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V
E
R. 23
,
Epheftanr,
Chap.
4..
Beforewe confider
the
doótrines
of
this
verle,
we mutt looke what
is
meant
by Spirit
of
theminde
:
Some
fay the
Holy Ghofi
which
dwelieth whir
is
meant
in
your
minds;
but the
phrafe
is
infolent,,
and
the matter impertinent.
by
the Sp
nt
Some
fay
the
íf?irituall quality
of the
mindc,
but that
is
comprehended
of
the mimic.
in
the
words
be
renewed
:
for what
is
that but to get
a
new
quality
in
the fpirituall quality of your mindc
!
Iris
belt conftruing the Spirit
by
that,'
Thef.s.
z3.
The
Gd
of
peace
faisaifte
you
throughout.
&
I
pray
Çod
r
T.4tf
q.z;.
that
your
whale
fpirit andfeuleand
body
be
preferved
blameleffe, unto the
comming
of
our
Lordlefts
Chrifl;
it is
taken
for the
fupreame faculty
of
the
fule,
and
fo
let this be
the
meaning , get
a
new
quality,
viz.
of
di-
vine
light
in
the
fupreame
power
of
your mindc
:
this
is
moft naturall
for
the
words, and pertinent for the argument
:
For
thus
in
the
do-
Chine
of
our renovation we
bring
in
that
principal! and fundamental!
part
of
Gods
image reckoned,
Col.3.'o.
Put
on
the
new
man which
ú
renewed
in
knowledge
:
fundamental!
and principal!
,
becaufc it
is
firft
in
nature and
caufeth the
other,
z
Pes.1.3.
-1s
his
divine
power
bath
given
us
all
things that
pertaine
unto
life and
godltneffc
, through
the
knowledge
ofhim that bath
called
us
unto
glory
and
venue.
The
doctrine from the words
is
this
,-
That
-
hetrue fcholars
of
Chrifl
Trne
Scho]srs
have
not
melt their
outward
man
,
but
the spirits
of
them renewed
to
the
of
c
h,
a
are
ten
w
-o
In
knowledge
of
God.
For underftanding
it
the
better,
we muff
know,
hen
m
nds
ro
r.
How
we were at our
firft
creation
in
the
fpirit
of
our minds.
the
k
rowtedgc
z.
H,w
we
are by nature,
of
him.
3.
To
what
end
weare renewed
in
them.
You
mull
know therefore that by
creation wee had in
our
minds
a
r.
divine
light, which
did
let
us
fee
the wifdome, power, mercy
and
lu-
the
otinow
n
lice
of God
,
as
was manifefl by
Creation
and
Covenant
ftricken
ledge
;flour
with
us.
And this light
in
the
fpirit
of
the mindc,
did make
us
lookto
creation.
our God,
as an
image
in
a
glaffe
d:,th looke to himward from whom
it
is
reflected
:
this the
Apoftle
giveth
us
to confider, when hefaith,
be
renewed ;
giving
us
to underhand
that
fometime
we
had
it
,and Man
was created
in
the Image
of
God,
a
principali part
whereof
is
the
ac-
knowledging
of
him.
Secondly,
you mull know
that
the
fpirit
of
our minds
is
}ripped
of
2;
this heavenly
under(tanding.
Pfal.
t
4.3.
2
Cor.
2.4.
The
naturali
man
It
tis
after the
perceiveth
not the
things
of
God,
neither
can
he.
As before
the
fall
of
todarknettèn
man,
his
mindc wasenlightened
with the'perfeótknowledge
of
God;
fo
fine
the
fall
iris
overeat}, and even
wholly
poffeffed
with palpable
darkneffe, being
dehitute
nor onely
of
all
aduall knowledge, but
alto
of
all
ability
of
attaining
the true knowledge of
God,
by
any faculty,
vertue,induftrie,or
any meanes
inherent
inhimfelfe
,
fo
that
the
mu-
rail knowledge
of
man
is
meere darkncffe andignorance
the
under-
landing
is
altogether
occupied
in
things naturali and
fecular, that
is,
things which appertaine
to our
naturalI
life
and civill
condition,
and
bath
no knowledgediftinr
t
of
God, but
a
little confuted
,
which
ma-
we
mutt
be
re.
Iketh
us
the
more
inexcufable.
weaved
;a
The
point that we mutt
get our
fpirits
renewed
tò,
is
not limplythe
ck
h(thGod
¡n
A
a a
knowledge
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