For
the
3.
How
he
can pray for this,
it
being itnpol1
bier
Things are impoffiblefiwply,or
for
it
time:
Now
for
thelatter
wee
are
to
pray,
provided
that
we leek
not
to
doe them before
his
feafon.
Thefumine
then
is:
"
Aslhavewifhed
you
the
ftrenathof
the
Spirit,
"and
the
lively
fight of
Chrift
his
love;fol do,to
(land
in
particulars,
with
that you,who though you have
received
grace
in
part, yet
are
"
in
part cmpry,may
be
further
and
further
filled
withthe
graces
of
ei
Gods
fpirit, till you come
to
all
the
fulnefle
thereof.
r.
Then
weefee
what
Beth make
aman
fland
fare
in
all
evils,
to be
we!
D.A.
growre in
the
grace of
God.
Stephen
was-full
of the
HolyGhoft,
and he
a
obe
wet
did
not
oncly
gl
orioufl
y
endure, bat
prayed
for'thofe that
were his
pe-
dotal
maim us
ingrates
tutors.
a
Pet.
1. 5.1
o.
Ifone jointgrace
to
grace,
to
faith vertae,an
to
nand (4h
u
vertese knowledge.
&e.
he
Ad
not
fall,nothtng(hall
be able
much
to
hurt
`v'its.
him,nor move
him
from
that
(tate wherein he
ftandeth.
For
as
the bo-
"s$
7.
dy
now grown
up ,
it
can eafily
beare
out that, whichwhen
ftrength
wasmore tender, would
have
broiled
it:
So
the
foule
when it isgrown
up and filled
with the
gr:
ce
of
God.
Be
ftrong in
the
grace
that
is
in
Chrifi ïefas;
q.
d.
Timothy,
I
know thou haft grace
in
thee,
but now
z
Tim.z.s.
that thouart to
preach
the Gofpc], to fight the goodfight
of
faith,now
ftirre up
that (trength
thou haft,
grow more
and
more
confirmed and
rooted
in
that grace.
Wherefore
wee mull
get
our
felves
fraught with the grace
rf,
of
God
, Grow
in graceand
in the
knowledge
eon,
Lord
and
Saviour
z
ret.i.
r?.
lefus
Chrifi.
1.
And for
this purpofelabour for
a
more neere
and (enfible
Union
with the Lord Jefus
Chrilt;for
being
in
Chrift
we
receivean
influence
of
a
11
kind
of
graces and benefits,that we
lack
nothing.
He
is
¡aid
to
have
afccndedabovealltheftaeflnbleheaven
t,thatbemightfllall,viz.with
E
he!q.:..
his
gifts
ofgrace.
Fill
your
felves
with
Chrift,
and
there
will
not bee
0
o
room
9.1
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