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Ephefians
Chap. ;.
VsR.10.
roome for ought
elfe,were
a veffell full
oft
ny
liquor,
it
would
receive
no
more,ifa
womans heart
be full
of
her husband,(he bath no room
for
oc
her lovers
:
So (hail it
be
withyou,
ifyou
fee
by
Faith
that.
your
c-
(ìate
is
full
in Chrift,lackingnothing,what
wil
you
care
to
look
further
2
.
Exercife and faithfully imploy
the
graces
you
have already
re-
ceived;
for the exercife
of
;race
will
encreafe and flrengthen
grace
;
,.
Tim.
1.6
S'irre
up
the
gift
that
is
in
three.
Wee
mull not thinke to
put
all upon
God; It
is
he that
kindieth the
affeâions, but
when the
fire
is
kindled,
you
may adde
fuell to it
:
It
is
he
that
layes firft the
corner
floue, and
then
you mutt edify your
felves.This ftirringupand
ufing
the
flrength
wee have,
is a
matter
of
great moment,
becaufe
otherwife
all graces
are
as
dead habits
in
the
foule
s
There
are forne
things
in
the
word
are
all
forufe,fo
all
the work
of
grace
is
for ufe,and therefore
doe
i)ot one-
Ì
ly bufy your
Eves
in
gathering
of
flrength,but
alfo
confider,how
¡hall
¡'
1.
fpend my
flrength, how
fhall
I
imploy
it
e
Doe
you
feele
your
felves weake
and impotent to the
duties
of
hó-
lineffe, and
doe
you
defiretoattainem
ore agility and readineffeto
doe
Tim,4.7.
things; why
then
exercifeyour
felves ingodlineffe,ufemakes
perfeot,fo
it Both
in
the foule, when
itoften imployes
it felfe in
fuch an action,
it
gets
readineffe and
dexterity
to
it,
to doe
it
with
all
readineffc a6d
ala-
crity.
3. Take away theimpedimehtsthat hinder
you,as
a
rim.z.z
I. Ifany
manpurge
hinifelfe,
he
fhallbea ve
fell
unto honour,
fantlified
and
prepared
t
woo every good
:
there
is
a
certaine
ruft in
us
that
cleaves
to
the
wheel
es
of
our foules,
that
they
doe
not
doe
duties
nimbly
;
this mutt
be
taken
off.
q.
T here
is
a
work
of
rl
a
Holy
Ghofl
it
is
he
that
muff flirre
us
up
to
put
forth
our flrength: For
as
you
fee in
trees, there
may be
fappe
twi,,Ilik
ri-
enough
in
thetree
et till
the
fpring time
come,that
fa a
is
not
drawn
: Qík
Y
P
b
PP
w5thoµt
tin
up
into
the
branches,
and
fo
they
renaaine
withered
until(
that
time
:
quîcknme
of
So
.
a
man may have much habitual( grace
in
his
heart;
but now
what
Ileh
°4Gh°h
isit that
bringethit to
the birth
e.
There
muff be a certaine action
of
the
Spirit
afïifting us, and
therefore we
muff fcck
to the
Spirit
of
God
for
affiftance.
5.
Laftly,.there
be certaine duties
that
doe likewife
help
us,
viz.
Communion -with the
Saints,
and prayer, thefe
whet
us
and warme
unto
duties.
The
fecund
thing
to
be confìderedis
included, for whenhewifheth
that
thefe
Epheuians
might
befilledwith
a!1
fulneffeofGod;
he
dothgive
lus
to unfterffand,
What
is.
Slit
efface
by
nature, and what
the
bell
of
to
are
intpgrt,weeattempty
of'Go.f.
Job.r
r
.
s
r.
He knoweth
vaine
man;
the word
is hollow
or Empty,
God
ts
not
in
all
his
thoughts
:Thus
are we
Rewire
in
Ely
rutty
we
4e
em
tyof
per:
for
though
we are filled
in
part,yetwearenotfully:
We
have
but
nod.
ehefrr/l
fruies
of
theSpirit
:
wee
have
netyet
comprehended:
And
if
it
were
rtiam.s.//.
not
thus
,
whence
corn
meth the hungring
and
thirfting
in
the
Saintse
u';'';'
when the
ftonaach
bath
due repletion, the
craving
of
it ceafeib:
So
if
our hearts werefully
replenifhed,the
hunger
of than
thould not
be
p
continued.
Where